3 months

sweet baby cat is 3 months old today! yesterday was the first time she held a rattle for an extended period of time and seemed to understand that shaking it was fun. she's been staring at her hands and shoving her entire fists in her mouth for the past few days. this morning she found her thumb and sucked on it for 30 seconds, saw me looking at her, gave me a huge smile and lost the thumb. i'd rather she not develop a thumb sucking habit, but it's adorable watching her figure it out. she doesn't take pacifiers, so we're trying to find a balance between letting her explore the oral stage and picking up a bad habit that will be hard to stop.


she still hates tummy time, and can't lie on her back for very long because of her spit up problems, so we have no idea if she's capable of rolling over yet, but she sits up very well for her age. she still loves the butterflies in her play gym, the musical flower, and she'll even stare at her pink blanket from aunt grace for long periods of time, studying the texture. she's very independent when she wants to be, but you better pick her up when she's ready for some cuddles or she will have a meltdown in a hurry! i posted recently that she wasn't interested in mirrors and later that day i took her to the mirror to try again and she loved it. she smiles and acts shy when she sees herself. we try to do a little bit of mirror time every diaper change.

we finally received the ergo carrier last week and i've been wearing her quite a bit. we walked down to cruz bay and sat on the beach to enjoy a few happy hour beverages. she was so sweet and only got a little fussy for a minute, but once she was back in the carrier she went to sleep for the hike home. yesterday we walked back into town to get her birth certificate and again she was so good! we were out for 3 hours and she got a tiny bit fussy at the bank before falling asleep for the entire walk home in the rain. she only poops once or twice a day, so it's making outings with her a lot easier than they once were.

in other news, we are thinking she might be big enough finally for cloth diapers. the cover that came with the econobum trial was way too big for her tiny little tushy when she was in newborn size and the prefolds are still looking too bulky for her skinny size 1 butt. i did some research and it looks like if we use vinegar and sunlight, we can still cloth diaper without access to hot water. it seems like a lot of work so i'm not sure it's right for us, but we should at least give it a fair shot.