On May 20th, Samuel turned 3 months old! Time is flying by! It seems like yesterday that we just got home from the hospital, with Sam fast asleep in his car seat placed on the kitchen table, while Melissa and I stared at him wondering just how much our lives had changed. It was a thrilling yet scary moment to be sure, but one I’ll never forget! 
Now, Sammy-boy is an active, talking, kicking, pooping, curious little boy. No longer can we keep him satisfied by simply laying him on our bed with a couple toys to keep him busy for a few minutes. He wants to be part of the action, whether were are making supper or working in the yard, Sam’s got his eye on us! 
Which is what he should be doing at his age. Check out the “What to Expect the First Year” guidelines for 3 month old babies:
Things most babies should be doing:
Recognizes your face and scent: Sam’s been doing this for a while now. Our favorite times are when he wakes up in the morning and when I get home from work. He’s all smiles when he sees us! As for the scent part, well lets just say he knows when someone has farted! - Holds head steady: Sam’s good at this too. Now we can hold him in our arms and let him look around without laying his head on our shoulders. Unintentional head-butting on his part has also greatly diminished, to the great joy of Mom and Dad… they hurt!
- Visually tracks moving objects: Check! Sam’s always watching us walk around. We have problems sneaking into his room when he’s trying to sleep as he spots us at the door as we walk in. So Mom and Dad have sometimes been reduced to crawling below his crib eye line to get into the room unseen! Sheesh!
Things some babies can be doing:
- Squeals, gurgles, coos: Yep! He’s a chatter box like his Mom Ouch! (She’s just smacked me!)
- Blows bubbles: Besides our initial thoughts that Sam had rabies the first few times he did this, it’s pretty cute. And I’m kidding about the rabies of course… we thought it was a seizure!
- Recognizes your voice: He knows Mom and Dad alright. So do a few dogs in our neighborhood, as I go into super high-pitch mode when doing baby talk which gets the surrounding pooches all exci
ted. I’m like a Bee Gees soundtrack! - Does mini push-up: He does these little chest raising push-ups during his “tummy-time”. But I’ll really be impressed when he does them on his knuckles.
Things few babies can do:
- Rolls over from tummy to back: He’s just started this which has heightened our awareness of his growing capabilities to get out of the places Mom and Dad put him in. He’s no longer static Sam just lying there, now he’s wiggling and slouching and rolling and tossing… Fun times indeed!
- Turns toward loud sounds: He does this a lot, which might explain his new found love for T.V. or the movies Dad watches while giving him a bottle.
- Can bring hands together, bats at toys: This is really cool, as seeing him grab at his toys is a big visual step in his interaction with us. It also gives him a little more personality in the way he moves and decides to throw away a toy or hungrily bring one to his mercilessly suckling mouth!
All in all, we’ve had an awesome 3 months so far and seeing him acquire these new skills and levels of interaction just makes us look forward even more to what the upcoming months will bring!
Have a great weekend everybody!
