From the Desk of Chloe & Abram's Mom: Chloe

It has been a very big month for Chloe between her first flight, daycare, sleeping in her crib, and, more importantly, sleeping through the night.

When we got back from Austin Paul decided it was time for Chloe to sleep in her crib. To do this he insisted that we use a little tough love. She cried for about 45 minutes before falling asleep the first night we stuck her in there. I was a nervous wreck. The second night she cried on and off for about a half hour and by the third night she was asleep in five minutes. A week later she wasn't fussing at all. The big bonus of putting Chloe in her crib is that she sleeps through the night. The first few nights she slept 8 or 9 hours and Paul and I woke up high fiving. She is sleeping 8 to 10 hours at night and we could not be happier. We feel like real people again. Rested, sane, real people. It is wonderful.

I have yet had the time to stop in at daycare to see Chloe, but from the sound of things I really think that Chloe enjoys being there. When I dropped Chloe off on Wednesday she started smiling and cooing right when she saw Melissa. Then when I picked her up in the afternoon, Melissa said that Chloe had the best day ever. She said she felt like they were comfortable with one another and that Chloe smiled the whole day. Melissa said tha Chloe loves watching the other kids play with instruments and she said that the kids love the new baby! In fact, she said she spends a lot of time telling the kids to "stay away from the baby's face" and to "be gentle."

At three months Chloe weighs about 12 pounds. I know this because I took her to the doctor last week. Chloe ended up catching a cold last weekend and she has a nasty dog cough. The nurse suggested we bring her in just to be sure everything is okay. Turns out she just has a bad cold and the doctor recommended we keep Chloe upright 24/7, which seems to be working fairly well.

Chloe is wearing 3-6 month clothing, although it is a little big on her. She wears size 1 diapers. She seems to be getting so big, but she is still really just a little peanut compared to similar aged babies. I still think she looks like me from the nose down and Paul from the nose up. Except for in this picture where I think she looks exactly like me:

Oh, and the Texas sun gave her hair a bit of an aburn hue. Oli said "Oh no, I don't want her to have red hair!" Before I dyed my hair all of the time I had a bit of red in my hair. My mom has red hair and so does her dad and so it is very possible that Chloe could have aburn hair, as well. It is a red that people pay a lot of money for, but I still hope she ends up with brown or blond hair! She still has blue eyes and dark skin.

I think at this point in her life I would classify Chloe as being a nosy baby. She likes to be held facing out so that she can see everything all of the time. But be careful, baby girl doesn't like people all up in her face. Sometimes if you try to stick your ugly mug in her face she will just turn away until you leave her alone. When she wants to look at you and talk to you she will do it on her own terms. She can keep herself busy playing in her play yard or looking at her mobile for at least a half hour before she gets bored. And she lets us know when she is bored!

Chloe still eats from my "thingy thing" as Oli calls it. I have to pump at work so that Chloe can have breastmilk for daycare. I have a very funny story to share about pumping at work when I have some time to post. Chloe eats 2.5 to 3 ounces every 2 to 3 hours. I'm still the milk lady! Here are some three month pictures.