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This month your baby will begin staying awake for much longer periods of time. Your baby is happier and she does not cry as often as she previously was. There will be many opportunities for learning and sharing throughout the day. Interacting and playing with your baby will encourage her to learn. Your baby enjoys swatting at toys and may be able to grasp them occasionally.

Get ready for lots of laughs and giggles. Your baby still loves when you smile at her and she can now laugh at you. Babbles, coos, smiles and laughs are all part of her developing personality. Let her know just how much you enjoy hearing her laugh by laughing back. When she babbles and coos, do it back.

Some babies enjoy being held and rocked more than others, and that is okay. All babies are different. If you have a cuddly baby, take this time to enjoy it. Rocking and cuddling are good for babies and make them feel secure and comforted. All babies need to be held and soothed, and not just when they are crying. Show him just how much you love him and care about him. Babies like gazing you in the eyes. You can play simple games with your baby now, too. Peek a boo and `This Little Piggy` are favorites for many babies. Read to your baby daily and sing songs with her. If your baby starts to get fussy, it is time to stop.

Babies this age are becoming interested in toys. They do not need to be expensive or even store bought toys. When choosing toys, you need to be careful about what you allow your baby to play with. Do not buy anything that can fit inside of their mouth. Toy should not be made with anything that could break off or splinter. Never give your baby anything with sharp edges or corners. Make sure that older siblings understand that their toys may be dangerous for the baby.

Make your baby's room bright and welcoming. You could paing the walls, hang brightly colored pictures and add fun accents to make your baby's room interesting for him. Babies still do not need pillows or blankets. They are suffocation hazards and should be used only for decorative purposes. You can add a mirror on the wall above the changing table, or pictures of family and friends.

Your baby may start trying to hold his bottle at this point. Do not prop the bottle with blankets or anything else. This can cause ear infections. Rather, use this time as bonding time between you and your child. Breastfeeding should be well-established at this point. You can also pump your breastmilk and store it for others to feed the baby. Most babies want to eat every 4 hours and are consuming higher amounts.

If you ever find yourself getting frustrated with your baby, put the baby in her crib and call a friend or family member to help with the baby. Babies do not do things to frustrate you on purpose, and it is totally acceptable to need a break once in a while. Make sure you never shake or hit your baby. This can cause severe damage or even death.

Developmental Milestones 3 Months Old

Physical

• Your baby may be able to lift her head while laying on her back and hold it for several minutes
• Some babies can hold their head steady and erect while in a sitting position
• When on his stomach, he will lift his head and chest as to do mini push ups-offer encouragement by sitting in front and dangling a toy
• Babies can now wave their arms and kick their legs
• Kicks are getting stronger
• When being held up, your baby should push down on their legs
• She can bring both hands together and open fingers
• Can roll over one way
• Your baby can focus on very small objects

Intellectual

• Will swat at toys-encourage her by holding a toy in front and see if she will grab it
• Many babies will sleep through the night around this time
• Clear recognition of mom and dad
• Your baby will look directly at you and gurgle when he hears your voice
• Enjoys being read to-read to your baby everyday to develop language skills
• Enjoys bright colored objects
• Has a rapidly developing memory
• Enjoys the feel of different objects-allow your baby to touch a variety of textures
• Your baby may smile at herself when she sees herself in the mirror
• Laughs out loud
• Has more established routines
• Makes sounds like `ah goo`

Emotional

• Is attached to the main caregiver
• Familiar with parents faces and siblings
• Your baby will smile at strangers
• Likes to hear you talk-tell her about everything you do
• Touching, caressing, carrying, rocking and massaging are great ways to relax your baby
• Becoming more animated and social-flashes smiles and gugles and coos
• Turns towards the sounds of familiar noises

Age Appropriate Toys

• Rattles
• Play gyms
• Activity mats
• Mirrors
• Balls
• Books
• Music
• Toys to grasp
• Lighted toys
• Textured items

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3loveofmylife - Monday, 29 Apr
Jen that is awesome i bet you fell like a new person. laura (team surprise) hope you can get some rest. Noah's also singing all day lol

laura (team surprise) - Monday, 29 Apr
Haven't been on lately, Emily is killing me with the 4 month growth spurt.

heidi80 - Monday, 29 Apr
awww jen that is so cute! I love the singing! yay so happy for you! it feels great to sleep well!!!:)

Jen11 - Sunday, 28 Apr
Hooray! Sara only woke once last night! I feel so rested.

Jen11 - Sunday, 28 Apr
Heidi - Sara likes peekaboo and loves to play on her baby gym. She now 'sings' all day long. I think I should get her some videos to watch too. 3love - I think, being a girl, I will see if I can grow Sara's hair long.

3loveofmylife - Saturday, 27 Apr
Noah's been saying ga ga ga and da da da all day so funny i just love him so much i think he loves me too since he wants me to carry him all day right lol. i think i'm going to let his hair grow and not cut it till he goes to school maybe just trim it once a year. when will you guys cut your babies hair for the first time.

3loveofmylife - Friday, 26 Apr
Jen yay for Sara getting better hope she keeps it up. if she is getting enough breast milk and you want to wait you could and stared her on solid when she turns 5 or 6 months. and all i'v heard are bad things about rice cereals, because rice is grown in water Rice apparently absorbs arsenic more effectively than most plants, i should never google anything lol. so no more rice cereal for Noah. heidi i'm going to try the earths beast baby food, and i will also make food for him at home too that way i'll know what i put in it. i know organic is safer so they say lol. yeah Noah dose have a swing so far he does not like it don't know why my other 2 loved their swing but he does love sitting on my lap and watching elmo. i'l have to get his high chair out soon. i haven't tried baby einstein videos. oh and he loves playing peak a boo, and he laughs at anything my other 2 kids do lol. he doesn't have any favorite games yet.

heidi80 - Friday, 26 Apr
3 love do you have a baby swing? have you ever tried baby einstein videos? Luke is in love with them that is how i get things done he smiles laughs and screams at the tv cause there are babies in them and animals and little stuffed animals! I honestly don't know what i would do without them! he also loves his pack and play he stares at the stars and talks to them! he also talks to his hand. His favorite game is peek a boo! do any of your babies have a favorite game or story yet? lol sorry for all the posts!

heidi80 - Friday, 26 Apr
3 love i have heard rice milk had traces of arsenic i feel luke organic but i think with the rice milk even organic had levels of arsenic found? i could be wrong on that though! I would just get organic. i love earths best baby foods thats what all my babies got and the stuff i make for them in my nutri bullet! he does not like rice cereal either. he does not like squash to much either and he likes baby peas if i water them down cause they are to clumpy! but everything else i have tried he loves. 3 love awww Noah is teething? yeah Luke is getting a top tooth too when the other 2 were popping through he really had no problems no fever or anything but he also had a cold.

Jen11 - Friday, 26 Apr
3love - yes, she is taking both breasts again...no idea what that was all about! Well, last night was a bit better, she still woke twice, but went straight back to sleep after feeding, and was not restless as she usually is, so maybe we are getting there! Still 2 weeks to go to reach 4 months. I'm still not sure if I should try solids as soon as she is 4 months or wait a bit! Noah is a really good weight, well done! Hope he is enjoying his solids. Have you found any more info on rice cereals yet?

3loveofmylife - Thursday, 25 Apr
Jen lol yeah Noah turned 4 months on the 18th and he was 16.08lb. oh i'm sorry Sara's not getting back to her night time routine, it usually takes my son a week to get back to it. well i hope she does or she's going to have a very tired mommy and she won't get a lot of play time during day lol. have you tried giving her a bath before bed time and maybe try and let her stay up more during day. hmm i don't know why she wouldn't take one breast and took the other maybe she wasn't comfortable on that side like you said wired Noah's never done that. is she taking them both now or she still refusing the one.

Jen11 - Thursday, 25 Apr
3love- Mashed potato already, wow! Is Noah already 4 months? I'm glad he is sleeping well! Well, it's already been 2 weeks since we got back from our trip and still no sign of any return to a normal night time routine...Weird thing happened this morning; I put her to my breast to feed when she woke and she screamed...would not take that breast, but took the other after a little coaxing. It was a little engorged, but that has never worried her before. I have no idea what the problem was!

3loveofmylife - Wednesday, 24 Apr
Jen you know what my sister's kids weren't bothered by teething she said they just went through it without really crying or fussing so i guess she was one of the lucky once lol. i'm not giving Noah rice cereal any more till i do some research on it, but i'm going to get him some oatmeal he really didn't like rice cereal when i did give him some, and it usually takes babies couple of tries to really like something coz it's all new to them they need to get used to the taste, but he does like mashed potatoes after 5 tries lol. oh he's gotten better at sleeping, he goes to sleep at 10:00pm wakes up around 2am for feeding then back to sleep till 8am he stays up till 10am takes a short nap till 11am then he takes about 2 more naps during the day but they are only about 20 to 30 min each, so i'm happy with him waking up once during night time and i have to cook, clean, and whatever i need to do before hubby goes to work coz after he leaves all i do is carry Noah all day coz he wants to be held all the times. i hope Sara gets better at sleeping i know how hard it is to be up most of the night. you should take naps when she does during day time if you have time, it should take her about a week to get back to her old schedule. i know with my 2nd son if i wake him up early or put him to bed late after that for about a week he'll wake up early and go to bed late so it mess up his schedule but after a week he goes back to his normal schedule. oh gosh this went on forever lol.

Jen11 - Tuesday, 23 Apr
3love - that would be wonderful! Imagine that, pain free teething! Has Noah started to enjoy his cereal more yet? How does he sleep at night? I'm having problems with Sara. She was sleeping so well, then we went away for a week and the trip unsettled her. Now she sleeps for about 2 hours at a time....I'm tired.

3loveofmylife - Tuesday, 23 Apr
Jen lol maybe it's just Noah's Dr that heard of that. oh and i think heidi said Luke already has his bottom 2 teeth. maybe Sara is one of those lucky babies that go through teething and not feel the pain so her teeth could just come through without you noticing that she is teething wouldn't that be nice.

Jen11 - Tuesday, 23 Apr
Teeth? Already? I keep thinking Sara will start teething soon, but don't feel anything. I thought they got bottom teeth first? I haven't heard anything negative about rice cereals.....

3loveofmylife - Monday, 22 Apr
thanks Jen and heidi he did cry but my 4 year old cried more than Noah coz he also had to get one shot i think him screaming scared Noah more than the shots lol. oh and Noah's Dr tolled me to star Noah off with oatmeal not rice cereal coz there was talks of arsenic in rice cereal i had no idea now i'm confused he is a good Dr, and he always tells me if a medicine doesn't work, or if there was a food recall so i trust him. i'm sorry i'm not trying to scary anyone but have you guys heard of rice cereal having arsenic in. i really don't want to google this coz all i'll see will be bad things about it. i think i'm just going to give him all home made food and hope that it's the best thing for him. heidi wow Luke's getting top teeth too Noah still have no teeth but i can feel them coming out he better not bite me lol. and both of my other 2 loved fruits and vegetables and they still do thank god, hopefully Noah will too.

heidi80 - Monday, 22 Apr
3 love I hope Noah did fine with his shots! Luke is getting a top tooth also i can feel it coming through! I also feel it when he is excited to get on the breast sometimes he bites down! owwwww it hurts.

heidi80 - Monday, 22 Apr
jen11 and 3 love yes as 3 love said it can be kinda nerve racking at 1st with your 1st baby but most babies do very well Luke took about a week to get it my other babies did very well so i think every baby is different with Bria my 1st I waited till she was 5 months and that may have been the difference. Luke just tried peas for the 1st time and he kept gagging i think it is just too clumpy so i will mix it with some water next time. it is stage 1 and i don't remember the peas being this clumpy. lol he does not like squash much either but after about 3 times he will eat it so i figure the same will go for peas too. I know some babies and kids need to eat a vegetable something like 10-16 times before they will like and eat it! I never knew that until my 3rd baby! so now at meal times i serve all the kids whatever veggies we have even if they don't like it and sometimes they will eat it when they see there brothers and sisters eating it!:)

Jen11 - Monday, 22 Apr
3love - I hope Noah was alright with his shots!

3loveofmylife - Sunday, 21 Apr
Noah's getting his 4 months check up and his shots tomorrow i hope they are not to painful for him.

3loveofmylife - Friday, 19 Apr
Jen11 lol with my 1st i was terrified of feeding him solids food i thought he would choke and i wouldn't know what to do so i started him at 6 months. my 2nd i started at 4 1/2 months, but it's so cute to see the faces they make when they try new foods for the first time. so far Noah doesn't like it i'm thinking he will get used to it i hope if not i have to try something else, and my kids Pediatrician said its ok to started solids at 4 months just started slow. so just started slow when you started solids, and hope she will like it. it is kind of scary with the 1st baby, but you should be fine.

Jen11 - Friday, 19 Apr
3love - I hope he enjoys the cereal! Did you start your other children on solids at 4 months too? My paediatrician says nothing but breastmilk until 6 months, but I also think solids should be started from about 4 months, but being my first child I am really unsure.

3loveofmylife - Thursday, 18 Apr
Noah is 4 months old today. i'm going to get him some rice cereal hope he like it.

3loveofmylife - Wednesday, 17 Apr
Jen11 awww i hope she won't cry when she gets her shots. that's cute about discovering her voice. Noah keeps singing too i call it singing coz sometimes he wont stop using his voice lol, and my 4 year old keeps asking what is Noah saying so i just say he is singing lol.

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