Well, only 3 months into her journey, Sarah has her first cold. She has been in daycare now for almost 2 months, so we expected her to get sick sooner or later, we were just hoping it would be later. It's just a head cold, and she has been really good about it. This hasn't changed her mood or altered her sleep schedule at all. She is an amazingly resilient child.
Karen has been giving her tylenon, which has helped a bit, but she is still stuffy and loves having her nose wiped so much.
Sarah is very healthy. She weighed in at 12 pounds 12 ounces, and she grew length wise now she's 20 1/2 inches. Her weight is now in the 75th percentile but she isn't on the chart for length yet but maybe someday she will take advantage of her daddy's height. The doctor did suggest that we could start cereal before 4 months but its not necessary. I'm just glad she's healthy.
Our lucky streak with Sarah sleeping through the night for at least 8 hours seems to have ended, at least for the moment. Monday night, Sarah decided she was ready for bed around 9:00, and then proceded to get her normal 8+ hours of sleep and woke up at 5:30 AM. Not too bad, we just figured it was because she went to sleep so early that she was well rested and ready to go so early. Well, last night, she went to bed at her normal time, somewhere around 10:30 or so, but this time she got up at 4:30. Ugh! Karen went and got her and changed her while I grabbed her a 2 oz bottle thinking maybe she just needed something small. She ended up drinking 4 oz, forcing me to go back downstairs to get more. She then fell back asleep with us and slept until Karen was ready to leave for work and take her to day care.
I guess I can't complain. She has been sleeping through the night for the past 6 weeks or so and we have just become accustomed to it. We were really lucky. Guess we'll have to see how tonight goes.
I can't believe that Sarah is 11 weeks old already. She is starting to out grow her 0-3 month clothes which is good--new things to wear and mommy had to go shopping. Sarah also started "school" this week and it appears that she is doing well with the other kids and being away from mommy for a whole day at a time. We are starting to get ourselves on a new schedule to accommedate "school", work, eating and sleeping--it won't be long before the schedule will change again (as her needs for sleep and eating change).