3 Months and Still Growing

Disclaimer:  I started this post on November 7 -- forgot about it and came back today to FINALLY post again and found it in my "drafts" -- so this is a bit outdated and incomplete, but decided to go ahead and add it anyway!

I seriously CANNOT believe Rudy is 3 months.  I just tucked in our "little" baby into his crib in his own room for bed for the first time.  It's my first time putting him in there for bed, but not his first time sleeping in there.  I have been putting him in his crib for naps occasionally, trying to get him used to the room and bed.  He hasn't been sleeping for very long in it...maybe an hour, but not much more than that.  Saturday night John and I had a wedding to go to so Gran watched him for us.  She put him to sleep in his crib and there he was when we got home.  So it must just be the timing because if he is tired enough, he obviously will sleep in it for a while.  Anyway, I tried Saturday night to sleep in our bedroom, but I just couldn't stand it.  So I took my pillow and snuggy and slept on Rudy's floor.  

He has been falling asleep earlier than we would prefer, which means he is also awake earlier than we would prefer!  The length of time he sleeps is great and I can't complain about that, but I wish I could figure out a way to adjust his time an hour or two.  It's really hard, though because we have definitely tried.  When he screams and cries because he is tired, it's hard to "keep him up" and trying to distract him just makes him even more mad.  I guess if he took a longer nap during the day, that might help?...but he has days where he sleeps for a 2-3 hour nap (only in the swing of course!), along with his 30-60 minute ones, and come 6-6:30, he still acts tired.  I guess we just keep doing what we are doing, take it one day at a time, and he will eventually work it out.  He always does!

Rudy just keeps growing and growing.  John and I were talking the other day how we have both thought how we can walk away from him one minute and come back the next and he looks or feels bigger.  He has outgrown most of his 3-6 month clothes now and we are on to the 6 month rack.  Baby clothes are SOOO incredibly frustrating.  The sizing can vary so much.  I was doing laundry today and holding up different brands, even the same brands some times, and the same size can be different by inches!  It makes it difficult to keep out only the clothes in the size he wears because at any given time, he can be in 2-3 different sizes.  Then I forget which pajamas fit and which don't and sometimes I pull out something he wore the week before, only to put it on him and he looks squeezed into it.