12 weeks - Growing Boy

So much has changed in just a week! After a not-so-restful weekend last week, on Monday night Jonathan slept almost 7 hrs straight at night...and the rest of the week he stayed pretty consistent, sleeping about 6 1/2 each night! Needless to say, Mommy & Daddy are feeling much more rested! The longer nights, seem to be coinciding with shorter naps in the daytime, so I'm not feeling like I'm getting as much done, but, I'll take the uninterrupted sleep at night for sure! We're still putting him in his car seat at night, but he's in his crib in his room... we may regress a little when we actually put him flat in the crib, but we know he can make it for long stretches at any rate and that's encouraging!

Jonathan weighed about 17 lbs, 12 oz this week... so he's definitely not hurting for food! Breastfeeding is going much better overall and while I considered giving it up a few weeks ago, at this stage I feel like I can continue for awhile.

Another thing that we've been marveling at is how well Jonathan is starting to hold his head up. We've put him on his stomach for "tummy time" for several weeks and he only got his head close to horizontal to the ground - I could tell he was looking up with his eyes, but he couldn't get his chin up high enough to look forward. On Saturday, he raised his chin up higher than he ever has and was able to look in the little mirror on his activity mat. He is growing and changing so much!

We also got to visit with Grandad again & Aunt Karen (who met Jonathan for the first time) - Jonathan was great and performed all of his 'tricks' for her (singing with Daddy, smiling, raising his head...)