3 Monthes

Jocelynne You are 3 months old today

We have pack away most of your 0-3 month clothes only a few are hanging on. We have pulled out a good amount of your 3-6 month clothes though you are so short that we have to roll up the pants legs.

You weigh 12lbs 5oz almost double your birth weight

I can't believe that now I give your age in months instead of weeks

You have had two lots of immunizations in the last month and have done amazing for both, no grizzles or grumps afterwards.

We have started a bedtime routine led by your cues and needs and for the last week you have been asleep by 7pm at the latest. You still wake around 11pm and 4 am for feeds but books I have been reading all say 1-2 feeds until you are as old as a year are normal although Mama is hoping you drop the 4am feed sooner.

You don't show much interest in rolling over, a couple of times you have rolled from your back onto you side by swinging your legs but seem quite content to stay on your side instead of pushing hard to get over your shoulder onto your tummy.

You have started sitting up assisted in between Mama's legs and seem to enjoy it and have good stability I think we might have you sitting before rolling over. Yesterday Mama moved your pushchair from the flat position to a slanted sitting position(see picture) and you LOVE it. You look all around and have yet to realize you can't seem Mama anymore (you have more interesting things to look at). I love how it makes your ears stick out.

You love tummy time and have started doing the parachute position with you arms, legs, and head off the mat at the same time. You have also gotten much more interested in your baby gym and bouncy chair. I think it is the fact that you have a longer attention span.

You have started "talking" you love to tell stories and sometimes just lay under you baby gym and talk to your self.

Everyday when I go to get you out of your crib in the morning you seem to have changed so much. Everyday I am in awe of the fact that I am your Mother I look into you big blue eyes and fall a little bit more in love with you if that is possible. Every single day with you is a blessing.

Madame's Monday Update

Dear Jocelynne,

Mama put you down for a few minutes and returned to find this. Usually Kitty ignores you and once you are asleep comes and bugs me to get some loving. Looks like I will have to be more careful to close the door.

After a few melt down days and nights we have started a bed time routine of bath at 5.30 followed by dim lights no TV, or mama on the computer, calm voices, and quiet. for the past 5 nights you have been asleep by 6:30 and only wake for a 11pm feed and a 4am feed and both times you are straight back to sleep to wake for good at 7am. It seems to also have helped with your naps as well as. You are getting into a routine with when you like to take your naps but are flexible enough to sleep at home, in the push chair, car, or sling. I hope this is something you can keep up but we will see when you start teething and such.

I am so glad you are settling easier, you are so much happier when you wake up in the morning and we have a lazy 30 minutes in bed singing song and playing, it is such a joy.

I love you so much,

Mummy

The Many Faces of Madame

While Mama went out to play with her toys (making christmas cards) and friends, you and Daddy chilled yesterday. Daddy got great pictures of all the new expressions you are making.

While You Were Sleeping

Kitty kept your bouncy chair warm!

Weigh in Wednesdays

Unfortunately even though I had hope to hold steady this week after a bad start to the week with Madame being under the weather with a runny nose it was not to be. I ended up gaining a pound. Most of this can be put down to snarfing most of a carrot cake I made on Sunday when I was stressed and rain getting in the way of walking. Update on goals:

Walking

Thursday: Lost Pedometer and rain
Friday: Lost Pedometer and rain
Saturday: 10.5 miles
Sunday: 2.3 miles
Monday: 9.5 miles
Tuesday: Lost Pedometer (yeah I know I am pathetic)
Wednesday: 5.2 miles

It averages almost four miles a day I had really wanted to do better. I am trying to implement always taking off the pedometer and putting it in the same place hopefully that will help. I am also meeting up with another mother one day a week and doing a 7 mile walk plus the mile each way to meet up with her that was the over 10 miles the last two Mondays. I have also started to look at places that I drive when I meet up with other mums and have started to realize that they are less than two miles I might as well walk because parking is hard around where we live, hopefully that will help.

Eating Better

As I mentioned above I downed almost a whole carrot cake while under stress so I have really failed this week. I can only push to do better.

Madame's Monday Update

Madame was born on a Monday and so when I first started posting updates it seemed reasonable to post them with how old she was in weeks. The problem becomes that in a few years time it would be 152 week post and such. My goal in posting weekly was to keep my friends and family who lived far away updated and also to have a record when she hits milestones or things I didn't want to forget. So in keeping with my goal to keep everyone updated I will continue to post on Mondays with a photo of Jocelynne and a Dear Jocelynne letter. On big occasions like monthly markers I will post on the day it falls in a different format, so just the photo this week no Dear Jocelynne letter, we will be back to the letters next week. I know I am bias but how cute is she?

Weigh in Wednesdays way late

So Madame has had a runny nose and been grumpy since Wednesday morning so not much luck in getting on the computer recently. My stats stayed the same this week no weight loss or gain which was not unexpected as I had the sinful week the week before and it usually takes a week or two to show up. Walking break down for the week:

Sept 23-29th

Thursday 6.5 miles
Friday 4.2 miles (rain)
Saturday 5.3 miles
Sunday 1.0 miles (heavy rain)
Monday 10.5 miles (butt hurt next day!)
Tuesday 3.5 miles (no rain but planned activities all day)
Wednesday 5.0 miles

The average for the week ends up being 5.1 miles a day. I wanted to point out because Jacqueline from Marbles Rolling blog commented, I do not go on one walk of 5ish miles a day. I usually do a 2-4 mile walk a day and the rest is toing and froing either in the house or if I pop out to the shops. I wear a pedometer and that is how I keep track. I have the luxury of having a grocery store and high street (British equivalent of a strip mall) walking distance from my house so I only really pull the car out for the once monthly large shop, if I know I am buying an extremely large or heavy item I can not walk home, or to get to a specific shop that is too far to walk.

Goals for this week:

I am not expecting much in the way of loss as I had above mentioned grumpy sick baby for half the week and did not get much walking in Thursday or Friday or track/plan what I ate. I am back on the wagon of tracking and planning what I eat so I am hoping to stay steady.

1. I want to continue to strive for an average of 5 miles a day walking

2. I get 10 extra points on my daily allowance as I am breast feeding, I want to start using these point mainly for fruit and or extra grains and lean protein. I have been eating pre-pregnancy style WW and then throwing in a candy bar or baked good. Not that a treat now and then is bad but in the next three months I will loose 5 points as Madame starts Baby Led Weaning and a further 5 points when she finishes breast feeding altogether and I don't want to go into shock when I loose my daily candy bar ;). I also want Madame to grow up with healthy eating habits and it is never to early to start!