2 Months Young

Our little guy is 2 months old! 

You can tell he is growing from his monthly giraffe shots.  I don't have any other stats since his 2 month appointment isn't for another few days.... and we donated our scale. 


1 month old

I can also tell he is growing because size 1 diapers are small.  His 3 month clothes, depending on label, are getting snug as well.  Yeah!

After some early fears that we had another colicky baby, we think we are in the clear. Braylen has his moments of unhappiness due to gas and exhaustion, but nothing a good swaddle job and a boob can't fix. 

We thought we were doing the right thing with the bottle this time, starting it earlier than 1 month.  He was taking it fine, but decided recently that he doesn't want anything unnatural near his mouth.  Here we go again.  I want to scream!  Why do we have zero luck with bottles?  I just want a break!  BUT I am not going back to work and have nothing major planned to be away from him, so if he doesn't ever take one, well, too bad for me.  The same goes for the pacifier- no go. 

On the brighter side, Braylen has found his hands. Maybe the thumb will eventually soothe him.  Until then he grunts and drools over his hands.  Since his hands keep him up, we still swaddle him for sleep. 

Braylen loves his bath.  He upgraded from the Puj to the blue tub.  Every night we all hang out in the bathroom while Evie takes her bath.  He likes to look around and listen to the water. 

Evie's voice and antics are interesting to Braylen.  He looks at her a lot and smiles.  She loves her brother too which she shows by smothering him.  One minute she is sitting nicely next to him, the next she is slapping his head.  Sigh.

Hanging out on the kitchen floor after dinner



Yep, that's how I look almost every day- hair a mess,
sweats, glasses- an all around exhausted, hot mess.

Not much progress with sleeping through the night.  He did sleep 7 hours straight last night, but since I am writing this post way after the 14th, I will tell you he has not repeated since that night.  Boo.  He has one long stretch (4-6 hours) then is up 1-2 hours later.  Getting up twice before 5:30 AM is not ideal for this sleep deprived mama.  Praying 3 months will be the month.

I love the sneaker socks!

Another month in the books (and the blog)!