Month Two

Oh sweet August boy, you are already two months old. These past two months have been long and hard but they have passed so quickly. Unfortunately, I was operating in a heavy fog most of the time but


-You weigh 13 lbs 7 ounces and are 24.5 inches long.
-Your sleep has become pretty regular and you go down around 8:30, wake around 2 for a bottle and are down again until 6. Pretty incredible actually. Now if we could only get your sister to stay in bed and not wake up screaming then we would be in the money. As of now our house is a merry-go-round with her up around midnight, you at 2, Rivers at 4 and the whole family around 6. It's the unmerriest kind of merry-go-round actually.
-You are THE biggest smiler. I am so happy to have a child who so willingly and lovingly flashes the grins. This is not something we experienced with your sister and it is so fun. You can be fussing and within two seconds of someone talking to you in a high pitched voice your face is overcome with big ole grin. It's the cutest.
-You are cooing and talking a lot. We have some pretty lovely conversations actually. 
-Once we switched you to formula at 6 weeks, you instantly changed from the most difficult baby in the world to the easiest baby in the world. You only fuss when you are hungry, dirty or tired. Other than that you are perfectly content. We can literally go six hours without a single cry as long as I am attentive to your little fusses and address your needs quickly. It is delightful.
-You are holding your head up very well and you did very well in your bumbo for the first time the other day.
-Your sister got very sick this last week and you spent a lot of time away from home in an effort to stay well. I missed you dearly. I feel like we have a lot of catching up to do.
-We saw a specialist and what we once were told was lactose intolerance is instead a milk protein allergy. I have been dairy free since Thursday and will try to nurse you again this Friday, one week later. I'm not making much anymore but I feel like any little bit will be good for you. Let's hope this works.
-Your hair is growing like gangbusters and it is coming in brown. You will definitely be darker-haired than Rivers.
-It took us a while to notice but we discovered you have two webbed toes on each foot like your dad and Aunt Marley.
-You can still fit in some 0-3 month clothing, if they are separates but you are mostly wearing 3-6 month because you are so long.
-You sleep in your crib now! Bless your dad for taking care of this while I was in the hospital with Rivers. You had been sleeping in your rock and play in your bedroom and every night we would talk about moving you to the crib tomorrow because we were both so desperate for a good night's sleep. But alas, it is done and you sleep splendidly!
-You are off reflux meds. You still spit up quite a bit but you are unphased by it.
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