Three Month Letter

Milo,

Sometimes when I think about you I can't believe that you are already 3 months old, and then sometimes I feel like you've been with us for so long that you should be much older.  I feel like you've been a part of our family forever, and I really love it.  These last few weeks have been incredible for you.  You've made huge progress in lots of areas and we're all so proud of you!

You had your surgery last month, and just like I knew you would be, you were a total champ.  Honestly, it was hard. And it was hard for a few weeks, but you recovered much faster than I expected.  You handled the pain of recovery pretty well while you were being given lortab.  After a few days of being home we stopped the lortab and started giving you just tylenol.  You didn't like that.  You were still in pain and started crying all the time, just like you did before you had the surgery.  But luckily, after just a few days the crying suddenly started to lessen with each passing day and now you rarely have those big long crying fits.

You used to cry all the time.  But now...well, you act like a totally different baby.  A lot of the time you are content to just lay on the couch and watch what's going on around you.  I could never put you down before the surgery because you would scream and scream.  Now I can put you down and play with you and get you to smile.  Cooper loves holding you, and it's much easier for me to let him hold you now that you're not screaming bloody murder all the time.  I'm so glad that you're feeling better and that the surgery helped take away some of your pain.  The doctors told me that it might not fix your pain - but I am so grateful that it did! You let out the biggest cheesiest smiles now and they just make me beam with pride.  I'm so proud of you for all that you've been through and so glad that you're finally feeling happy!

We are working on tummy time with you.  You can't quite hold you head up on your own yet, but I'm cutting you a break on this one considering everything you've had on your plate.  But, no more excuses, k? Hopefully with all the tummy time you and cooper do together you'll be holding that head steady in no time!

Sleep.  Oh, sleep.  You actually sleep pretty good for us, sweet boy.  Most nights you go down for the night around 9 or 10 and you sleep until about 6 or 6:30 if we're lucky.  I'm so glad that you are sleeping so well and I really hope you make a habit out of it!

You hate your carseat - just like your brother did at your age.  You scream and scream.  Sometimes you scream so hard that you make yourself throw up.  Those days aren't fun for anyone.  I try to limit the amount of time you have to spend in the car seat, but sometimes we gotta run errands and get out of the house! The last few days you've started to do a little better with is, so hopefully the trend continues.

You and your dad.  Boy, he sure can get some big smiles out of you! You love it when he comes home from work and plays with you.  He's kind of like cooper in the sense that he gets right down to your eye level and hangs out with you in your own element.  He's such a good dad to you.  You're lucky to have him - so take it easy on him in your teenage years ok?

Buddy, I love you.

Love, Mom