Layla 3 months

Where does the time go? I feel like it was just last week that my little baby was born, and she is already getting so big and aging before my eyes!

 She loves sucking on her fingers! I try to help her find her thumb, because I know how happy  and easy thumb suckers are, but we'll see if she takes to it the way Kelly did

Happy baby! So glad to say I think we are finally over the colicky hurdle

Stats:

Length: undetermined (I will have to measure her and update this)

Weight: about 10.5lbs, probably more, but I only have the bathroom scale, so cannot get a very accurate measurement

Clothes: 0-3 months, some 3-6 months

Skills: rolls easily from belly to back, and can but as some trouble going back to belly, her one arms gets stuck most of the time (hehe); lifts head and chest off floor, constantly kicks legs, lots of baby talking especially when looking her in the eyes, definitely knows my voice, follows voices, uses hands and feet when playing with gym

Sleeps: now sleeps in her bed [yay!] but I usually have to rock her to sleep or put her in the swing until she falls asleep, still wakes up at least once during the night, and though I have tried to feed her before I go to bed in hopes she will sleep longer, she still wakes up at her normal time; goes to bed around 0830pm, nurses around 2am, nurses around 5-6am and would like to stay up but I usually put her in the swing so I can get more sleep (this usually works) wakes again around 0830-0900.

Naps: during the day she naps every 2 hours for usually only 30-40mins; usually naps in her swing, or sometimes I am able to lay her down, but again she prefers being rocked to sleep

Diet: 100% breastfed, able to take a bottle, but hasn't had a bottle for a full  feeding in quite some time, I know I need to make sure she does otherwise its going to be done, but there is not usually anyone to do it per say (my mom is quite busy most of the time and Colleen works a lot, so eh, she only "snacks" from bottles if I give it to her)

Enjoys: cuddling (I remind myself to enjoy this as much as possible and I do, because I know it doesn't last much longer, Kelly was finished cuddling by like 4 1/2 or 5 months), rocking in the rocking chair, swinging, playing with baby gym, going anywhere while sitting in snuggly facing out, listening to stories when I read Kelly books, smiling!
Other: bald spot on back of head from rubbing, but the top is growing in really nicely! she definitely has more hair now than at birth, and its coming in much lighter and almost red-tinged! haha, she might be a ginger!! lol!

I must say we have come a long ways since the early weeks. It took me a lot longer to figure Layla out, but I think we are finally on the same page, and she doesn't have her crying fits even close to what they were before. Plus, she is past the supposed crying peak. As long as Layla is being held or talked to, she is happy and good. She still loves watching her sister play, and a lot of times if she is crying, and I can't pick her up right away, Kelly will go up to her and start talking to her or offer her the paci immediately, because she knows and she is an awesome big sister!

I have not started the mini pill birth control yet, but at this point is does not matter, Aaron is still in the field for 23 more days. I am starting it August 1st, and will stay on it for as long as I am breastfeeding, and then go from there. As much as I love, love, love babies, raising them by myself for the most part is not the way I want to do it, so I am certainly not having more kids. To me, military life does not coincide with having a large family. I think 2 kids is good when half the parents are gone half the time.