The True Story of What Was

2 months old!
22.5 inches long (50th percentile)
10 pounds (45th percentile)

S is already two months old!  She’s very alert and loves looking around.  She’s still a pretty easy baby.  She does her share of crying, mostly when she’s been put down in the swing or bouncy seat instead of being held. Her hardest times seem to be in the morning when I am trying to get M ready for school, although it’s working well to wear her in the Moby Wrap, and in the evenings when we’re eating dinner or getting ready to start bath time.  She gets a bath every night with M. M is in the big tub and S is in the little tub. We’ve just taken out the infant sling this week.  We usually start bath time by 6:30pm and then I nurse her and put her to bed while R puts M to bed. She’s usually asleep by 7:30 or 8. I wish I could say the same for M, who seems to enjoy singing in her room for quite a while before falling asleep these days.  S has had a few really great stretches of sleep. On my birthday, also her 8 week birthday, she slept from 8:30pm – 5am! She’s also done some stretches until 3 or 4 am. However, last night she was up five times (she’s got some wicked gas)! Hopefully she’ll start trending more towards the 5am hour soon. But I really can’t complain, because when she gets up at night, I feed her and she pretty much goes right back to sleep. She is in no way up screaming and upset like her sister was.  Poor M will have to hear stories about how S was an easier baby. I blame the feeding issues and the reflux for M’s colic. S has neither of those working against her. She took a bottle every day this week while her Grandma Jane was visiting. She’s still adjusting, but did well overall with the bottles. As of now I am just pumping one side once a day (while I nurse her on the other side), usually in the morning.  I am pumping just enough for the bottle for the day, but saved up some milk last week. I could pump more often to build up a supply, but I am nervous about over pumping and causing engorgement, as this was an issue with M. I am really flying by the seat of my pants, but it seems to be working out just fine.

Here’s M at 2 months old. Fun to look back at her as such a small baby.

1 month old!
21 inches long (50th percentile)
8 pounds, 10 ounces (30th percentile)

It’s really hard to get a good photo of a baby who can’t sit up or even hold their own head up. She’s got a wicked case of baby acne here, but we know that will clear up soon. She’s doing a great job knowing the difference between day and night, but she’s always been good with that. These days we’re giving her a bath with M at about 6:30pm and she’s usually asleep by 8pm swaddled in her crib. Some nights she gets up before I go to bed to nurse again (but even that is starting to stop), and some nights she sleeps until 12 or 1 and then doesn’t get up again until 5 or so! Last night was an amazing night.  Horrible evening of the little one screaming through bath and bedtime of the big one (R was working late for the third night), but the night was great! She went to bed by 8pm and didn’t get up until 2:30am. That’s six and a half hours of sleep for her! I didn’t go to bed until 10pm of course. Then she was up again at 6:00am, but went back to sleep a little after eating – long enough that I was able to take a shower while both girls slept.  I count that as only getting up once during the night. So it’s usually once or twice during the night and is trending towards being just once! Usually for the 5am or so feeding she’s then up for the morning, going back to sleep in the car on the way to drop M off at school around 7:45am.  She sleeps quite a lot during the day, with at least one of those times being a significant nap swaddled in her crib.  But she’s also starting to be a lot more alert when she is awake. She’s a great baby!

Side note:
At an appointment 2 weeks ago they found blood in her stool, so advised me to cut dairy out of my diet. It’s been two weeks and there is just a tiny little bit of blood detected in her stool, so they advised me to stay off the dairy.

Good thing this is my second kid and I know that baby acne is just a phase. S has got a serious case! I hope this doesn’t mean she’ll have tough teenage years.

R is working late a bunch this week and I’ve been pretty successful getting the girls in bed by myself – I’m just a little bit proud of myself.