Last month's sticker didn't work out so well (she wanted to eat it), so we have switched to this cute frame!
TWO MONTHS
Weight: 10 pounds, 2 ounces. Good gracious, double digits! She is now in the 23.5th percentile.
Length: She gained an inch, and is now 21.5 inches long.
Head: 37. yeesh. Growing brain, I hope!
Clothing size: I don't even want to talk about it... but here I am, talking about it. Mark my words, I will never bring this up again. Way too painful for this mama. She grew out of newborn clothes on March 23rd (yes, I wrote that down. I'm that mom). It was the same day we took out the rolled up hospital blankets out of her car seat. I did not cry, but I definitely wanted to. I didn't realize she outgrew her newborn clothes until I experimented with the next size up, out of curiosity. She now wears size three month sizes, except on her legs - she's beginning to wear 6 months (what a chunker!). She was in size 0-3 for like, 4 days.
Eye color: Grey. The blue has disappeared so I'm waiting for them to turn brown :( Sorry kiddo, looks like you won't get your daddy's eyes after all, although no surprise there.
Hair: Still dark, but definitely lightening up! My guess is her hair will be a medium-dark brown. It's also long (for a baby). But, poor baby inherited daddy's hairline. Don't worry, I've figured out how to hide it with headbands. Plus, you know, she's a baby so she doesn't even know what a hairline is. She loves getting her hair brushed. Apple, tree.
Pediatrician update: Poor baby.... she has colic. I knew it. Between 9 pm and 1 am, she screams no matter what we do. And, even worse - she has torticollis, favoring her left side. Hopefully her neck exercises do her some good!
EAT
Milk bubbles!
Jordan is starting to go longer without eating (which really helps overnight). But, she is still really hating her bottle. If she's really hungry, she'll slam the bottle down, no problem. But otherwise, it's a struggle to give it to her. All this girl wants to do is breastfeed! I love it, but it makes it hard to leave her anywhere because she is so dependent on me and I am scared she won't eat while I am away. So, for now, I limit my time away from her. We are pretty much together 24/7. This is a challenge when I want to do something simple, like get my haircut. But can I really complain that my baby needs me? No way. Someday she won't need me anymore, and that's when I'll have the real emotional breakdown.
SLEEP
We both have bedhead
Jordan goes to bed late - around midnight (although the other night, it was more like 2 am)- but once she is down, she's out like a light. She gets up once a night around 3 am to nurse, but we are able to put her back to sleep in about 30 minutes. Then she wakes up around 6 am. OShe wakes up well rested and all smiles! However, I'm still not getting much sleep. She really just wants to be held and will scream the minute I put her down. Guess I'll just have to hold this beautiful baby longer....
"Who are you, and what do you want with me?"
"Is that you, mommy?"
Sometimes, when she's "sleeping," she will open up her right eye just a bit - enough to look to see who is holding her. I can't even tell you how many pictures I have of her, half asleep, with family members or friends, and the look on her face is all "who the hell is this?!"
LIKES
Turtle, you are yummy in my tummy!
Not much has changed since last month. Bath time and car rides are her favorite. I recently found that going for walks puts her to sleep even if she's crabby. There's also this turtle toy that she seems to like. She can't do much with it except watch me play with it (mommy is a puppet-master) but the point is, she will
watch. I was starting to get nervous because her attention seems to be all over the place. Does my baby have ADD? Is that even possible?
She also LOVES her activity mat - she can spend 20 minutes on that thing, which is a major accomplishment in baby time. But this also means that about 60% of the pictures I have of her are on this mat!
And I need an AW moment right now. She loves her mommy. Sometimes she'll get fussy and cranky and turns out, all she wants is me. There is nothing like picking up your baby, or having someone else hand you your baby, and hearing her crying stop. I can't get enough of this girl.
DISLIKES
No, mom, I don't want to do tummy time and you can't make me!
She's hating tummy time. Like, seriously hating it. She hates it probably as much as I hate dieting right now. The minute she is on her stomach, she wails. I once left the nursery windows open during tummy time and I'm pretty sure the neighborhood thought I was torturing my baby. It's difficult to listen to her cry, but I know she has to get her tummy time in so develop her gross motor skills. It's a change from last month, when she was a tummy time pro. I wonder what happened, but my guess is that she just kinda found her voice this month and is more apt to use it. What's funny though is that she will kick so much she'll end up rotating around her head like a break dancer and end up with her legs off her mat (see above).
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
She has started:
reaching for things - especially on her activity mat. The toys over her head are just too fun to pass up!
trying to roll over - almost! Especially when she is on her mat, and I move to the opposite side she is facing. Where's mommy?? Gotta find her!
holding her head steady - Oh, she's been doing this since the week she was born, I swear. But now I can legitimately hold her and she will use those neck muscles of hers to support her head and look around - for a loooooooong time. Minutes. Ten minutes. Maybe more. I never need to support her head anymore. And she will use her strength to move where she wants to move. I gave her a kiss last week, and I thought Tim moved her closer to me. No, he said, she did that herself. She leaned in for another kiss!
raising chest and lifting her head around 5 weeks- as much as she hates tummy time, it's paying off. Munchkin is well on her way to being able to crawl (crazy kicking on her tummy) and really support herself by propping herself up on her arms. Really, she did this the day she was born but she is doing it more often now.
vocalizing around 4 weeks - the cutest baby noises you ever did hear. Often.
"Hi, Mommy!"
smiling around 4 weeks- All the time. Awake. In her sleep. When I say hi. When we play with turtle. When she is on her activity mat. When she's getting a diaper change. In the middle of nursing (seriously, it's hilarious). With the exception of the hours between 9 pm and 1 am, she is the happiest baby in the world.
laughing - around 7 weeks, I knew her laughs were purposeful instead of from just gas. She's been laughing in her sleep since birth though, but now she laughs when she's awake
at people (and also at invisible things).
DEAR JORDAN
Dear babykins,
My arm hurts. My back hurts. Why?
Because you are getting so big! You want to be carried everywhere, all the time. You love being slung over someone's shoulder like a sack of potatoes so that you can look around and take in your environment. Sometimes it's the only way to get you to sleep. You love it more than play time and bath time (but definitely not more than car rides). As adorable as this is baby girl, it means some serious back problems for mama. I tried putting you in a sling, but you screamed your head off. I need to figure out a way to get you to be a koala baby for a little bit so that I can have my hands free and more back support. The thing is, I haven't actually bought a baby carrier yet. Not because I can't afford it and not because I haven't had the opportunity, but because I just can't seem to put you down anyway. I love this time with you. I constantly have to remind myself that although you are growing so fast, you are still considered petite for your age. Good gracious, there are babies way bigger than you. Way bigger, easy. Unbelievable.
I had my first official time away from you when you were exactly 7 weeks old. Up until then, your daddy would watch you for an hour while I ran errands. There was also one time your aunt watched you for oh, I don't know, an hour and a half while daddy and I checked out a house to buy. But I've never had a whole day away from you. I dropped you off with your grandma so that I could work, and it was so weird coming home to an empty house. I worked in my office with an empty sleeper next to me. I kept glancing over at it, thinking of you. It took everything in me not to go pick you up right away. Turns out, I'm not really made to be away from you.
Your daddy and I have officially become "those parents" who constantly and
only talk about their baby. We are annoying. And although you are only two months old, I cannot remember what life was like before you. No big deal. Life is so much better now that you are here.
You get prettier everyday. I'm bias, I know, but seriously. People tell me all the time that you are
pretty. Not cute, not adorable -
pretty. Not the average compliment for a baby. Prettiest baby in the world, no doubt.
You're smiling and laughing a lot now. You wake up in the morning in a good mood, and when I say, "hi, baby!," you laugh. You get the biggest smile when I give you kisses (or when CocoCay, your turtle toy, does). You even smile and laugh in your sleep. What could you possibly be dreaming about???
I'm finishing up this letter with one hand, with you flung over my shoulder, napping. I wish you could stay this snuggly forever, but I know someday you won't be. So with that...time to wrap this up so I can eat up every single second of you.
I love you, baby girl. More than anything in this whole world. Never forget that. You are always loved.
XOXOXOXO,
Mom
Conner and Ben bonus:
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