At two months Evie Mae weighed 11 lbs 15.7 oz (75th percentile), was 23.5 inches (85th percentile), was 40 cm in head size (77th percentile). She's still pretty symmetrical :)
She didn't want to get her picture taken though...
During the second month Evangeline...
- started really smiling! It happened right when we got home from Modesto and the smiles just kept getting bigger and bigger!
- would calm down a lot faster when upset
- would stay in the bouncer while Mommy showered in the mornings (sometimes she'd even fall asleep) and loved gazing at a big black and white picture in our bathroom. We got on a lot more normal schedule, which Mommy really liked!
- LOVED following Mommy and Daddy with her eyes and just watching us... (my mom and dad Skyped with us and and the whole time she'd never look at the computer - just me! So cute...)
- decided she wouldn't take bottles or a pacifier, which was awesome for us :( Unfortunately the Nuk nipples didn't even work...
- spent her days playing and talking with Mommy
- would still get the hiccups often
- kept her horrible gag reflex (she'd gag on all pacifiers)
- liked to suck on her fist to soothe herself or on Mommy's upper neck/chest
- loved to be rocked to sleep anytime EXCEPT bedtime
- had her peak of fussiness during 4-6 weeks. During the peak she'd start screaming on the dot at 11:30pm and scream until 1am unless we held her in the football hold (on her stomach) and let her suck on our finger or did what Dr . Karp calls the "milkshake" and let her suck on our finger while we jiggled her doing that hold. Let me just tell you...it was so exhausting doing that for and hour and a half but way better than listening to her screaming. And after six weeks we really didn't have to do it anymore...
- liked to stretch when she woke up and was un-swaddled - so cute!
- kept kissing Mommy and Daddy
- LOVED playing a game with Mommy where I'd sing "I love you a bushel and a peck" and when I'd say peck I'd kiss her on her cheek and she'd kiss me at the same time on my cheek! It was precious...
- loves having long coo-ing coversations with Mom
- had her first round of shots and screamed bloody murder. It was so horrible. She moaned and cried for the next couple of days...
- would make a coo after you asked her a question (most of the time)
- she become very alert and people would always comment on that in the grocery stores
- decided she liked hikes in forests beside our home
- started peaking out of her Moby wrap
- went Crabbing with Mommy and Daddy and didn't watch but heard a lot of 49er games dressed in her 49ers outfit Grammy gave her for Christmas.
- started going more places like grocery shopping just she and Mommy but it usually wasn't a good car ride experience since she still was not enjoying the car
- moved up to the next level in her car seat!
- LOVED listening to classical music and dancing with Mommy
- had several different favorite songs like "This is My Father's World" and "I am a Child of God" and still "I Love to See the Temple."
- still decided that she'd make a lot of dirty diapers for Mommy and Daddy (4-6 poopy ones a day). We were disappointed that the pediatricians prediction of a poop once a week didn't happen.
- became very efficient at nursing and begin doing 5 mins a side and sometimes only one breast.
- started cooing and talking to us once we got home from Modesto
- could imitate us when we'd make "Oh" sounds and "Ah" sounds (it would usually take a day before she could mimic it though)
- LOVED looking out our windows at all the trees that surround our building (especially when she'd wake up in the morning)
- LOVED reading "Goodnight Moon" with Daddy at bedtime
- would calm down a lot faster when upset
- would stay in the bouncer while Mommy showered in the mornings (sometimes she'd even fall asleep) and loved gazing at a big black and white picture in our bathroom. We got on a lot more normal schedule, which Mommy really liked!
- LOVED following Mommy and Daddy with her eyes and just watching us... (my mom and dad Skyped with us and and the whole time she'd never look at the computer - just me! So cute...)
- decided she wouldn't take bottles or a pacifier, which was awesome for us :( Unfortunately the Nuk nipples didn't even work...
- spent her days playing and talking with Mommy
- would still get the hiccups often
- kept her horrible gag reflex (she'd gag on all pacifiers)
- liked to suck on her fist to soothe herself or on Mommy's upper neck/chest
- loved to be rocked to sleep anytime EXCEPT bedtime
- had her peak of fussiness during 4-6 weeks. During the peak she'd start screaming on the dot at 11:30pm and scream until 1am unless we held her in the football hold (on her stomach) and let her suck on our finger or did what Dr . Karp calls the "milkshake" and let her suck on our finger while we jiggled her doing that hold. Let me just tell you...it was so exhausting doing that for and hour and a half but way better than listening to her screaming. And after six weeks we really didn't have to do it anymore...
- liked to stretch when she woke up and was un-swaddled - so cute!
- kept kissing Mommy and Daddy
- LOVED playing a game with Mommy where I'd sing "I love you a bushel and a peck" and when I'd say peck I'd kiss her on her cheek and she'd kiss me at the same time on my cheek! It was precious...
- loves having long coo-ing coversations with Mom
- had her first round of shots and screamed bloody murder. It was so horrible. She moaned and cried for the next couple of days...
- would make a coo after you asked her a question (most of the time)
- she become very alert and people would always comment on that in the grocery stores
- decided she liked hikes in forests beside our home
- started peaking out of her Moby wrap
- went Crabbing with Mommy and Daddy and didn't watch but heard a lot of 49er games dressed in her 49ers outfit Grammy gave her for Christmas.
- started going more places like grocery shopping just she and Mommy but it usually wasn't a good car ride experience since she still was not enjoying the car
- moved up to the next level in her car seat!
- LOVED listening to classical music and dancing with Mommy
- had several different favorite songs like "This is My Father's World" and "I am a Child of God" and still "I Love to See the Temple."
- still decided that she'd make a lot of dirty diapers for Mommy and Daddy (4-6 poopy ones a day). We were disappointed that the pediatricians prediction of a poop once a week didn't happen.
- became very efficient at nursing and begin doing 5 mins a side and sometimes only one breast.
- started cooing and talking to us once we got home from Modesto
- could imitate us when we'd make "Oh" sounds and "Ah" sounds (it would usually take a day before she could mimic it though)
- LOVED looking out our windows at all the trees that surround our building (especially when she'd wake up in the morning)
- LOVED reading "Goodnight Moon" with Daddy at bedtime
Tummy time has been a success! After we'd change her diaper, she'd be happy and give us a couple minutes of happy tummy time. We'd have to do it a lot throughout the day but it made the whole experience a lot more enjoyable for both of us. And during her second month she was able to lift her head straight up and look us in the eyes. We never could get a good picture of it. This is what it looked like when she was a little more tired.
After week six we had an awesome change!
Evangeline decided her bedtime was going to be between 9:30 and 10:30pm.
All we had to do was get her ready for bed like normal - swaddle her, turn down the lights (we'd leave a lamp on for a little bit b/c she'd get a little scared of the dark if it happened right away), stop talking to her, lay her down on our bed, and nurse her.
If she didn't fall asleep nursing, I could just close my eyes and snuggle her and she'd closed her eyes and fall asleep too!
The crazy part is it worked even if she'd just napped.
Daddy was one happy dude since he doesn't handle little sleep very well.
She still would wake up to eat a couple times in the night, but she could sleep for 4.5-5 hours before she'd need to eat.
And she decided to wake up daily between 7 and 8am
How I love my pretty baby...
And the snuggles are the best!
3 comments:
She is so beautiful! Glad that she is sleeping better for you, and that she is crying less.
Yay! What a pretty girl. Love the tummy time pic. So cute!
She is sooooo adorable! You have got to keep these posts coming. And all the advice possible would be great!
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