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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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cpineapple2 - Saturday, 11 Feb
Th fb group is NOVEMBER 2011 MOMS. When searching it has to be in all caps.

3charms1977 - Saturday, 11 Feb
you have to spell November out fully

sickasadog - Saturday, 11 Feb
i cannot find the nov sight on facebook except nov 2011 moms bump. help thx

3charms1977 - Saturday, 11 Feb
Finally I'm back on. I was on before I had my baby in November and then for some reason couldn't get back on. So here I am with my new name. My son's name is Grayson. He will be 14 weeks old on Monday. I am breastfeeding him (sometimes I pump and he will have a 3 - 4 oz bottle of that). Anyways, lately he has been going 4 days without a bowel movement and then when he does wow!!! I googled it and it said it was normal. I don't remember this with my other two. I too am going to hold off until 6mths before any solids. I was always told they don't usually require anything before that. But then again, every baby is different and some might need more before that.

erin1023 - Saturday, 11 Feb
redding..I do go full time and my hubby is also in school but takes online classes on weekends! So it is crazy!!....I will graduate in December this year!!! Sooo excited and ready!!.... I usually do my homework when LO naps or like when I have reading to do, he likes me to read out loud to him, even if its from my biology book or something! lol...so I do that a lot in the evenings! lol

sweetpea102802 - Saturday, 11 Feb
I plan on starting Alyssa on solids at 4 months. That is what our pedi recommended. I am starting with rice cereal. I don't see her having a problem with allergies as her father and I do not have any.

number1bubs - Saturday, 11 Feb
Redding: I am nursing exclusively until 6 mo. It our pedi's recommendation as long as Grayson continues to thrive. We will start with rice for 2 weeks and introduce peaches pears and applesauce as the next 3 foods 5 days apart. After that the schedule shows sweet potatoes, bananas and peas again 5 days between each. I have an intolerance to gluten, so we are going a little slower than most babies. Our pedi is concerned about allergies. He normally let's a baby go 3 days between each new food.

MiasMomma11 - Saturday, 11 Feb
redding- i started rice cereal at 8 weeks because i have a very hungry baby! and my ped gave me the ok because its not healthy for them to actually have over 40 oz a day and my LO was sucking down 50! I decided to go organic for all of Mia's food and buy Earth's Best line of baby food. we diid just plain rice cereal (the whole grain kind) for a month and when she turned 3 months we started adding in only a couple baby spoon fulls of puree to her cereal. shes only eatin apples, bananas, and pears so far, i try to do one a week even tho they say you only have to wait 3-4 days. Mia eats rice cereal twice a day ( breakfast and dinner) with some fruit in it. i dont wanna do the straight puree because its sucha a strong flavor to them(im waitingg till 6 months to do straight puree) plus its very cost savy! rice cereal is sooo cheap and i have yet to go through a whole box yet and one jar of food will last her 2-3 days. they say dont do fruit first because they wont like veggies but everyone i know did it this way and had no problems! all their kids and very good eaters

redding2009 - Saturday, 11 Feb
Also, do you think rice cereal is a good first food to introduce when starting solids? or are you skipping the rice cereal and plan to start ( or have started) with fruit and veggie purees for example?

redding2009 - Saturday, 11 Feb
Anyone here NOT starting their lo on baby cereal untill he/she is 6 months old? My pediatrician keeps encouraging to start at 4 months, but we don't want to start our daughter untill she is 6 months old( I read that breast milk/formula is sufficient for the first 6 months of life, so I don't see any need to start sooner). I know opinions vary on when to start solids and even whether or not to give rice cereal, so I am curious for those that HAVE started solids before 6 months, for what reasons are you doing so, and what is your ped's opinion on introducing solids?

redding2009 - Saturday, 11 Feb
Erin1023: I am also a wife,mommy, and student so I can definitely relate! I go to school part-time, but am considering full-time for the Fall semester, so I can graduate A LOT sooner. My husband is in grad school, so things are pretty crazy. Uugh..I feel like I never have any free time lol. When I take care of my LO during the day, I have no time for homework or housework.Then, when I really want to relax at night and spend time with my husband, I either have class or have to do homework. But, getting my degree is really important to me and I know it will only help our family. Do you go to school full-time? when will you graduate? and when do you get your homework done :-)

number1bubs - Saturday, 11 Feb
Cherry: hope to see you on here more often. Everything's great with us. Grayson is doing really well and growing up so fast.

erin1023 - Friday, 10 Feb
I am so proud of myself today lol..I was so worried about keeping up with school, house, baby, Hubby and everything...but this week I dunno what has gotten into me I was like super woman motivated this week!!...My entire house got a deep cleaning I did the downstairs yesterday and upstairs today...I am 3 days AHEAD on my school work!! and I am actually almost caught up on laundry! Little man has had some major mommy time this week as I managed to squeeze in lots of play time with him and trying to encourage him to roll over!...and Hubby and I actually managed to squeeze in some 'us' time and TMI but some BD for the first time since baby!...now I don't feel so bad! I felt horrible for him for the last almost 3 months because I was constantly just not in the mood!! I was overwhelmed with everything and was always worrying LO would wake up or something at the wrong time but it worked out....now I finally feel like I am learning to balance wife/mommy/student!

sweetpea102802 - Friday, 10 Feb
I Haven't lived in KY in almost 10 years now. I miss Christmas In The Park. It was one of the best things about the holidays back then. We have found something kinda like that here but it is still just not the same.

Mommy0811 - Friday, 10 Feb
If anyone wants to be friends on face book feel free to add me Rachel McDougale :)

Mommy0811 - Friday, 10 Feb
Ya small world if u want afrom me I'm friends with lots of people from here on there were probably less then 20 minutes apart that's cool we go to e-town to shop and Christmas at the park! And drive thru all the time to go to see family in 'the country ' lol

erin1023 - Friday, 10 Feb
wow everyone is coming back! Hi cherry!!

cherrybeth - Friday, 10 Feb
Hey girls!! I have not been on here in a couple of months...boy time flys! My little man is so awesome! Such a happy baby :) I hope you all are doing well!

sweetpea102802 - Friday, 10 Feb
Mommy: Just saw you are from Louisvile. I am from Elizabethtown. I grew up there as a kid and my family is still there. Small world :)

Mommy0811 - Friday, 10 Feb
I wrote in the group and messaged her so hopefully she will add y'all soon :)

Mommy0811 - Friday, 10 Feb
Yeah but its actually November 2011 MOMS spelled out... well Brittany Lopez is the one in charge i forget her name on here but her little girl is lexie

erin1023 - Friday, 10 Feb
So does anyone know any good post pregnancy workouts?!?...My belly is getting flatter and almost back to normal suprisingly since I had a 10lb baby in there! lol...but it seems like my hips/thighs are where I put on most of the extra weight during pregnancy so those are still no where near where I want them and I cannot get my pre pregnancy pants past my thighs/butt!....any tips?!

sickasadog - Friday, 10 Feb
I am more on facebook so what is the sight? Nov 2011? Also my lo only drinks 3 oz tops. Avg is an oz an hour. She is horrible but growing, happy, and looks healthy. She is just a lean baby. My son was a porker. Both were Ebf kids.

sickasadog - Friday, 10 Feb
Bubs, your son is going to be a giant for awhile ha ha. Me and TJ will have the little ones. Tj, both my girls were tiny. They started putting on the weight at age three. If doc isn't worried and baby has good muscle tone, I wouldn't worry

sweetpea102802 - Friday, 10 Feb
I sent a request to join a few days ago but haven't been added yet.

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