Thomas: 2 Months

I can not get over the difference a month makes! We went from having a newborn who was fussy almost every waking minute to a chunky, smiley baby we can't get enough of. Except for when it's his evening fussy time, then we pass him around like a hot potato. He really turned around, just as I hoped he would.

Again I'm pretty late with this post, but managed to take the picture the day he turned two months.

This month he weighed in at just under 14 pounds and measured 24.5 inches long. He is wearing 3-6 month clothes and size 2 diapers, although I think he could have gotten away with size 1 a little while longer. I just didn't want to buy a big box of something he seemed on the verge of outgrowing. He nurses about every two to three hours during the day, and once or twice in the middle of the night. He starts out the night in his bassinet next to us, usually swaddled. Once I bring him into the bed the first time to nurse, I unswaddle him and keep him there the rest of the night. I love going to sleep with a baby nestled at my side. It's the best.

He still hates car rides for the most part. Sometimes he's OK with it, but if it goes much more than 15 minutes, he usually starts fussing.

He has been smiling at us since about six weeks, I think, maybe a little sooner. He coos and kind of gurgles at us too, and it is adorable. I could eat him up. I can make him laugh by rubbing my chin against his ribs. He loves to stand on our laps like the other babies started doing at this age. 

He needs many naps throughout the day, but getting him down for each one is kind of a fight, and sometimes not worth the time I have to invest, especially if we have somewhere we need to be anytime soon. It might take me 45 minutes to get him down for a nap that lasts maybe 45 minutes. That can be frustrating, the need to keep dragging an overtired baby around from place to place. I do wish I had a tried and true way of getting him down for a nap that doesn't take forever, especially when he grinds his little face into my shoulder like Mama, please help me go to sleep! Nursing to sleep works like a charm for most babies, but he likes to nurse upon waking and only sometimes to sleep.

His sister Annie, who I call his Annie-Nanny, likes to play with his hair--what's left of it anyway. What kind of hair will it be when it grows back in? Auntie Karen says he'll be a redhead. We shall see, maybe in another month or two.