The Hiller Happenings: Natalie: Three Months

Look who turned three months old on October 17, 2014!

This past month just flew by. I feel like I blinked and Natalie is now three months old.

She is doing great! In the past month, Natalie:

Rolled over for the first time, from her tummy to her back! Natalie squeezed this milestone in just in the nick of time, the day before her three month birthday.
Hasn't rolled from back to front yet, but she is really close. She gets about 3/4 way over and then gets stuck. I think it will happen in the next week or two.
Loves to talk! This girl is very social. She can carry a whole conversation on with you and has varied cooing sounds and inflections. I am hoping this means she will be very verbal.
She legitimately laughs. It is this adorable little chuckle that she does at least once a day. Sometimes if you tickle her, but also if she is just really happy with what you're saying. I feel like that's advanced for her age.
Weighs about 14 pounds. Natalie is still a chunky monkey. I feed her about every three hours during the day. She must be really efficient, because she rarely eats for more than 15 minutes, but she is obviously gaining weight.
Is solidly in 3-6 month clothes. She can even wear some 6 month onesies if the brand runs small.
Is tolerating tummy time better. She can push herself up using her arms when she is lying on her stomach, which I think makes her like tummy time more because she can look around.
Sat in the bumbo seat for the first time! Natalie is so antsy and such a busy baby that I figured she would enjoy sitting up and looking around. She does appear to like it, but her head control is a little less than I think is optimal for the seat, so I don't keep her in it for long periods of time.
Has started relaxing her hands more. She used to keep them in fists all of the time, but now she will stretch them out some. Her favorite thing to do is to grab her dresses/shirts and pull them up with her hands. It makes me nervous for her to sleep in a shirt or dress because I worry she will pull them over her mouth, so if she's alone I try to put her in a onesie or tuck the shirt into her pants.
Sleeps great during the night! Natalie now goes about 5.5 hours after her last nightly feed. I aim to have her asleep by 10:15 or 10:30, and she will sleep until about 4:00. A couple of times, after she hasn't slept well during the day, she has gone 8 hours without waking! I, of course, wake up before then a few times to check on her because it makes me nervous, but it's pretty awesome to get such a long stretch of sleep. I don't think Henry slept that long until he was 9 or 10 months old.
Is still exclusively breastfed. I didn't plan very well and didn't attempt a bottle (because I wanted to store as much milk as I could for when I go back to work) after the first time she had one until a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, Natalie refused to drink from it. We tried a couple of different bottles and several different people feeding the bottle, but she wouldn't budge. I've attempted a few times since, and she is getting a bit better. She doesn't cry when you try to give her the bottle any longer, and she lets it move around in her mouth, but I don't think she has swallowed any milk. So, we are going to have to step up our game before I head back to work in three weeks. I am hoping that with my stash of frozen milk and pumping at work, we will make it to 5 months or so without any formula.
Is not a great napper. Natalie doesn't nap well, as a rule, unless she falls asleep in her carseat while in the car or on a walk. If that happens, she can take 3 hour naps. If it doesn't, I am lucky to get 1 hour stretches during the day. It doesn't bother me too much, because I would much rather her sleep well at night, but it is hard to get things done at times because she tends to be fussy when she doesn't nap (shocking, right!)
Loves her big brother! Natalie loves to watch Henry and gives him smiles. Henry loves the attention and sometimes asks Natalie to watch him as he does something. He also loves to "cuddle" with Natalie when she is on her playmat. While cute, it is nerve-wracking because I am constantly worried he will either get her sick or crush her. But I try not to discourage it because I want him to like her and not resent her. And it is adorable to watch!
Seems to enjoy music. Hoping she will be musically-inclined like Henry is!
Is just the sweetest. I am very attached to her, because I am the one who has spent almost all of the time with her since her birth. I love just to hold her and nuzzle my face into her neck. It's going to be hard to leave her to go back to work.