Angelfish Three Months

This post is so disjointed.

I can't believe that I didn't write about the turtle stretching in the last post.  When Angelfish wakes up, she balls her hands into fists and reaches over her head.  She shuts her eyes tighter as she arches her back and stretches.  She does this thing with her mouth where her upper lip protrudes a bit over the lower lip and she shrugs up her shoulders and shakes her head back and forth in a "no" motion while she stretches.  Occasionally, we get the forehead wrinkle.  Then, her arms and back relax and she pops her head up and opens her eyes.  The overall effect is that of a little turtle pushing its head out of its shell.

Angelfish has grown into a very smiley baby.  I can put her in a papasan and bring into into the bathroom while I shower, then bring her into the bedroom while I get dressed.  I don't even have to keep up a steady stream of chatter -- she just hangs out while I get everything going in the morning.

(On a related note, I am blessed that Clownfish is more or less self-reliant when it comes to getting ready, dressed and breakfast. Being a working mommy with an infant and say, two year old, would be much harder I think.)

I still get the biggest smiles when I change her diaper in her room.  She runs hot and cold on baths -- they're either awesome and relaxing or a form of baby torture.  But she loves when I rub her down afterward with lotion.  She's getting so purposeful in her movement -- she reaches out to grab, hold and shake and is so happy when the toy reward her with a little rattle or ring.

She still loves her binky to sleep and gnaws on her hands when she's hungry.  She is fascinated with her mobile.  On the doctor's recommendation, she has been sleeping in her car seat in our room and not the bassinet because of the coughing.

She has an amazing ability to remove socks. A lot of her socks have monkeys on them (this is Bullshark's doing) because we call her monkey.  Remember that old song Rocky Top (Tennesee)?  I sing her a song to that tune about "monkey socks ... monkey socks on my feet."
 
In other Angelfish related news, breastfeeding is awesome and I'm very glad I'm doing it (and not just for the weight loss).  But the convenience factor that was so prevalent when I nursed Clownfish is gone now that I am working outside the home.  I spend so much of my time washing and preparing bottles, washing pumping gear, pumping, dressing and undressing from pumping, sterilizing (which I am probably not nearly vigilent enough about) . . . . Part of the problem is that the bottles I use are not made by the same people who make the pumping supplies, so there is a more pouring and double the washing.  But she took to those bottles better, and who am I to argue with a happy baby?  Its not unbearable or anything... it just takes a good bit of my time.  I have a limited freezer supply, but I'm still keeping up with demand with only one formula supplemental bottle a day.