When you count life in months, they seem to go by fast. Three Months. The length of a college semester. How long eggs sit in our frig before we notice how old they are. The length of summer in WI. The time we've enjoyed Malcolm 'round here.
Lately it seems that he recognizes us pretty easily and readily has more and more smiles to share with us. His most interactive time is still the morning but will extend further into the day.
Night times are a little less certain. Some nights are easy and he will simply sleep for 4 or 5 hours. Other nights are a struggle to get him to sleep even though he's tired, and then other times he's awake every other hour. Despite them being zombie-like moments for mom, he's still willing to smile in the middle of the night.
He seems to like napping in the warm weather during the day. But we still manage to get outdoors every opportunity we can to take a neighborhood walk or hang out with cousins in the park. And though Malcolm seems to like the outdoors, he generally has slept on every walk so far. He must find it peaceful.
He's had a few baby milestone's this month. We both witnessed his first laugh. Now, exactly what made him laugh, is debatable. I was giving him little pecks on his neck making loud kissy noises while Paul was loudly crumpling a large bag. We independently did both to see which of the two things made him laugh exactly, but he didn't laugh again at either. So we'll have to be happy with the mysterious cause of the laughter. And whatever the reason, it was just great to hear him laugh.
We also witnessed the roll over. And as one parent told me, that's the beginning of always having to keep an eye on the child on the move. And by the way Malcolm's always kicking his legs, he'll be wanting to use those legs to get around soon.
He'll grab for a few things now. Like hair and hard plastic toys. But he finds that sucking on his fist is still his favorite. He also babbles on and on, and loves a good game of "peek."
Relatively, three months isn't that long, and look how much we can say about him already. But now we know what everyone meant when they would tell us "once baby's here, it will seem like he's been in your life forever."
