13 weeks... This afternoon Grace is thirteen weeks old. Tomorrow she'll be officially Three Months. I am just in shock! It's time to get out a whole new set of clothes already! I'm also proud to say that she's been exclusively breastfed for the whole 13 weeks! This is longer than Tyler was and suddenly my goal of 6 months nursing at least half of feedings doesn't seem all that scary! Sometimes I really do hate it but my kids have both been fast nursers so it's 'easy' for me compared to some. She smiles a lot these days and loves to coo. She will open her mouth and kind of lean forward when you are talking to her like she's trying to talk back. She's much more serious than Tyler was. Tyler's eyes were in a constant smile where as Grace's eyes are much more serious- like she's always thinking. Durring the day I can put her down for her nap while she's awake and she'll go to sleep by herself- as long as she has her pacifier. She sometimes falls alseep without it in her seat and often in the car or swing without it. At night she needs a little more coaxing so I sometimes hold her or rock her but thankfully, so far, (knock on wood) she doesn't nurse herself to sleep. I'm so so so thankful for that. She still cant' decide how long to go between feedings durring the day or at night so I'm still just trying to make a routine that fits us and fits into Tyler's routine. There's just no easy way to get them both to nap at the same time for some reason! Of course I also want to not have to get up at 5 am and don't want to feed her in the middle of the evening which is when we're always out doing our shopping or visiting people. My hope is that if there is a mid-evening feeding established she'll start to take a bottle. So far she will only take it well if she's starving and (based on last night's story from Gary) when I'm not around. I really think that the trick to getting her to take the bottle is for us to be consistant with it and for Gary to always be the one to feed her. We just have not had the time or really the motivation to do it yet. It's so nice to be so relaxed about this child. I worried way too much about what everyone thought of what I was doing with Tyler and way too much about what "experts" said he should and shouldn't be doing. After he turned one a lot of that stopped and I was able to be more relaxed. I also have a lot of Mom friends who I can talk to which I'm so thankful! It's nice to express a concern and have others say "my kid did that and it's ok!" Grace still hates her tummy time but she's getting SO much better at holding her head up. When I put her on the boppy she likes it and if I put her anywhere near an ON TV she's the happiest! We are a household of TV addicts unfortunately. I did really well with Tyler limiting his screen time because he watched it as an infant too. I'm trying with her but I doubt I'll be as successful. We will see! She's just such a blessing and the joy of my life. I am constatnly amazed that God has given me so much love that I can share it between my husband, TWO children and a wonderful collection of family and friends! How much more, even, does God love me? and You? How great is our God?!?!