I'm 2 months old - Look what I can do!

2 months

We popped a bottle of wine to celebrate Max's 2-month milestone one night and then we stared at him in awe the next morning - he's getting so BIG!  Max has been getting much more verbal and very active.  Cooing, gurgling, kicking, bouncing, and swinging those arms.  I love that he's so social  - lots of smiles for us.  It's too cute when he's telling stories to the owls on his mobile or the animals on his bouncer.  His expressions are very colorful.
He can go from this:

To this:

He is also moving so much that he often ends up sideways in his crib by morning.   How does he do that?! All that moving makes for some blurry pictures. 

 

 

 

 

sideways sleeper

We're still working on sleeping.  I've been using BabyWise, which came highly recommended by several friends.  The book reports that most babies on this program sleep through the night by week 8.  I was starting to wonder if this was only the formula-fed babies, but then I read my friend Courtney's blog and I learned that her BF cutie pie has started sleeping through the night too!  Max still gets me up at least 2 times per night most nights.  Last night, however, he decided to try it - we had our first night of real sleep!  Almost 7 full hours!  It was unbelievable!  So, I'm hoping he'll be in the next round of sleeping champions, by week 10-12.  Until then, I'll just keep dreaming of sleep...and keep telling myself that I'll actually take those afternoon naps.  Yeah right! 


This week, we opened Max's first savings account with the gifts from Aunt Diane, Aunt Kathy, and Nana.  Thank you so much!  Max was super excited when the banker at Wells Fargo let him check out the bank vault. 

This morning we were in the pediatrician's office for Max's wellness exam and first round of immunizations.  That was rough! It might have been harder for me than Max, though it was hard to tell from his screaming and bright red face!  He actually shed his first real tear on that exam table and I swear he was looking at me, like "Why are you letting them hurt me, Momma?" But I know the benefits outweigh the discomfort.   Here he is two hours later at home.  Some day, he'll appreciate those Spiderman band-aids, but not today.

Max is 23.5 inches long (75%), 12 lbs, 4 oz (65%), and his head is 15 inches in circumference (25%).  A perfectly healthy breast-fed baby (with a case of cradle cap).  

It was our last visit with this pediatrician - a reminder that I better start looking for one in our next city!  More on our move soon, I hope!  We move in 16 days and at this point in time are still not sure where we're moving to.  Decision deadline is tonight.  Surprisingly enough, I'm not really worried about it.  Boy, how things change!