Sophia 3 Months

Well, were do I begin. I have so much to share. To start off, Sophia is off all her gastric medications, thanks to the excessive drool from her teeth coming in. What is the correlation you ask…well, it was explained to me that the extra water (drool) that she digests helps to bring the moisture levels in her intestine up resulting in easier time having a movement. She is still on her reflux medication, but we have reduced the amount we give her each day and it seems to be working great.

Since she has been off all the medication she is like a new baby. All smiles and wonder. So, Mike and I took a lot of time this month exposing Sophia to new things. The beginning of her 3rd month started off with an even bigger playdate then the one she had a 2 months. She got to spend time with my friends I teach with and their children. Sophia had a blast and loved all the attention she received from the older children.

Every weekend we take her to the local pet store to watch fishes and birds. She LOVES this! Mike thought it would be great to introduce her to more animals. So, at the beginning of the month we took her to Stone Zoo. She was in awe the whole time we were there. She loved to watch the animals move around, especially the big cats that would pace by her at the window. She also loved looking at the black and white monkeys.

Towards the middle of the month, Sophia went to her first birthday party to celebrate our neighbor Connor’s birthday. It was great! They had a reptile woman come with a lot of great animals. Of course, Sophia had to get in on the action. She loved the feel of the alligator and the snake. She loved the snake so much she tried to “gum” it.

The last week of August Sophia started school. She has made a lot of new friends and gets excited every morning that she gets dropped off. It makes it so much easier to go to work when she flashed me that big gummy grin on my way out. This weekend, the last true weekend of summer, we took her to the Feast of the Three Saints in Lawrence. She had a great time. The little old ladies loved her because when they would talk to her she would smile at them. She knows how to work a crowd! She loved the marching band and all the paper fireworks that were going off. She had so much fun she was asleep before we made it out of the feast.

Sophia is amazing! She has begun to laugh out loud and has become very particular on who hold her. She talks A LOT. When she is alone in her crib or in her swing is when she seems to talk the most. Mike and I love to sit and listen to her over the monitor in our room. Sometimes she gets so animated we can’t stop laughing. I find the conversations between Mike and Sophia to be the funniest. Whenever he talks to her she always responds back to him in the same tone. She sleeps through the night except for her occasional conversation with the frogs on her mobile. She has begun drooling and chewing on our fingers every chance she gets. She can roll over from back to front and front to back, although she doesn’t like to do it that much. She loves to play in her exersaucer and is even able to walk small distances when she is in her walker. She is so full of energy.

As for Mike and I, we are finally adjusted to our new schedule. Going back to work was easier than I expected. I would be lying if I told you that there were not a lot of tears leading up to the first day of school. As for Mike, he is an awesome dad. He is very involved and it shows. Sophia adores him as much as he adores her. All Mike has to do is walk into a room and she flashed the biggest gummy grin, kicks her legs, and waits for him to hold her. She is daddy’s little girl.
Well, I hope to be in touch more this month, but it is hard now that I am back to work. We have so much planned this month and I can’t wait to share our memories with everyone. Until then.