June 6, 2017

August is two months old!

At 2 months, August:

Weighs: 14.5 lbs (87%ile)

Measures: 23 inches (46%ile)

Loves:

• Milk (as illustrated by his 3 lb weight gain:)
• His sissy! Looks around for her when he hears her voice and smiles at her:)
• Bathtime
• Being on his tummy (sometimes)
• Being sung to
• Having “conversations”
• Smiling
• Looking at lights and ceiling fan (which sadly we no longer have at the moment)
• Wubbanub

Dislikes:

• Being hungry
• Gas
• Being alone if awake–likes being held, talked to, & interacted with

Nursing: Nurses approximately every 1.5-2.5 hours during the day, averaging about 12x/day, each session usually lasting less than 10 minutes, although will sometimes have one or two longer sessions (usually never longer than 15 minutes).

Sleep: Still sleeps a lot of the time, with some 1-3 hour wakeful periods throughout the day–usually awake the longest in the morning after getting up with mama, around lunchtime, and during Scarlett’s bath/bedtime. Settles down for the night around 9 or 10pm, then mama wakes him up to get ready for bed & nurse around 10:30-11pm, then he sleeps until 3:30-6:00am before waking to nurse, and then goes back to sleep for another 2-4 hours (depending on what time he woke), and gets up for the day with mama around 8:30am.

Other Activity:

• Still trying to find his thumbie–will often settle for sucking on his hand
• Bats at the animals on his play mat
• Gives good eye contact and follows you with his gaze
• No longer colicky–got better around 6 weeks
• Can lift head for longer periods while being held
• Lots of cooing and baby talk–loves to be talked to and loves to “talk” back to you and try to mimic what you say such as “hello”
• Very smiley–loves seeing familiar faces and hearing familiar voices
• When fussy, likes pink noise, being walked around, bicycling his legs, or placed on tummy (usually)

Nicknames: Baby Bee, Squish, Squishy, Babeesh, Humpty Dumpty, Baby Ellie, Baby Dumbo, Cubby, Chuub, Chairman of the Board, Gooey & Bomba (Scarlett’s nicknames for August), Little Meen, Little Lovey, Little Prince, Marshmallow

Just a few of mama’s favorite things:

• How you smile with your whole face
• That smile greeting me in the morning when I go to get you from your bassinet
• Your squealing piglet cry that you do when you’re hungry
• The “ahh” sigh you do after sneezing
• Your fuzzy, perfectly round head
• Your wonderful smell
• Your easygoing nature
• How you giggle in your sleep
• Your marshmallow arms hugging me when you nap on me
• Feeling you close to me in the ergo carrier during outings with your sissy

2-month photo shoot outtakes:

When you’re smiling
When you’re smiling
The whole world smiles with you
When you’re laughing
When you’re laughing
The sun comes shining through
But when you’re crying
You bring on the rain
So stop your sighing be happy again
Keep on smiling
‘Cause when you’re smiling
The whole world smiles with you

~Billie Holiday