Day 130- 2 months!! (official post)

We finally made it to the doctor for Asher's 2 month check-up. He is healthy and growing great! This month he has really started becoming a full out baby and less like an infant. He has a very pleasant disposition and cries very little, just like his older brother. He's also very strong and can lift his head up fully when on his belly. It has been fun to watch Caleb become more aware and interested in Asher, as well as watch Asher start to smile and visually track his brother. I'm looking forward to watching their relationship grow over the next months/years.


Age/Size: 2 months, 11 lbs 13 oz and 23 3/4 inches long. You wear mostly 0-3 month clothes, but are now beginning to wear 3-6 month outfits. You wear size 1 diapers.








Sleep habits: You still sleep for 1-3 hour stretches during the day depending on whether we are at home or out and about. However, your sleep habits are definitely beginning to regularize. You generally take a long nap in the morning around 9ish and another long nap around 12-3. In the evenings, your sleep is less regular. You sleep best in your crib, though will sleep in your car seat or the Moby wrap if we are out. At night, you sleep an average of 8 hours (10-6) with a few 10 hour stretches (either 8-6 or 9-7). You still sleep on your stomach in the crib, since we have a movement monitor and you are more comfortable that way. You really like to suck on the pacifier to soothe, but have recently been sucking on your hand if there is no pacifier.


Eating habits: You eat every 3ish hours during the day and go about 10 hours at night (8-6). You normally nurse about 6 times/day on just one side per feeding, but if you are extra hungry, sometimes you nurse on both sides. I think when you breastfeed, you normally take in 2-3 oz. I pump every night before your 8:00 feeding and you normally eat 4 oz from a bottle. I also pump during the day every once in a while if I need to run errands or if you aren't taking the breast well. You have at least one wet diaper per feeding and you poop about every other day. You get very uncomfortable and don't eat well for the few feedings before the poop.





Milestones: You are holding your head up well. I think that it is due to sleeping on your stomach. You continue to love batting at toys when you are laying on your back. You are really beginning to pay attention to how your hand can make the toys move. You take weight through your legs and you can stand for a few seconds if I support your chest. You are great at visual tracking. I'm loving your coos and smiles this month. Your sweet face and expressions make mothering you a prize. You bring your hands together or one hand to your mouth at a time.








Special moments: You got to take your first two trips this month- to visit Grandma and Grandpa Hunt in Colorado and to visit your Aunt Stacy for her graduation. This included your first airplane ride, as well as your first longer road trip (3 1/2 hours). Speaking of modes of transportation- you also rode in the jogging stroller for the first time!