3 months

Gordon turns 3 months old today.  It's hard to believe that 3 months have gone by that he's been in our lives already.  Gordon & Dawn had their well child check-ups last week. Dawn had to have one to get into 7th grade and Gordon had his 2 month check up.  Both went very good. Gordon is measuring in 90% for weight (15lbs 8 oz.) and 99% for height(26 inches).  Dawn though I'm a bit concerned.  She's only measuring at 10% for height and 25% for weight.  So I brought up my concerns and the doctors ran some tests, we are now waiting on those test results.

Nursing has been going okay.  The supply seems to be going up and down. Which is really stressful.  I'm having a hard time getting all of my daily amount of calcium, and I'm gonna need to maybe look into a supplement.  I've been taking fenugeek and drinking mother's milk tea, which has been helping a lot. I'm not at the point of taking the fenugeek where I smell like Maple Syrup (Yes you read right. lol), but I think I'm going to be at that point soon. I've also been making a lot of the lactation nursing cookies.  I was able to successfully make them gluten free, and even the kids love them.   Gordon is still sensitive to what I eat.  There are times that he just wails and acts like he's hurting but we can't seem to figure out what the issue is. I think at his 4 month check up we are going to ask for a blood test to see if he has some sort of a food sensitivity or something.  Yes, part of it is that he's a fussy, colic baby, but there's more to it. My mommy instinct is telling me there is something more. Especially considering that Dawn had colic as a baby, and I have babysat several babies thru the years that have colic they weren't this bad. I've cut out my dairy along with gluten, and even though that has helped a lot, it's not totally stopped it..  My heart just breaks for the little guy when he's like this, and I feel bad for his brothers and sister too, that they have to listen to it. Hopefully now that he's 3 months old, this will start getting better.

Development wise he is doing really well.  He is still trying to sit up, to see the world I guess. So since Gordon has excellent head control, he's been sitting in the bumbo seat and excersaucer for brief periods of time. He LOVES them, he just watches all the activity that is going on around him. He's a little busybody I think. lol.  He also loves to babble and talk to everyone. He's got so much to "say" - would love to know what it really is. lol. He's gotten really good on his tummy and is almost at a 90 angle when he's on his tummy, so maybe he'll be an early crawler like his brother Cyril.  He's also starting to grab at things when he's in the bouncy chair. It's been really neat watching him grab at things and look at them, or study his hands.  He LOVES his fingers.  I hope and pray that I'm not in a losing battle in regards to his fingers and him sucking on them. lol.  Every time I see him sucking on them for too long, in goes a nuk (a pacifier).

He is starting to look more and more like Cyril I think.  I see a lot of Spencer in him, but more Cyril then anyone.  Gordon's hair has really lightened up since he was born, and he's losing a lot of it.  I hope that he won't lose his curls.  They are just so adorable on him, with his big blue eyes.  Which I hope will stay. Then we'll have 2 kiddos with baby blues. :)

God Bless.