Pouty Face

I admit it. Sometimes I can be a bit dramatic. It's not uncommon for my little mouth to turn upside down and my bottom lip to make it's way out. It usually makes Mom and Dad giggle a little. Well tonight Mom caught me on camera. Even this sad I'm still so cute. :)

Two Month Check-up

Today I had my two-month check with my Dr. I weighed less than Mom thought...I weighed 9 lbs 14 oz (13th percentile), was 22 3/4" long (58th percentile) and my head was  38 cm in diameter (38th percentile).

My Dr. said I'm growing well. He said I'm not the biggest girl in the world but I didn't start out very big and I'm following a curve so far so that's what he likes to see.  He also said the way I kick and move my arms around my arms and legs are working well.

My tongue is still all coated white/yellowish from the formula. Mom said Cohen's was like that too when he was a baby. The Dr. wasn't concerned about it. He said it wasn't thrush, just coated.

All in all he said I look good, I'm a cutie and he'll see me in two months. Then he apologized for what was about to come. I didn't know what he was talking about at first but then the nurse came back and poked me little legs three times and gave me some sticky stuff to drink. I SCREAMED! I was not happy about those pokes. But after Mom calmed me down I took a big snooze. Not looking forward to that happening again.

Two Months Old

I'm two months old today! I'm smiling more and more each day. Right now I don't let Mom have too many of my smiles though. I usually have a lot for Daddy and other people. Dad says it's because I see Mom the most. We'll go with that. :)

My eating habits haven't changed a whole lot. I usually eat 2-4 ounces depending on how I'm feeling. It keeps Mom and Dad guessing on how big they should make my bottle. But, that's kind of my personality...keep Mom and Dad guessing.

I am still sleeping on my tummy at night and that is still going well. I'm sleeping between 6-9 hours at night. If I wake at 6 hours I get changed, eat and go right back to sleep so Mom says that's not so bad. I did have that one 10 hour night I told you about. Those aren't the norm but now we know they can happen.

I'm wearing size 3 month clothing. Some of it is a little big on me but not so big it looks silly - some of it fits me quite well too. Mom says there are a  lot cuter clothes starting in the 3 month size so I guess you could say I've been stylin' lately.

I like to keep moving if we're in the car, stroller or shopping cart. I'm pretty content as long as we're moving. If we stop for too long I'm going to let Mom and Dad hear about it. Once we start moving again I'm generally happy again.

I've been enjoying more and more time on my own lately. Time laying under my play mat, on a blanket on the floor or in my bouncy seat. I still love my swing too. Sometimes when I'm on the floor I work really hard at rolling over. I still have figure out how to move that arm though, it stops me every time.

I am starting to watch Cohen more and more while he plays. He seems to be warming up to me more and more too. He even held me last week when Mom took pictures for our Christmas card. That was the first time he did it by himself and didn't freak out. I was comfortable with him holding me - it went well.

Last night he was sitting next to me on the floor and said, "She's running out of hair." I didn't take offense to it. To be fair my hair might be getting a little thinner but I do think I'm also growing some new hair. Mom and Dad said he was a very bald baby and as of now it looks like I'll have more hair than he did.

Mom weighed me last night with her. According to our scale I'm around 11 pounds. I go to the Dr. for my 2 month check up on Thursday where we'll be a more accurate weight and a length on me.

Today I was a little cranky. But it's my 2 month birthday - I can be cranky if I want to. I wanted to be held a lot but only certain ways and I changed my mind on how I wanted to be held quite often...again, I like to keep Mom and Dad guessing.

I had my first real babysitter this past weekend. Taylor G. watched me while Mom and Dad went to our neighborhood Christmas party and Cohen went next door to play with his friends, Parker and Andrea. I had fun with Taylor. She told Mom and Dad I'm sweet, I let her know when I wasn't happy but I'm sweet. :)

Well the first two months of my little life have been interesting. I feel like Mom, Dad and I understand each other a little more each day.

I'm looking forward to my first Christmas coming up and all other fun things the next month will bring for me.

So Tired

Mommy told me a few weeks ago that my big brother was sleeping 10 hours by two months old. She said I had some time to work on getting there. Well, with one day to spare I made it. Ten hours of sleep last night! I'm awesome, just like my brother!

Smiles and Coos

In the last week or so I started to smile a little and trying to 'talk'. Each day I get a little better at both.

At about 7 weeks I started sleeping more too. Mom and Dad said I was sleeping ok after they started putting me on my belly - generally six hours at night which they know is nothing to complain about with a seven week old baby. But last week I started having eight to nine hour stretches at night. One night this week I even gave them nine and half hours!

I get a little fussy at night - around 10 or so. I can't decide if I want to eat, sleep, have my pacifier - I'm kind of hard to keep happy until I go to bed between 11 - 12:00 p.m. I have set of lungs on me.

Me and Cohen in our Christmas jammies.

Belly is Best

I heard Mom talking about how they say "back to sleep" when laying babies down to sleep. Well I always slept better when I was laying on my belly on Mom or Dad's chest. I was starting to get a little better about being laid down on my back in bed but some nights it would take Daddy 2 hours to get me to stay asleep. Finally one day it dawned on Mommy to try having me sleep on my belly.

She and Daddy talked about it and agreed since I already have such a strong neck and can lift and move my head it was ok. They also have this Snuza thing they clip on my diaper at night and it monitors my breathing. If it doesn't detect me breathing within 8 seconds it vibrates to stimulate me and it beeps to alert Mom and Dad. Those to things together made them more comfortable putting me on my belly.  Well...I think it's safe to say we are all much happier. I sleep longer and most nights once I'm laid down I stay down. No more popping my big blue eyes open the second I hit the mattress.

Last night I slept 8 hours straight. That's not the norm but I think Mom is hoping it's the beginning of a new norm. The norm since being on my belly has been about 6 hour stretches which they say is still good. :)

Thanksgiving Weekend

Well my first Thanksgiving continues. We didn't do a whole lot but I enjoyed the extra snuggles I got from Daddy while he was off work for four days. I even started to try and flash little smiles once in awhile and I am starting to find my voice. I am making little cooing noises sometimes. I work awfully hard at it but noise doens't always come out. I'll get if figured out soon though I'm sure.

For Thanksgiving we didn't travel far. We were saving that for Saturday. We went to our neighbors, The Phillips' house. I had not been there yet but I got snuggled there too so it was all good in my opinion.
Friday I watched Mom and Cohen decorate the Christmas tree. Cohen told me about how Mom and Dad have been getting him a Christmas ornament every year since he was born and sure enough they started that for me too. This year I got a rocking horse ornament and a wooden stocking with my name on it. They both say "Baby's First Christmas" Mom said she'll have to get my picture with my ornaments soon but I wasn't ready to cooperate that day.

I'm looking forward to my first Christmas!