The girls are 2 months old today. They have survived. We have survived. Things are much more routine now and work much better. Seren started smiling at us yesterday. She smiled before but never really in our direction. Now she likes to play copy me and I'll copy you. Kendall is smiling but I'm not sure she smiles at us yet. They seem to be more aware of each other too. It's fun to imagine how the interactions might go. We went to see my friends baby at the hospital last night and when we came home the girls were getting cranky for dinner. They were side by side in the bouncers and Kendall began fussing and crying so I went to pick her up. As I did I noticed Seren follow me with her eyes and the moment I picked up Kendall and not her she was upset. Her lip pouted and then she began to full on cry. This is the first real time I've noticed them noticing each other.
Weight: No official measurements still until March 2nd. We are guessing around 9.5 lbs for Seren and 9 lbs for Kendall. They have grown out of their newborn clothes (last week sometime).
Eating: They eat almost equally in speed now and both usually clean up 4 oz each time.
Favorite Things: Mom and Dad of course. Sleeping. They like their bouncers. Swings...although it just puts them to sleep. Thor (or min pin chihuahua mix)...when he is close enough to see they both love to just stare at him. I've also had them pet him and they seem to like it...as does Thor since he tries to kiss/lick their hand afterwards.
Dislikes: Being hungry and pooping
Their Accomplishments: They both follow us with their eyes very well. They follow even when we are further across the room and not in front of them. Sometimes they get upset when we leave the room (I know they don't miss us...just think we've dropped off the face of the earth according to my child development classes in college hehe). They have been smiling in general. Seren started noticeably smiling at us yesterday and does it more often now. Kendall hasn't noticeably smiled at us but is the most content and patient baby (unless she's starving hehe).
Our Accomplishments: We take them out more frequently. We took them to the hospital with us...although we had to take turns sitting in the hall with them. I actually made it out on my own with them yesterday too. I loaded them up and took them to my old retail work for coworkers to see, quite efficiently too I must say (1/2 hour to change diapers, car seat them and arrive with 5+ minute drive time). Next stop my prior/current health info job for a visit. I definitely have confidence to do this more often now. I also flew solo doing bath time today.
Sleep: We have a sleep pattern down. Not necessarily routine...I still want to work in story time and maybe bath time when they are older. But we feed them around 10:00-10:30pm and then they go down without much fuss. We've tried not to rock them to sleep or anything fancy so they would learn to put themselves to sleep. It's finally paying off. Yeah! Seren has been a great sleeper now. She hasn't seen the swing for bedtime in well over a week, maybe two, it seems...which makes my mommy heart happy. It used to be the only way to calm her down and get her to sleep. They sleep good and wake every 3 to 3 1/2 hours to eat and then go right back to sleep generally. They take a two hour nap after breakfast generally and then we try to play for an hour before lunch and then after lunch they usually sleep for 3 hours until their next meal time. Then nap again between dinner and bedtime for an hour or two and then off to bed after changing and late meal. It seems to be good for them and definitely for us.
Kendall - 2 months old
Seren - 2 months old
2 comments:
Wow,you have much more of a handle on things at 2 months than I did when my boys were their age! We did get out of the house, but it was mostly to take walks as my husband had the car at work. I would take the boys out and treat myself to a milkshake (it was August/Sept)! Having goals certainly helped the days seem more manageable (even if it was for just a milkshake). And we didn't start story time until about 3mo, when we felt that we could handle things a little better. It seemed awkward at first, because I couldn't really figure out a way to get in between them and read the book to them. I found that putting them in their carseats and facing them twords me I could read to both of them and point to the pictures in the book until they got a little more older and a little more stable. Hope you are surviving well.
HAHA I don't know about having a handle on things. Every day is a new beginning it seems. That sounds like a good idea to just have a simple goal for getting out of the house. I've only done it once of my own free will so far hehe That is a good idea with story time too. I hope you are doing well with your little boys :)
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