This little cutie is 3 months old.
Boy, time is flying.
We really cannot imagine life without her. She brings such happiness to our family. She seriously is a pure JOY to have. What a happy, smiley, mellow baby she is!
I feel like babies change so quickly that they really can be so different from week to week (or day to day for that matter). Just as I am telling one person about things she does, the next day she changes. But one thing that has not changed with this sweet girl, is her temperament. She is SUCH a good baby. And I am soaking it in.
Alayna was a hard baby, especially as a newborn. She just was. (She didn't sleep well-- I had to sleep train her at 6 weeks, and it seemed like she could cry forever.) But the older she got, the easier she was. I am sure some of that was due to me figuring out the mom thing. And now that she is older and her personality develops more and more, I can see how it translated into the way she was as a baby. And bless her heart, we love her!
So, now I relish how delightful Miss Brylen is. It astounds me how good she is sometimes. Now don't get me wrong, she has her moments/days (especially in her carseat), but she is such a blessing.
Let me tell you a little more about this little gal.
People say she is starting to look more like Alayna did at that age. Although, there are still times I can see some of me as a baby in her. She still has a head of dark hair, including that mohawk. I keep thinking the hair will get heavy enough to lay down flat, but not yet.
Proof of her hair and mohawk.
She is quite social and will give anyone a smile.
When she gets excited she starts kicking like crazy. The other day she kicked herself around in a circle, but hasn't done it since.
Just like her sister she is EXTREMELY alert. If there is something going on, she does not want to go to sleep. You literally have to make her go to sleep by either taking her in the other room, or covering her face with a blanket.
She will stay awake for hours on end if you don't just put her to bed.
She takes great naps in her bassinet. (Sleeping in the swing is a thing of the past.) You have to keep checking on her though because when she wakes up, she doesn't cry. She'll just lay there until you come and get her.
She LOVES her hands! Most likely she is studying them.
She loves her baths as well. She could kick and splash all day long.
She hates getting dressed. Always has. Sometimes I can distract her, but especially if she is tired, she'll let you know she doesn't like it.
And finally, she doesn't like her carseat.
We found this out when we travelled from Arizona to Wyoming. She actually did really well. She didn't cry a lot, but I started noticing that she wasn't sleeping well in the car. She would sleep for 15 minutes here, 20 minutes there. The first day traveling to Wyoming, we spent about 10 hours in the car. Out of the 10 hours, she collectively slept about an hour. The next day, she was more vocal about not wanting to be in the carseat. She wasn't terrible. She would cry for a couple minutes, stop, sit there for awhile, then cry for a couple minutes again. (Repeat the entire way.) She did take a couple 1 hour naps, but nothing like her 3 hour naps at home. I am not sure what to do. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Enough of the text....on to the pictures.
Pretty girl.
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