Three Months Old

Today Lily turned 3 months old! I of course can not believe she is that old already! I tried to get some pics of her but did not really get much. Oh well, I guess that is life of the second born. But in other great, great news and answer to many prayers, Lily took the bottle today!! I have been consulting with a pediatric OT to try to get this figured out and she gave us lots of things to try. The thing that seemed to be the trick was a bottle with the same nipple as the pacifier that she will take (as opposed to all the ones that say they are the closest to breastfeeding). Although we had tried it over the weekend to no avail, for some reason, today seemed to be her day. I guess she was just thinking of it as a birthday present. At one point when I was feeding her, she even looked up at me and smiled! I melted! Tomorrow will be the true test as I go to work and she goes to Mom's Day Out and my mom's. But hopefully, prayerfully, she will do well tomorrow too. Then maybe Nelson and I can think about going out again (I already have a babysitter lined up for Saturday night- I am just hoping we don't have to cancel again this time)!

In other three month news, Lily can roll over from her stomach (she does this really well when she is mad) and has started smiling a lot! She makes a lot of noise which is so fun to hear. I especially love it when Tripp says "Let's talk to Lily Mommy!" which he then follows with many noises directed at Lily in his effort to talk to her. Lily loves to just stare at Tripp and is often distracted by him when she is supposed to be doing (like nursing).

This picture is pretty terrible as far as quality but I love how it captures Tripp's excitement to be with Lily. Right before, he asked me if he could put his arm around her. Of course I said yes! This makes me happy on so many levels, mostly because it has not been an easy road with him since Lily has been born. She was/is still somewhat a demanding baby and he has gone from almost all our attention to almost none on certain days. I know that he needs to learn that life is not all about him and I know that it is good for him to share our attention and learn what it means to be a part of a family, but for the past three months, he has had to learn it to a pretty high degree, especially as it relates to me and my time with him. And that has been a struggle. When Lily would not be settled by anyone but me and then would not take a bottle, days seemed to go by that our only interactions were negative- him acting out, and me subsequently discipling him. But now that we have made progress in Lily's sorts, we have been able to do fun things as the three of us (and four when Nelson is home). So it makes me really glad that even though it has been a hard transition, he still sees her as a positive thing in his life!

Happy 3 month birthday Lily!!!