3 Months Old

November 15, 2016
10 lbs 11 oz (2nd percentile)
Size 1 diapers
Size 0-3/3 month clothing

McKay is such a smiley and happy baby.  He will give anyone a huge smile as long as they smile at him.  He is starting to giggle a little bit, which is absolutely adorable. He is very expressive with his eyes and eyebrows. He likes his binky and when he doesn't have that he likes to suck on his hands. He is still sleeping pretty well.  We of course have not so fun nights, but most nights he just gets up one time around 5:00 am to eat and then will go back to sleep until 8ish.  A few times he has even slept all the way until 7:30.  His naps are pretty good compared to how Brooklyn used to nap.  He still naps 4 times a day and his first and last nap tend to be pretty short like 30-45 minutes but his two middle naps of the day are typically about an hour and a half, which is awesome.  He is still a finicky eater.  He is not so keen on nursing, he had a growth spurt a few weeks ago and it just wasn't coming out of me fast enough so he wanted bottles and since then he prefers the bottle and I can only get him to nurse maybe once or twice a day.  Pretty frustrating, but as long as he is eating I guess we are good to go.

At McKay's 2 month check up with the pediatrician he was concerned about his snoring and had us try some steroid drops in his nose to try and clear some congestion, but that didn't work so he sent us on to the pediatric ENT.  They stuck one of those little cameras up through his nose and down his throat to get a closer look and the Dr. decided that he has what's called Laryngomalacia.  So there is a tissue that is swollen just above the vocal chords and it gets in the way when he takes a breath in, which causes the loud breathing and the snoring.  He said that a few babies will have to have surgery to fix the problem, but most babies will grow out of it by the time they are 12-18 months old.  He prescribed McKay some reflux medication because he said spit up can irritate it even more, so hopefully if we can cut back on his spit up that will help a little bit.  So for now we give him the medicine morning and night, which he hates.  He makes the funniest faces when I give it to him, but he swallows it and does pretty well. We also have to go in for regular check-ups with the ENT to make sure that it is getting better and not worse and that he is not having any other breathing issues. We haven't noticed any difference with the snoring yet, but he isn't spitting up as much now so hopefully that is helping.

Other than the whole breathing thing, McKay is doing great.  Brooklyn is still a fabulous big sister.  She loves to play with him and "babysit" him.  She is awesome about going to get things for me that I need when my hands are full.  She is the best about throwing diapers away.  She does get a little sad sometimes when I can't go play with her because I'm feeding McKay or finally getting into the shower after I lay McKay down for a nap, but she is a good sport about it all.