You are now two months old as of the 8th of October! Time is steadily going, and we love watching you grow! I will say last month was a little rough. You, my darling, have been sick for about half of your little life so far! You caught Kinley's cold (as did the rest of us) as soon as you came home from the hospital. Then shortly after that you caught another cold, which over time turned into a sinus infection! It was so awful to listen to you struggle for air at night and throughout the day when your nose would get congested. Because you are so little, you don't yet know to breathe through your mouth, so Dad and I had quite a few sleepless nights with you for awhile! Luckily you pediatrician was kind enough to give you some antibiotics so that you could finally heal. I think everyone in the family was relieved to hear that news! Once you started feeling better you were such a different baby! So happy and content just to be with mom or in your chair!
A few stats: you currently weigh 8lbs 12oz. and are 21 inches long. Dr. is concerned about your weight gain, so you are currently nursing and taking formula 3 times a day. Even though the Dr. is concerned, I am not as much. Having big sister, Kinley and now you has confirmed to Mom and Dad that we just have petite babies. You are perfectly healthy, just on the small side, and that is A-okay with us! When you get older, you will notice that your parents are not very big either, so take that for what it's worth.
You started smiling about two weeks ago and we are in love with your smile! You use your whole face for your smile. At first it took you a couple of tries to get your mouth just right, which gave us a laugh to watch. With lots of practice you now smile with such ease! You love to eat, right now you are liking the bottle more than Mom, which I'm not taking offense to. Bottles are so much easier to eat from and you are probably getting more that way than you are from me. (Mom has low supply and low fat milk... not a good combination).
You love watching Kinley! With all her running and jumping and talking she is full time entertainment for you! You love to sit in your chair and observe everything and you like your mat where you can stretch your little limbs, squirm and stare at those memorizing butterflies over your head. You only like tummy time for so long and you quickly inform Mommy when the pleasure of tummy time has ended. We figured out that you like to sleep in your car seat for nap times. For some reason, both you and Kinley do not like to nap in your bassinet. When you are down for the night you have no problems, but when it comes to day time naps, the bassinet is forbidden! Your absolute favorite place to be though, is in my arms. Anyone's arms, really. You love to rock and snuggle in my warm loving arms, it just gets difficult to do that long term with big sister is running around.
We love you so much Haley. We are grateful that you are finally starting to feel better and we can finally enjoy healthy you! Happy two months my sweet girl!
Love, Mom
