In chatting with our neighbors who have a son just over half a year older than Emerson, they are constantly trying to remember what things were like (7 months ago) when their boy was Emerson's age. Here's an attempt to jot down some things we can look back on during Emerson's three-month mark:
- Emerson smiles easily when you catch his eye
- He follows objects and people with his eyes
- His eyes seem to have turned their given color: brown, surprise surprise
- Emerson loves being held
- He doesn't seem to care about bouncing as much as just being held
- He seems to like to eat about 6oz of milk at a time
- He sleeps through the night from between 8-10pm to 6-8am
- The car seat seems to bug him, he gets very hot
- He grabs on to things like hair and shirts when you are holding him
- He likes to look at everything around him - if you take him some place new, he is genuinely interested in exploring
- He fits into size 1 diapers.... almost ready to move on to size 2
- He doesn't suck on his pacifier too long before spitting it out
- He has rolled over from his tummy to his back
- He can roll from his back to his side
- Lots of coos and gahhhhs
We'll check back in to see how things change. For now, it's probably my most exciting part of the day to come home from work and get him to smile at me. I look forward to that more than anything else I can think of.
