two months!!
this month has been much less overwhelming and a lot more fun! evynn is full of smiles and chatter and is the perfect companion in our little family!
psst. we totally had to get daddy in the room to talk to evynn to get this grin. such a daddys girl!
How many months old? 2 months
Weight? she weighs 10 lb 14 oz (50th
percentile)/ length is 22.8inches (68th percentile)/head is 14.9in
(25th percentile)
Doctor check-up? All looks good! Naturally I got a cold two days ago so
miss Evynn hasn’t been feeling her best either. Just congestion, no fever so
we’re not too worried. But for this first time mom, I feel helpless and so
anxious!
Any teeth? nope
Sleep? Ahh.. the dreaded “how is she sleeping?” question.it
depends on the night.. we have some nights (mainly those when we were
traveling, actually!) where she nurses, I lay her in her bassinet and she’s out
and doesn’t even attempt to unswaddle until 5-6 hours later. These days,
although I feel terrible about that long stretch, are truly treasured. But,
most nights… we bathe, rock, nurse, sound machine, paci… everything. And the
kid will.not.sleep. if you lay her down, she cries and we continue the cycle
for hours until she finally gives up in the middle of the night. Then she may
wake a few more times before morning. I have found that giving a pumped bottle
of milk at bedtime helps fill her up quickly then I let her comfort nurse until
she “falls asleep”.. we’ll keep trying that. But this is the most frustrating
area of newborn life. She also will not nap during the day. How does such a
little one survive on 3-4 hours of sleep!?
Feeding? Breastfeeding is going well! There were a few days I
exclusively breastfed and she actually seemed full and content and was busting
out the diapers. Then last weekend she would nurse for literally an hour and a
half and then act hungry an hour later, whew. I am still pumping to help keep supply
(and my back to work stash), so in those times if we give her a bottle she
finally seems full. I think she just falls asleep so often while nursing that
it takes soooooo long to fill her up. Sigh. but such an improvement in breastfeeding over the last few weeks! maybe we're getting the hang of this?!
Eating anything? Mommys milk!
Developmental
milestones? She’s
all about smiling and cooing at everyone now, such a flirt! She can follow you
with her eyes. She hasn’t rolled over yet but definitely thinks about it! And
still holds her head up like a champ. In fact, we have to hold her head down to
our chest when we’re trying to put her to sleep, she insists on holding it
straight up!
Favorite toy? Not really into toys yet.. but she is more interested in
her play mat. I’ll also read a few books to her and she’ll smile.
Speech and language? All about the coo’s. they’re the sweetest little sounds.
Aside from her “talking”, she is the noisest baby. She does a 10-15min
stretching routine every morning and it sounds like a grown adult’s dramatic
stretching noises, ha!
Loves? Nursing, sleeping while nursing, kicking all.the.time
(everyone has mentioned how busy she is!), talking and laughing at daddy,
walking outside, car ride naps, playing with her hands (constantly interlocking her fingers or twiddling her fingers), cuddling in mom and dads bed!
Dislikes? Lately she’s disliked her paci and
tummy time… and sleep. Definitely sleep.
Firsts: illness… she caught a yucky cold and
it made her super congested and slightly fussy. This first time mom was a huge
worrier and could not sleep hearing her breathe through the night through her
stuffy nose. We got a humidifier, a nose
frida (which I totally used to make fun of…), breast fed like crazy and took
tons of naps and are already feeling much better!
We love: her crazy loud and d r a m a t I c
stretches! Everytime we wake her up she picks her legs up to her belly, arches
her back, bends her head all the way backwards, wrinkles her forehead and
purses her lips out. It is the goofiest and funniest thing ever! I hope she
never grows out of this!
we finally got into our 3 month clothes! but everything is too short, haha! tall and skinny girl ;)
evynn loves getting in bed with me/us at about 6 or 7 am and cuddling. she sleeps so well there and just smiles away.
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