The big news for this month is you have begun smiling! And it's so ridiculously cute! So that's what dad & I do with all our one on one time with you - trying to get you to smile. The crazy thing about this smiling deal is you had been thinking about it for quite some time. We could see you wanting to do it, but just not getting the job done. One day, I was working with you and I could see you were maybe going to get it, so I got the camera ready. And sure enough! I caught your
very first smile on film! Yeay!
-
You've also started talking, but just a very little bit. Small vocalizations other than crying, but you don't sit there and babble to us just yet. So that's our next big step.
-
You are a great baby. You aren't much of a crier. At least for 95% of the day. Because there is ONE HOUR every evening where you go batshit crazy. I mean it. Nonstop crying. For no reason AT ALL. We change you. We rock you. We swaddle you. We unswaddle you. We feed you. We change you again. None of it works. Apparantly, it's baby PMS. The last few nights though have shown a marked improvement, so hopefully, your time of the month is over.
You are a champion sleeper and I'm enjoying it while it lasts. I know better than to think it will continue forever, because your brother was doing pretty well around the 4 month mark and then he regressed to a 3 hour schedule for 9 months. Typically we get you to bed between 9 and 10 and you will sleep until 2 or 3 and then not up again until 7. Then a short snooze until 9 and you get on with your day.
-
We haven't been in for your 2 month visit yet, but you're around 12 pounds right now. You're a chunky little monkey and you have these wonderfully chubby cheeks and delectible thighs and a pot belly. So you're doing great in the growth/eating category and there's no worries that you aren't getting enough to eat. We're doing much better now with not overeating. It still happens every now and again, but at least it isn't happening every day now. Thank goodness!
-
Your pooping is also getting more regular and I could maybe start skipping the diaper change in the middle of the night, but I'm always worried that maybe you've pooped and I don't want you to get a rash. You have pretty sensitive skin and have already gotten a rash - even with these mild little breastmilk poopies. Hopefully, your skin will toughen up a bit before we start you on solids or we're in for a world of trouble!
-
I'm working on getting you to fall asleep on your own and you do well in the middle of the night, but the rest of the day isn't always the greatest. I leave you to cry for a bit, but there have been a few times you've cried so hard you've puked, so I don't like to let you go too long.
-
You can lift your head pretty high off the ground during tummy time and when we hold you partially upright, I swear you just want to sit up and will bring your head forward far enough that you would topple right over if we weren't there to catch you. You've also rolled over already. At six weeks. It was a total fluke. You were doing tummy time and pushed your head up so far that you couldn't hold the big thing up and it lolled over to the side and the momentum of your noggin brought the rest of your body around too.
-
You are hit or miss with taking a bottle and that's something we need to really work hard on in the next month because you'll be going into daycare in December
and we don't have much of a choice but to get that bottle in your mouth then. You've taken two and refused two, so we're at 50% right now. I've started playing soccer again though, so we have grandpa & grandma watching you once a week for a couple hours, so they get to be the lucky ones who get to break you in. Haha! Kidding grandpa and grandma. You aren't the only ones. I'm going to make dad do it on Saturdays too.
-
There's been a lot of hoopla over the swine flu this last month and we went and stood in line for 4 hours trying to get the rest of the family vaccinated so we hopefully don't get you sick. You were with us for that 4 hours and you did great! I did have to shield you from getting touched by one little kid and we were worried you would catch something with all the people that were all around us, but so far, so good. It will be nice to finally get in to see the doctor so we can get your first round of shots and I won't be so paranoid about people touching you.
-
You still refuse the pacifier and I've pretty much given up on it. Although every now and then I try it, hopeful that I can plug up your piehole when we're out shopping. I think it's a losing battle though.
-
Your nails grow insanely fast and somehow manage to have an edge on them sharper than a razor blade. No matter how much I clip and check and recheck them, you manage to scratch yourself. Typically, at night, I put you to bed in one of the shirts from the hospital that has the long sleeves with the covers at the ends of them so your hands aren't exposed. I don't know what I'm going to do when you grow out of the last one that fits you decent.
-
Your baby mullet is starting to fill in and I figure if the hair on the top/back of your head grows long enough, we could give you a pretty sweet comb over. I'm kidding, I wouldn't do that to you. Okay - maybe I would just once for shits and giggles.
I'm still trying to figure out what color your eyes are going to be. They seem like they're pretty light in color, but I remember thinking that your brother's eyes might end up blue too and they are as brown as brown can be. Only time will tell.
The next month is going to be busy and a lot of fun. Halloween is in two days and at the end of the month, we get to take your first trip to Missoula for Thanksgiving! It's been a crazy fast month and I know the next couple are going to zip right by and we are doing everything we can to soak up this infant stuff with you because tomorrow you're going to wake up and be a baby and no longer a newborn.
Love,
momma
