- Weighs 11lb 10oz (30th percentile) and is 23 inches long (50th percentile). He's not quite the little chunk that his siblings were, but he's gaining weight and thriving.
- SMILES!!!! Talk about a charmer. This boy loves to smile and it melts his mommy's heart. He is already mastering the art of flirting; we may be in trouble with this one...
- COOS!! I feel like he's going to be a talker. He'll look at you, smile and start "talking." He is especially fond of chatting with his brother and sister.
- Is doing a great job of holding his head up. Tummy time is challenging with a reflux baby. On several occasions he has spit up while laying on his tummy and then face-planted in it before I've had a chance to move him. Poor guy. Bless his heart, he doesn't seem to mind too much.
- Is proving to be a sweet, patient little guy. He's exactly what our family needed.
- Still has a yucky case of reflux :( We had him on Zantac starting at 2 weeks but still seemed to be having symptoms (lots of spitting up, looking uncomfortable when he did spit up), so we made a move to Prevacid (Delia's miracle drug) at 6 weeks. What a mistake! Poor guy was miserable. He went from our mellow, content baby to one who had to be held all the time and was fussy when he was awake. Definitely not worth the $53 price tag! We gave it about a week and then switched back to the Zantac. It's not perfect, but so much better. Since he sleeps well most of the time and seems content, we'll stick with it and just tweak the dosage when we can (as he gains weight). Thank goodness for a pediatrician who is willing to work with us as we try and figure out what is best for our sweet Henry!
- Is an amazing sleeper! Oh what a dream it is to have a baby who will sleep, especially at night. Most nights Henry will give me a stretch of 5-6 hours! Best of all, it doesn't require visits to replace his pacifier! Mommy is getting some great nighttime sleep for having a 2 month old in the house, which is such a relief since neither of the big kids takes a nap anymore. His typical schedule goes something like this. He eats every 3 hours during the day (I'll actually wake him up if I need to). He eats at 8am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm, 7:30pm (right after the big kids are in bed), and he gets a "dream feed" bottle from Daddy around 11pm. Then we let him sleep, and most nights he goes until somewhere between 4am and 5am. I'll feed him and he immediately goes back to sleep and will dose until 8am (although some days I have to wake him up). He takes a great morning nap too! Between 45 minutes and 1 hour after waking up, he's ready for a nap. He almost always puts himself to sleep (yay!) and he'll nap until his 11am feeding. Honestly, he'd take great naps most of the day if I let him, but that would mean that we would never leave the house. His mid-day nap is usually on the go (in his car seat), but then I try to get him back in his crib after the 2pm feeding. Some days (if we have an activity or need to run an errand), then I'll have to cut that nap short, but he will put himself back to sleep in the car seat. We let him nap in the swing (downstairs) after his 5pm feeding, although sometimes he doesn't sleep and wants to be "in the mix" with everybody. He tends to give us some trouble going "to bed" after the 7:30pm feeding. Not sure if it's his reflux or just a bad time of day for him, but we have a hard time getting him asleep for the night. We try to put him in his crib, and he goes down okay initially but then wakes up frequently. It starts an "up-down-up-down" game for us for about 1 hour - 1.5 hours and then he's asleep for the night. Makes it hard to get chores done, but we know this "trouble" is so minor and will be only last for a brief time. Give him a few more months and then we'll introduce "tough love" if we need to :)
- Celebrated his first Thanksgiving. We went to MaMa and Pop's house for Thanksgiving lunch, and our sweet Henry slept through the entire thing! He basically slept the entire time we were there, but this Mommy knows better than to complain about a sleeping baby!
- Went in his Ergo carrier without the infant insert for the first time! He wasn't a huge fan of it, but I'm sure he'll learn to love it. It will give us our snuggle time (yay!) but still let Mommy have my hands free to be involved with the big kids. I see lots of Ergo use in our future this spring and summer!
Oh, how we love this sweet, sweet boy! He's exactly what our family needed. We're treasuring each baby moment with him as we know time passes way too quickly!
Here are some photos of our lil' man at 2 months:
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