C & T plus Baby Makes 3!: Letters to Adeline- Two Months!

Adeline,

You turned two months on June, 9th, 2013 so this is a recap of your second month! This month you've changed so much. Your little personality is starting to peek through which is so fun. You're very alert and super sweet. You began socially smiling on your 6 week birthday (May 21st), and you are such a happy baby! Such a little ham. I LOVE your gummy smiles! You are a very strong baby and can hold your head up no problem (you've had a super strong neck since birth actually) and can place weight on your legs and stand almost!

This month you've proven to be a very relaxed go with the flow type of girl which is much appreciated by Mommy and Daddy since your almost 2 year old sister can be high maintenance at times. You don't have witching hours, and are super content to be left alone in the bouncer, Rock N' Play, your car seat, and even the swing now. Noise doesn't bother you which is awesome because toddlers aren't quiet. I can even blow dry my hair with you in the bathroom and you don't even so much as bat an eyelash. You've also proven to be a great sleeper and will sleep in your bassinet no problem!

Your nighttime routine is that you eat anywhere from 6-7pm, then fall asleep soon there after. I wake you at 10-10:30 to eat and then you usually make it until about 4ish, then we feed you, and you go back down until 7ish. We really cannot complain at all!

Adeline 2 Month Stats:

Weight: 10lbs 14 oz (50%)

Height: 22.5" (50-60%)

Clothing: You're still wearing some NB onesies and outfits, but for the most part are in 0-3 now (although they are still big!)

Diapers: Size 1 fit perfectly.

Favorite Toys: You just started to go on your play mat and LOVE it-- you are beginning to grab at the little animals. You are mesmerized by the animals that hang from your swing and bouncy seat.

Favorite Past Time: You are most content just watching the world go by. You love to lay on your back and watch your crazy sister. You love the car. You love going for walks in the stroller.

Communication: You cry when you're hungry (like you from zero to screaming in a second), and also when your tired and fighting it.

Cries: Only when hungry or tired. You're getting better with screaming while I try to get you dressed after a tub. It's almost as if you know that I AM going to get you dressed, and that you won't be cold FOREVER. ;-)

Bedtime/Nap time: Your sleeping has greatly improved this month! You typically are only up about an hour at a time. You follow an Eat, Play, Sleep schedule so far just like Reese did. This is completely self taught, so we're just following your cues which seems to be working perfectly. Bedtime is about 7ish and we get up for the day with your sister about 7am the next morning. You wake up once on your own around 4am, and we wake you before we go to sleep for the night at about 10pm.

Foods: We made it nursing until right before you turned 2 months. Mommy's supply began to tank and your weight gain was on the slower end. We began supplementing with formula. I was pumping after almost each nursing session, and it wasn't helping. I also tried taking Fenugreek, drinking Mother's Milk tea, drinking tons of water, and eating lactation cookies, but alas I got my period and my supply never came back. You didn't mind formula and began to gain weight, so we switched. As much as it made Mommy sad to stop nursing you, you thriving is the most important thing! I will say it's much easier to do bottles with Reese around, although I would have done almost anything to be able to continue nursing you exclusively. We still have some frozen BM in the freezer, but that won't last long.