I can hardly believe it's been 3 1/2 months since I gave birth to this
little nugget! Time flies...well sometimes it flies, and other times it
can't go by fast enough. These past three months have been a whirlwind
to say the least. The first three weeks we had our little guy home, we
were just soaking it all in and trying to figure out what parenthood was
all about, enjoying every second....and then BOOM. The colic hit. I
would not wish a colicky baby on my worst enemy. It is the saddest, most
frustrating thing in the entire world. It makes you want to pull your
hair out. EVERY DAY. And my baby did NOT just have a mild case....it's
bad. And it wasnt just in the evening, it was SCREAMING....ALL. DAY.
LONG. People tell you to try a million different colic-curing things,
(all of which they SWORE by and worked magic for their babies...I of
course tried ALL OF THEM and nothing worked.) Other people tell you that
none of those things worked and that by three months your baby will
just grow out of it....which of course you think will never happen, but
in our case it has finally started getting better THANK GOODNESS. People
who say that parenthood is all fun and games, bells and whistles, are
either freaking crazy or full of crap. BUT, I will say this....although
the last three months have had some of the most miserable days I have
ever experienced, the good days make all the crappy ones SOOO worth it.
I couldn't even imagine going back to life without our sweet (and
sassy) little Madsen. He is the love of our lives. He has grown out of
the really bad colic phase, but still has his colicky moments. Colicky
times set aside, he has started talking (cooing) like crazy, has the
biggest smile in the entire world (gets that big mouth from his daddy :)
) and is constantly playing with his tongue (which is weirdly long like
his mammas.) He loves licking zippers on any of his hoodies or jackets,
it's hilarious. He has really started paying attention to toys, trys to
grab things, and of course puts them straight in his mouth! He can
pretty much put his entire fist in his mouth. He loves watching TV (all
those gay cartoons I swore I would never turn on...and of course ESPN
with dad), and playing underneath his little play gym. He mastered the
art of rolling over a couple weeks ago and now he WILL NOT STOP. I try
to change his diaper, he's trying to roll over, I try to get him
dressed, he tries to roll over, I put him to sleep on his back, I find
him flipped to his tummy....he's a mad man with the rolls! This boy
loves being on his tummy (he actually sleeps better this way so I don't
mind so much) Stat-wise, he is growing like a weed! Last check up, he
was 100%tile for height and 79%tile for weight! He is a big boy and we
love it. He has also started laughing these last few weeks and it is
seriously the cutest thing ever! He has the cutest little giggle....only
problem is it gives him the hiccups every freakin time- so annoying!
But he really is the cutest thing you have ever seen in your life. He
has finally started being happy enough that we can truly enjoy him. He
melts my heart every day! We started giving him rice cereal a little
before 3 months and at that point he started sleeping 9 hours straight
at night so that has been SO nice! I hope he just keeps sleeping longer
and longer! We are so excited to have our fist Christmas as a little
family! It's fun to shop for your baby, even though they really dont
need a dang thing. Madsen's biggest present from mommy and daddy is
going to be his $2,300 HELMET. Yep that's right, of course my kid needs a
helmet lol. It's ok though, no worries we have come to terms with it
haha. Mads has tortacollis (he didn't have enough room in my belly which
caused one side of his neck muscles to be shorter which caused him to
only turn his head one way which caused that side of his head to get
really flat) hence the need for a helmet! He has also been going to
physical therapy to get the one side of his neck stronger and his is
doing awesome. I'm making my kid sound handicapped....he really is
normal, just has a funky shaped noggin that we figured we better get
rounded out in case he ends up bald like his daddy! Anyway, sorry this
post was so long, it's been a crazy 3 months and I had lots to share...I
am going to start trying to be better at updating this so the posts
will be shorter. In a nutshell....parenthood is crazy and hard, but the
best thing in the entire world. We are so blessed to have our sweet
little Mads, we love him more than anything!
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