It's been two months since my last post, and two months since the birth of my wonderful baby boy! I'm going to attempt to be a better blogger now. I don't usually do anything except tend to him and the house, it keeps me busy but I have quite a bit of down time. I'd also like to document all of mine and Brantley's adventures and troubles.
Let me start off with my little big mans growth so far; at his 1 month check up he weighted in at 10.7lbs, which was up 2lbs from leaving the hospital since he lost nearly half a pound, he had also grown from 21 inches to 22.5! He's already growing like a weed and to long for certain 0-3 month clothing. We don't go in for his 2 month check up until December the 3rd, but I'm excited to see how much more he's grown. I'm thinking he's easily pushing 13lbs, my boy likes to eat.
We spend most of our days cuddling on the couch and watching movies. At just 2 months old he is absolutely fascinated with the lights and sounds from the TV, he is pretty partial to Mickey Mouse Club house, or so I like to think. He smiles all the time and is constantly talking to me. I've even gotten a giggle every so often. He loves bath time, he will go from screaming to smiling in less than a second once he's in the sink. The swing is his favorite place to hang out when mommy can't hold him. He likes being worn in the Moby wrap but prefers the travel system for walks. He has great neck control while he's sitting up or being held but refuses to pick his head up during tummy time. He's perfectly capable of doing it, but he prefers to bury his face in the blanket and scoot all over the place. He's still a bit weary of daddy with him being gone so much, but they enjoy watching movies together.
As perfect as I like to think my little boy is we have had our fair share or troubles. I was planning to breastfeed throughout my entire pregnancy and did tons of research on. I wanted to be as educated as possible on what I would be doing since it was so important to me. We had many troubles that ended our breastfeeding adventure early, but that will be a post all it's own tomorrow.
We have also had many troubles with him sleeping well. When we first got home from the hospital all he did was sleep, eat, and repeat. I couldn't fathom this horrid exhaustion everyone said new moms experienced. He would wake up to eat every 3-4 hours, if I tried to feed him more often he would fight and go back to sleep. Since he was gaining weight like he should have been I didn't fight him. Babies need sleep to grow also. Over the next few weeks he continued to wake every 3-4 hours to eat. I was really lucky and got a 5-7 hour stretch occasionally. Then we hit the 8 week sleep regression, on top of a wonder week. He now wakes every 2-3 hours to eat and sometimes refuses to go back to sleep. I know it'll only last a weeks or so, but I'm absolutely exhausted. I've been a bad mommy this week and let him sleep in the swing at night while I'm on the couch, he gets much better quality sleep and I get a little more than if we slept in the bedroom. I'm so ready for him to sleep through the night.
I've come to realize time flies with babies. These past two months have flown by. Day to day life is definitely a lot different with a tiny human to care for.
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