Weight/Length: Again, why do I even leave this on?! We go to the pediatrician on Tuesday for her 2-month check-up, so I'll report back. If I had to guess, I'd say she's somewhere between 11-12 lbs at least. She is so chunky and eats all of the time! I feel like she may be storing away food for the winter in those pound-puppy like jowls she has, ha! We did graduate to 3M clothes this week, as well as Size 1 diapers. Chunkster!
Sleep: Lilly is quite the sleeper - she's doing great, waking up only once/night! She normally falls asleep somewhere between 8-9 pm. We wake her up between 10-11 pm for a dream feed, and then put her back down for the night. Typically, she wakes up around 4:00 or 4:30 to eat, then sleeps again until 8:00 or 8:30. After that feeding, she normally goes back down yet again until 11:00 or 11:30. She is awake a lot more during the day and will fall asleep a few times but never sleeps for more than an hour at a time - typically it is more like 30 minutes aka just long enough for me to start doing something I need to get done around the house and not finish. I'm not sure whether I should be encouraging more of a schedule, like a morning nap and an afternoon nap, or what. I'll talk to the pediatrician about it on Tuesday. I'm sure it was just a fluke, but last night she slept through the night for the first time! Granted, she took a long nap yesterday afternoon (very abnormal) so she didn't fall asleep until 10, woke up on her own at 11 to eat and then went back down around 11:30 pm. But she slept until 6:30 and then went back down until 9:30, and it was glorious. Go L!
Feeding: As you will soon see when I post pictures below, the child is clearly starving (NOT). She eats a LOT. We have been exclusively pumping since around the 1-month mark (see this week's update), and other than it being a lot of work, it's going well. Up until this week she's been taking 4 oz of breast milk every 3-4 hours during the day (normally closer to 3 hours) and then once overnight. This week, she has acted like we're starving her - I'm still trying to figure out whether it's a growth spurt or we need to be feeding her bigger bottles! But we are lucky, she eats well and rarely (knock on wood) spits up.
Firsts This Month: Lots of firsts to report I'm sure - I feel like I should write them all down so I won't miss any since I'm only posting updates once/month, but I'll wing it this time around. She had her first road trip to grandmommy's, and she did great both on the way there and on the way back. Since she finally hit the 8-week mark, we had our first outing this week - she ran errands with Mommy and did wonderfully! I told Dan I felt like she was the only child NOT screaming in Target when we went. Guess I just timed it well. She spent part of the time looking around and taking everything in and then fell asleep. She had her first cold and subsequent "sick visit" to the doctor, but she never really got fussy or anything like that, so we were lucky - and she's much better now! She is going to have her first church visit tomorrow for Hadley's baptism!
Developments: Lots of these. She has pretty good control of her head now and can hold it up for quite a bit of time when she's on her tummy. She is not rolling over yet, but she's almost there - just this week she's been rolling onto her side every time she's on her play mat. She subsequently gets mad because she can't kick her piano keys when she does that, so I keep wondering when she'll make it the whole way! She has discovered her tongue big time and plays with it all of the time, and blows a lot of bubbles (is that considered a development?). She's discovered that she loves her hands and she sucks on her thumb and sometimes her whole fist. She focuses on things for long periods of time, and recognizes Mommy and Daddy's voices. She has started cooing and talking and exploring her voice, and it is SO beyond cute. I just love hearing those little baby noises! She also in the past two weeks has started consciously smiling at us when we talk to her! I captured a cute video to send to Dan when he was in Florida (please excuse my baby talk, and also yes I called her a poopy head, ha!):
Likes: Lilly LOVES bath time, eating, cuddling, being held (thanks to grandmommy), stroller rides, being worn in the baby k'tan (after you get her in, that is), singing and music, her swing, her bouncy chair, her piano gym play mat, tummy time (sometimes, and only for short periods of time), being outside, kicking her legs (especially when she's wearing the rattles on them that grandmommy gave her), the sunshine (unless it's shining in her face in the car seat), Layla, watching the ceiling fan and shopping with mommy. And more eating.
Dislikes: Being hungry, being cold, having her diaper changed (all the same from last month), not being held immediately when she wants to be held. Oh and burping - it's a LOT of work with this child. Also having her clothes changed, particularly clothes that have to go over her head. This is unfortunate as we had to graduate to size one diapers, which fit her buddha belly just fine but are too big on her legs, causing her to poop on at LEAST 2-3 outfits daily. I realize that her legs look chunky, but while she does have some rolls they're still relatively skinny in proportion to the rest of her body so poop leaks out a lot. Yuck.
What I'm Thankful For: A happy baby. I would say 90% of the time she is so happy, and is such a great baby - we are so lucky and thankful for that!
What I'm Looking Forward To: Lilly's first beach trip to visit Grandma Susie and Papa for Easter, and her baptism at the beginning of May.
Next Pediatrician Appointment: Next week - March 27. I'm not looking forward to the shots, but I am again looking forward to getting her stats.
How Mommy's Doing: Doing great! My gym regimen starts again on Monday, so I'm sure I will not feel so great afterwards. I do not by any means claim to be an expert, but my confidence in my mothering skills has greatly improved. I'm still a little tired, but I think our girl will start sleeping through the night before we know it. Really my only complaint is that I need more hours in the day/longer afternoon naps for Lilly. :-) I've started to worry about going back to work - I still have several weeks before that happens but I'll be very sad to leave Lilly. Dan and I had a date night this week, and I was telling him that it's amazing how dressing up and going out for a night on the town can make me feel like a normal human being again!
I guess that's all for this update - I will likely think of a million things I forgot later. I'll try to do better at documenting things as we go along so I don't forget! I will leave you with our 2-month photo shoot. Lilly was cooperative for all of about one minute and then got mad, so I thought I'd continue with the tradition of a "Mom I'm over this photo shoot" meltdown picture. I also need to learn how to use my camera/not let my shadow get in the way of awesome photos.
Sarah
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