Matthew's 3rd Month

• Tummy Time: Matthew doesn't particularly like tummy time, but he is doing better at it.  He often does his running legs while he is on his belly.  If he is on a pillow, this results in him either going head first over the pillow or moving backwards so his head is buried in the pillow.
• Cooing/Crooning:  Matthew coos and croons a lot.  Sometimes it is happy, sometimes it is sad, always it is very intent. 

Crooning during tummy time

• Lights: Matthew likes looking at and talking to lights.  Some of his favorites are the star on the floor gym and the lights on the bouncy seat.  He also likes looking at the ceiling fans.

"Hello Mr. Star"



• Megan: Matthew has started showing interest in Megan.  He will look at her quite intently at times.  He tolerates her trying to eat his feet or hands as well.
• Marching: Matthew continues practicing his marching skills every day.  He has a very intent look on his face while he moves his legs up and down, up and down, over and over again.  Where he's going, we don't know!

• Swaddling:  Matthew is the master at getting his arms out of swaddles.  This includes U's and he is the best swaddler ever so you know how good Matthew is at getting out.  When he gets his arms out, he shadow boxes (swings arms out in front of him like he's boxing).
• Scratching: Matthew scratches his face a lot and so ends up with little scabs all over it.  It is sad to see and we keep his nails really short but he still manages to scratch himself up quite a bit.  We wonder if his face and head are itchy since he has pretty bad cradle cap and so that is contributing to the problem.  Hopefully he outgrows this soon!
• Guy Smiley: Matthew is super smiley a lot of the time.  That is so much fun!  And it makes the middle of the night feeds a little more enjoyable.

• Cuddling: Matthew is still super cuddly.  We are taking advantage of this all we can!
• Alert: When we saw a different pediatrician last month, she commented to us that Matthew is very alert for his age.  She would have guessed he was older than he was.  Must be because he needs to be on the watch for his older sister who thinks he is a tasty treat:)

In Bumbo

Sleeping peacefully

Looking at me in the mirror before a bath.  He really enjoys his baths!