What got better for you at 3mnths?

ok, after reading another post about how things didn't "magically" get better at 12wks, I need something to look forward to. What exactly did you find gets better at 3months?
Were your babies sleeping better?
Were they laughing/giggline?
Rolling over?
More interactive?
Less crying and more happy play time?
Taking naps?

 

For us 4 months was really when it got noticeably better. That is when they became more fun and interactive (laughing, rolling, playing.) It took us 5 months for the naps to really get established and I am desperately hoping that at 6 months we'll tackle the nighttime sleeping issues we still have !

Although at 3 months the colic did stop, so that was GREAT, and we were also able to transition them into their cribs in their room at that age.

 

My boys aren't quite 3 months, but, we've had a couple of great days lately - Benny's colic hasn't reared its ugly head, both boys are napping at predetermined times and ready for bed at a set time, and both boys are generally acting happier/more interactive/interested in their environment. Benny was laughing and squealing at his bouncy seat just this morning.

I remember 3 months being a HUGE marker with my DD. I felt like she suddenly went from being a helpless blob of a newborn to a small human being. Her personality started shining through! Even now, when I look back at her baby pictures, I can see that 'the lights came on' in her eyes at 3 months.

 

Smiling became a much more regular thing for mine. Sleeping improved a little but I really didn't see a real improvement until 4 months. I'm still waiting for STTN - but they do sleep for a 6-7 hour stretch initially after I put them to bed. I don't think that necessarily happened because of their age though...I changed a few things about their bedtime routine that helped.

 

I would say that for us nighttime got better at 3 months and daytimes got harder. My Ben stopped being colicky and they both started going to bed at a consistent time of 7pm. And they started just getting up once per night most nights.

Daytimes got better in ways - i.e. more smiles and fun. But since they started to sleep a lot less, I found the days really long and hard.

Don't expect "magic" at 3 months but things do start to improve!

 

THEY SLEEP FOR 8 HOURS - HOORAY - THEY SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT! :drinks: :drinks: :drinks:

That alone is a BIG help. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Oh yeah, and they start to hold their bottle. Every little thing helps. :Clap:

 

Slept longer at night, smiled ALOT, giggled, touching toes, found they love Dora the Explorer cartoon.

 

Mine were early so three months brought us our first smiles and holding their heads up. I also learned at that time they could only be awake 45-90 mins before getting overtired. This helped with naps and made awake time such fun.

 

Mine started sleeping for 8 hours at night, they smile and coo all the time, they developed a schedule of set naptimes and bedtime, they are entertained by looking and watching things, I have learned their personalities, and I really enjoy them now (sad to say but I didn't enjoy them as newborns). It just seems from 3 months on things continue to get easier every day.

 

Are you looking for the light at the end of the tunnel??? There are definite improvements along the way.

QUOTE(isis @ Apr 1 2008, 11:37 AM) [snapback]698870[/snapback]
ok, after reading another post about how things didn't "magically" get better at 12wks, I need something to look forward to. What exactly did you find gets better at 3months?
Were your babies sleeping better? Yes, more hours at night and one became a better napper while the other stopped being a good sleeper :rotflmbo:
Were they laughing/giggline? Yes, though not that much. Really just here or there and usually only after a ton of work!
Rolling over One was the other wasn't?
More interactive? Yes, I remember feeling like I might run away (not really) if I didn't get more of a response soon. They started smiling much more and definitely were beginning to want to do more than just nurse and nurse and nurse
Less crying and more happy play time? Well, I wouldn't go that far...just kidding. I think a bit more but not a ton
Taking naps? Not consistently...we were still struggling with naps up until recently (I finally accepted that they both weren't going to nap for the length of time I felt they should!!

Those early weeks and months are really tough with one baby or two. I really struggled with the crying, no interaction faze of my kids' lives. I had colicky, reflux babies that were miserable so much that I barely could catch a breath but they are now these wonderful, playful babies that I cant' get enough of! The time passes and when it does you hardly remember it!!

 

I agree -- 3 months wasn't HUUUUUUUUUUGE, but they became more interactive . At four months, we established a sleep/nap routine which REALLLLLY helped. But yes, three month mark is big for those of us with fussy/colicky/refluxy babies, for sure!!

 

Way more smiles. Sleeping 8-9 hours at night, bf was a breeze and only 8-10 min a feeding. Happier(no more colic) could play with toys, great nap schedule See more personality.

 

Not sure if you're nursing or not, but off the top of my head, that was the biggest change that happened for us around 3 months. It was like this little lightbulb went off in their heads and we all just 'got it!' It was so great. Instead of dreading feedings, they became so much easier. That in and of itself was huge

I'd have to go look at my notebook to see what else happened I honestly don't remember!

 

For us it was that the girls were more interactive. They also started taking a bottle every 4 hours around the clock instead of every 3 (this is huge!), and feeding them became easier too (they were so small in the beginning and we'd have to pull out all the trick to get them to stay awake long enough to drink 1-2 ounces). The other thing that got better was our confidence level. DH and I started to be able to interpret cries and know how to defuse situations. We were still not sleeping much, but at least we had a plan in place for splitting up the night stuff since I went back to work when they were 8 weeks old.

 

QUOTE(isis @ Apr 1 2008, 11:37 AM) [snapback]698870[/snapback]
ok, after reading another post about how things didn't "magically" get better at 12wks, I need something to look forward to. What exactly did you find gets better at 3months?
Were your babies sleeping better?
Were they laughing/giggline?
Rolling over?
More interactive?
Less crying and more happy play time?
Taking naps?


My babies are sleeping better(8-10hrs), have been laughing and giggling, my son has rolled over once and daughter almost but not yet, they are more interactive, most days play time is happy but they still hate tummy time, and nap time is still a struggle.

 

Haha, I believe that was my post that triggered this!

Other things have gotten better though! They both smile like crazy and follow me around the room when someone else is holding them. Presley is trying to roll over so hard but her brother who probably could roll, could care less!
They wake up twice at night and go RIGHT back to sleep

The best is my little Mister Cash though. EVERY morning at 6 or 7am, I go up to his crib and he is just smiling and chuckling at me!

 

At 3 months we started being able to put the babies down when they were sleeping instead of them only sleeping in our arms, that was a HUGE relief and improvement, they were still up twice at night to eat, but just to have a break in the evening was a godsend. And b/c they started sleeping better they got less crabby and more fun!!! And now at 6 months I barely remember those early crazy days.

 

ok, so i do have stuff to look forward to. Right now our twins do smile a bit, but it's often at the lamp, not at us. I am so looking foward to interactive babies! And, ok, I admit, less then 3 feedings per night would be great!