Some 3-Month Milestones

Zora and Noemi are almost 4 months old, but because they came early they're developmentally somewhere around 3 months. They have been hard at work gaining more control of their bodies and beginning to come into their own personalities. Some things they can now do:

• Make eye contact and follow objects with their eyes and by turning their heads
• Smile and (sort of) laugh (Zora especially)
• Notice each other
• Hold their heads up when on their tummies
• Hold their heads and upper bodies away from our shoulders when we're carrying them
• Push against our legs or the ground to "stand up" with us holding them
• Open their hands (but they still get lots of finger lint!)
• Bring their hands together at the mid-line of their bodies and bring them to their mouths (Noemi especially)
• Start to reach out and touch/grab things (although you might not be able to tell that's what they're trying to do)
• Stay awake for a couple of hours at a time
• Sleep for several hours at night
• Coo, gurgle, and squeal to try to communicate
• Get all their nutrition from breastfeeding (no more prepping/washing bottles and pumping!)

Some of these might not seem momentous, but they're all big steps. I'm sure they're doing a bunch of other new stuff that is so subtle we don't even notice it. (Thanks to Oma for some of the pics below.)

Zora pushing up on Oma

Zora laughing

Noemi smiling

Noemi lifting her head

Zora making eye contact (and a funny face)

The girls checking each other out under Mowgli's watchful eye

Noemi bringing her hands to her mouth