Bennett pouting

2 months old

You are 2 months old today! How is this possible! Time is going much too fast so we are just trying to enjoy every moment with you. You are truly our pride and joy and we love you so much.

Some things about you at 2 months:

• You are one happy little guy! After your naps you are just all smiles and coos. You are starting to smile at people other than mommy and daddy. We even got you to show off your sweet little grins while video-chatting with Nana and Aunty Amanda yesterday.



• You've started to do this little pouty-lip. It's so utterly pathetic that everyone snaps to attention and works hard to make you smile again.



• Your hair is starting to grow back. . .and fast! You started losing your hair around 2-3 weeks, and then after being bald for a while I noticed the tiniest bit of invisible peach fuzz a couple weeks ago. Now your hair is definitely noticeable, about half a centimeter long and light brown.



• Your eyelashes are getting sooo long. Very dark and curly.



• We officially packed up all the <7lb clothes last week. And you must have hit a crazy growth spurt because I can tell the newborn size stuff doesn't have much longer either! The other day I put you in the outfit I had planned to bring you home from the hospital in (0-3 month size) and it wanted to fit. . .it really did. . .but I did still have to roll the sleeves up.



• You will happily drink 4oz of milk if we let you, although you're satisfied after 3.



• You like to slurp on your fists.



• Speaking of - your tight little fists are finally starting to open up a little. Up until now I've had to pry them open once a day to scrape the dirt out of them.



• You are still such a good little sleeper, most of the time. For the last couple weeks you will go to sleep around 9 and will usually sleep until about 2 before you wake up to eat again! Now I just need to learn to sleep that whole time too, I can't imagine the thought of getting 5 hours of sleep!
  
  

2 month doctor visit

Zonked out with Daddy after vaccines

Dear Bennett,

Today was your 2 month doctor visit. You know what that means. . .vaccines! At the last minute Daddy chickened out so I had to sit by you during the vaccines. The first one went fine - it was an oral medicine and the nurse said that hopefully you were hungry and would eat it. I told her that shouldn't be a problem. :) Sure enough, you gobbled it up. The shots didn't go nearly as well. The nurse was good and gave you the 3 shots very quickly, but it was so sad to watch your happy face turn to confusion and then you started bawling. It made me want to cry too! We were prepared though - we had brought a bottle of milk so as soon as they put the bandaids on I gave you to daddy and he gave you the bottle. For a second you looked like you couldn't decide if you wanted to keep crying or drink your bottle, but then you quieted right down to take your milk. . .although you made sure to have a very grumpy face the whole time so that we knew you were still upset with us!

Other than that, your visit went very well. You were in a pretty good mood for the doctor. He said you have a nice round head. We were worried we'd have to clip your tongue at this visit (last visit the doctor was worried you were a little tongue-tied) but it was looking much more normal so we didn't have to. Also the doctor prescribed some medicine for your reflux so hopefully you won't be so uncomfortable after meals anymore. The doctor said a couple times that in the next couple months things would get much better so not to sell you on ebay yet. We really didn't know what he meant because you are such a good baby! We have never had a reason to wish you would hurry up and get a little older - we are having so much fun with you just the way you are!

2 month stats:

Weight: 10 lbs (when full of milk and full diaper)

Height: 21 inches

10th percentile for size - you're still just tiny!