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Things New Parents Should Know #20 - 3 Months

By three months, you're well into the reward phase, and the interactive phase. Oh, it's still tough, but at least you get the smiles, the almost laughs, the assorted cute and delighted noises.

Dante's Tenth Level of Suck is over.

There are still other sucky things, but overall, it's improving. Less and less often do you want to shake your baby like a British nanny. Playing with bub, reading to him, singing, all gets a noticeable response.

Still hard, but way more worth it than in those first few weeks. Hang in there!