The difference between a one-month-old infant and a three-month-old infant is astounding.

Little Bug at 1 month

Little Bug at 3 months

The difference in Mommy’s sanity at one and three months is astounding too!

Honestly, I wasn’t prepared for the demands required of caring for a newborn. And people who have twins? Umm. Kudos to you.

After having a newborn I have completely changed my mind about desiring twins. I don’t know how many times I told our RE during our infertility treatments that we would love to have twins.

No, thank you! One newborn at a time is just fine with us now!

And my newborn was a good baby … still is.

It is interesting how everything about Little Bug comes in stages.

Eating every 2 or 3 hours round the clock … a stage.

Sleeping restlessly … a stage that ended when the Miracle Blanket came to the rescue!

Not being able to eat, dress or go to the bathroom without having a baby in my arms or hearing her cry … a stage.

Pooping in the bathtub every. single. night. … a stage.

Here is Little Bug getting cleaned up by her Daddy and her Uncle Wesley after pooping in her bath tub. :) 

Having no routine whatsoever to life … a stage.

I am happy to say that Little Bug is pretty much on the EASY Routine (from The Baby Whisperer), she is a pretty good little sleeper for both nighttime and naps, I can now leave Little Bug to play on the floor so I can eat or dress and she happily entertains herself and she rarely poops in the tub anymore!

We are past the newborn phase and while I will forever cherish my Little Bug in that delicate little stage of life, I am so happy we are past all that because it was more challenging that I thought it would be!

Plus, now that Little Bug is 3 months old, she is so interactive and SO MUCH FUN!! She wakes up all smiles every morning. And she doesn’t stop smiling all day long! I love that she is so happy. She only fusses to let me know she is hungry, tired or ready for a new activity (for the most part!).

The newborn phase, or what I like to call the “survival mode” phase, taught me something very important.

Whatever phase Little Bug is in, she needs my love. She needs to know that I will be there for her no matter what is going on in her life. We still have a lot of phases ahead of us and more than anything, I want my Little Bug to look back on every single phase of her life and know that her Mommy (and her Daddy too!) loved her through every single phase life brought her through!

I can certainly look back and say that about my mom and dad. Through every phase of my babyhood, childhood, teen years and even now in my adulthood, I knew and know my mom and dad love me.

And as far as the newborn phase … while it was tough and there were days I felt like I had lost my sanity and would never ever find it again, I will still sign up to go through the newborn phase another two or three times!

- Elaine