One of Libby's latest discoveries is her voice. She has making lots of "ooh" and "aah" noises, kind of figuring out that she can make noise come out when she breathes. It's so fun to have her make noises at us. On Thanksgiving at my family's house, she sat in the bouncy seat on the floor facing Todd, and she kept making noises so he would look down at her--she wanted his attention and figured out how to get it! She also had a coo-fest that night after I fed her. I am so excited for her to start babbling up a storm.

I really love to see Libby grabbing toys. She loves to hold on to toys and bring them to her mouth. She's putting her hands in her mouth, too, and likes the pacifier a lot more. I worry about being able to get rid of the pacifier someday, but it really helps her calm down right now, so I'm trying to just let it be.

At Libby's three month appointment on Tuesday November 24th, Dr. Kleber was very impressed by her growth. Libby has had higher than average growth for probably6-8 weeks now. She skipped from the 25th percentile in height and weight to the 75th in height and 50th in weight. She was 24 inches long and 12 pounds 5 ounces. She's about 5 inches longer and almost twice as heavy as when we brought her home from the hospital, and I can't believe how big she is. Todd and I were looking at pictures of her at 4 weeks old and thought she looked so little and skinny!

Dr. Kleber was not concerned about Libby's refusal to lift her head while on her tummy, so I decided to stop thinking about it. In the week since then, she has really started holding her head on her own when we're holding her on our shoulders. Today I put her on her tummy with a rolled up blanket under her chest, and she held her head up for a long time (couple of minutes) looking at the Freddie the Firefly toy. In other words, I don't think we have anything to worry about.

One more thing about the appointment is that Dr. Kleber mentioned we'd be talking about solid foods at Libby's 4 month appointment. I need to do some reading and deciding, because I've heard some debate about whether to start at 4 months or 6 or somewhere in between.

A Speedy Three Months

Libby is three months old today. The time has just flown, and I need to start recording the events of her first year before it's over and forgotten! She is waking up from her nap, so starting the blog and writing three sentences will have to suffice for now.