Todays well visit weighed Maddie in at 14 lbs even and 24.5 inches long. She is the size of a 4.5 month old! wow...the doctor was impressed at her neck control. But we are going to go through a lot of changes.

First, the doctor told me I should let Maddie cry it out for naps and bedtime. =(

At the same time, she told us to get rid of the swaddle. Maddie has been breaking out of her swaddle this week, so I guess it was time. Tonight we are trying her only in a sleepsack. So far, shes not doing too bad, but we'll see how the rest of the night goes.

MAddie also recently has been rejecting the bottle. This sucks! I get no break whatsoever. On saturday we went out and she totally rejected the bottle and I had to breastfeed her in the car in a dark dead end street in flushing with no pillow. We used an old North face jacket we found in the trunk to help prop her up. Doctor says to keep trying with the bottle...and that it is normal behavior. sigh.

She is going through so many changes now. It seems like shes growing faster than I can keep up with.

So lets see what else is going on. Well her sleeping issues continue to haunt me daily. I am back to work on Monday and freaking out. She wakes up frequently at night (not to eat) and also only catnaps throughout the day. But we will be actively fixing this ove the next few weeks.

She has outgrown all her 0-3 month clothing! She is also moving to size 2 diapers.

She is pushing herself up now, like a sit up. She wants to be sat up all the time.

We are practicing everyday rolling over.

She is sucking on her fingers like crazy...drooling like niagara falls...and rubbing her tongue on her gums. But the doctor said she is not teething. Just normal newborn behavior.

She is really really responsive. We have "conversations" everyday all day long. She is experiencing with her voice and actively tries to "talk" to us. Shes so funny and she smiles ALL THE TIME!

I do often look at her and think "wow she is cute". I know every mom says this though about their kid. I love her baby feet and her soft skin. Her newborn has almost all fallen out and her new hair gives her the appearance of having a crew cut.

I cant believe she is almost 12 weeks old. and her 100 days is in 2 weeks!