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Carter is scooting around more and more. This is how I set him down ...


And this is how he ended up ...


Carter slept really well last night. I put him to bed around 8pm and he didn't wake up until 5am. He's done that once or twice before, but that was over a month ago. We're moving his bedtime up 30 minutes which means doing his last feeding of the night at 7:30pm and then putting him down around 8pm. Daylight Savings Time begins soon so we'll see how that messes things up!

When we chose the name Carter, we'd never known or heard of any other Carters. I've been meeting more people though that know a child named Carter. We had checked the Social Security Association website when we picked the name to see how popular it was. In the US, Carter was number 80 in popularity in 2007, and in Tennessee, it was number 70 in 2007. It's a good thing we don't live in Saskatchewan, Canada because we would have had to pick a different name. Brian found today that it was number 7 in popularity in Saskatchewan in 2008.

Happy Baby

Carter was such a happy baby today. He smiled and laughed all day, as long as we were giving him our full attention.

Carter has slept the entire night in his crib the last two nights - I put him back in it after feeding him a little after midnight both nights. (I'm not sure why he's waking up for his overnight feeding so early right now.) Last night he woke up a couple of times and made a bunch of noise but never got upset. He was just "talking". He was able to get back to sleep on his own both times. He's finally learning to self-soothe himself some.

We got a little bit of snow overnight last night - maybe 1/4 inch. This has been the snowiest year we've had since we've moved to Knoxville.

Carter Rolled Over!

Carter rolled over this evening. Brian had set him down on the floor for some tummy time. He put Carter's arms out in front of him when he put him down - Carter can't really get this far up on his own. He looked around for about a minute with his head up 90 degrees and then he rolled over to his back.


Carter has been in the size 2 Pampers Swaddlers now for about a week. He's been having more blowouts lately, but these diapers still seem to fit better than any of the others I've tried. We still change him before every feeding (except for his middle of the night feeding). Sometimes Carter just fills his diaper with more poop than it can hold. Luckily, he still cleans up easily and his poop isn't really stinky. I'm still looking for the magic stain remover to get poop stains out of his clothes. He's getting close to growing out of his 3 month sized clothes though and is just now starting to fit into some of his 6 month sized stuff.

Bunco

I played bunco last night with some of the women that live in our neighborhood. It's a really simple game and an excuse to get away for an evening, eat, and have a few drinks. It was good to finally meet some of the other people that live in the neighborhood. Most of the women have young children, though none are as young as Carter.

Brian had to put Carter to bed on his own last night, which included doing his last feeding, and luckily Carter didn't give him any trouble. He hasn't been sleeping as well at night this last week so we were a little worried. He did wake up at midnight after I'd only had an hour of sleep. I fed him and got him back to sleep, but he was very noisy and slept light the rest of the night.

Here are a couple of cute pictures from Carter's bath today ...

Chewing His Hands

Carter is constantly chewing on his fists lately. And the last few days he's started to grab my hand and put it in his mouth to chew on.


Carter and I went to Baby Bookworms today. It was more chaotic today. The people that showed up were completely different than the ones from the week before. There were more wanders in this class. One little girl kept going up to the librarian leading the class and would try to pull the stuffed bear off her lap. Then she'd go through the bag of books and activities the librarian brought with her. The mom didn't seem to care. It was a little distracting.

We ended up going out to lunch at Panera after the class with two of the other moms and their kids. One mom has an 8 month old boy and the other mom has a girl about one and a half years old. It was good to get to talk to some other moms for a little bit. All the kids did pretty well through lunch. Carter got a little fussy right away so I had to hold him as I ate my soup. He was fine as long as I was holding him but I had to be careful not to drop soup on his head.

3 Month Checkup

Carter had his 3 month appointment today. He now weighs 13 lbs (42nd percentile) and is 23 1/4 inches tall (24th percentile). So in the last month, he has gained 1 lb, 10 oz and has grown 1 1/4 inches. Today they had us take a survey of what Carter can do to track his development. According to the doctor, he "scored" 4 1/2 months. Basically, he's developing as he should!

Here's a picture that shows why Carter is up to 13 lbs ... he has a bit of a pot belly right now.

Bubbles

3 Months Old

Carter is 3 months old today!

Carter slept in his crib for the first time last night. He woke up around 4am and I fed him, and then I put him down in the bassinet in our room since he usually doesn't sleep well or long after his middle of the night feeding. Hopefully he'll do well again tonight in his crib.

I've been feeding Carter around 8pm the last couple of weeks and then putting him to bed afterwards. He usually wakes up between 2am and 4am to eat. I don't mind feeding him then, but it would be nice if we slept well after that feeding.

We may try making Carter's bedtime a little earlier because he usually gets really fussy from 5-8pm. I know he's just really tired because he's still napping poorly. His naps are 30 minutes max and he usually fights taking them. I try to catch him too before he gets overtired. Hopefully he starts developing real naps soon. I'd get a lot more done then too!

Moving Around

Carter turned onto his side all on his own and stayed that way for the first time Wednesday night. He's not getting close to really rolling over yet. I try to give him a little tummy time every day, but he will only put up with it for a few minutes at a time before he lets me know he wants to be turned back over.


Here are a couple of cute picture from our walk on Monday ...

Baby Bookworms

Carter and I went to our first "Mommy and Me" type of class today. We went to the Baby Bookworms program at the Farragut branch library. It's for kids 2 and under. There were about 10 other moms there with their kids. It was a fun program that lasted about 30 minutes. We sang lots of songs and rhymes and the librarian read a few books. We did a lot of bouncing the babies around on our laps and getting them involved in the songs. The librarian led us using a stuffed bear to demonstrate what to do with the babies. Carter seemed to enjoy it. He liked watching everyone.

Carter and I were a few minutes late because he took a little longer than normal to eat before we left. Most people rushed out after the class was over, but hopefully we'll get there a little earlier next week and I'll get to talk to some of the other moms.

Carter and I got a few books while we were at the library and then walked around the park next to the library since it was almost 70F. I had Carter in the Baby Bjorn and he fell asleep about halfway through the walk. It is super windy today (30-40 mph winds) and he seemed to like being outside in it.