Mimi and Jack

Dear Cate,

Now that you are three months old, you:

• laugh, giggle, and smile often.

  

• love to look at yourself in the mirror.
• sleep in your crib, your swing, your stroller, your car seat, your pack’n’play, and Mama and Dad’s bed. 

  

• take four 45-minute naps a day.
• go to bed at 6:15.
• love bath time.

  

• have never had a bottle.
• love to swing at Kate Sessions Park.

  

• love to sing songs with Mama, especially “The Itsy Bitsy Spider,” “The Wheels on the Bus,” and “The Hokey Pokey.” The first time you ever laughed a real belly laugh was when Mama was singing “The Itsy Bitsy Spider.”
• play on your back for up to ten minutes at a time.

  

• tolerate tummy time for about two minutes.

  

• are just starting to grab toys. The first toy you ever grabbed was the Christmas penguin bath toy that was in your stocking. 
• like to watch TV. (Though we sure try to prevent that.)
• still have the hugest cheeks.

  

• are often up all night with tummy aches from gas. Boo.
• sleep for three hours a stretch at night (when your tummy doesn’t hurt you).
• sneeze every time you look toward a bright light or the sun.
• are very vocal. Very. 

  

• fold your hands across your chest in the most dainty way.

  

• weigh about fourteen pounds and are growing out of your 3-6 month clothes.
• still sleep swaddled, but you sure don’t like the swaddle when you wake up.

  

• love to stretch your arms over your head and arch your back when you wake up.
• love to play in bed with Mama and Dad in the mornings.

  

• fuss every time you get in the Beco carrier, and then promptly fall asleep.

  

• usually let strangers (friends of Mama and Dad, of course) hold you, and you usually smile and laugh for them. (Unless you’re tired.)
• love to read books, often talking to the pictures.

  

• like to sit in your Bumbo chair, but only for a few minutes.

  

• love to play airplane, either on Mama’s knees, or held above Mama or Dad’s head.

  

• finally got rid of your yucky diaper rash, but you still have thrush. Boo again.
• are the best thing that ever happened to your mama and your dad, and we love you to the moon and back. 

  

Love, 

Mama