Three Months

During Aliyah's third month, she experienced overnight stays with both sets of grandparents.  Eli still adores his baby sister but needs more frequent reminders to be gentle as he is sometimes a bit too confident in his ability to handle her.  As for Aliyah's eating habits, she just increased to taking 5 ounces of formula every 3 hours throughout the day.

Aliyah is ready for bed at the end of the day after her 8:00 feeding.  She will usually sleep around 8 to 10 hours at night.  Her napping pattern is still a bit sporadic throughout the day.  Usually, she will be awake for 2 hours and then sleep for an hour and continues to follow this pattern.  I am hoping she will soon consolidate her naps so that she takes fewer but longer naps rather than many short ones. 

A few of Aliyah's new favorites include watching the ceiling fan and taking more interest in toys and books.  She seems to have an attention span that is getting longer as she is able to focus more on things.  She also loves being talked to and will respond back with smiles and sweet little coos.  She moves her arms and legs really fast to show her excitement.  She has been learning how to coordinate the movements of her hands a bit more but is still learning how to firmly grasp things with a real purpose. 

She is still quite petite and is wearing size 1 diapers yet at the time.  Most of her 0-3 month sized clothes still fit while a few outfits are starting to get a bit small.  I always wait until she has grown out of the majority of her wardrobe before switching everything over to the next size. 

Overall, Aliyah's emerging personality seems to be one that is easygoing.  She is usually quite content and is able to adjust to the many errands we go on along with the drop-offs and pick-ups at preschool with Eli, in and out of her car seat many times throughout the week.  Some days, it still seems surreal to me that we are parenting two kids now while at other times it seems Aliyah has been with us all along.  Ian is really good about helping out too as we have made the transition again with a new baby.  I enjoy watching their dad-daughter relationship develop, similar to his bond with Eli yet unique in its own way with a little girl.