Jonah: 2 Month Update

Weight: 12 lb 5 oz (43%)

Length: 23 inches (39%)

Milestones:

-SOCIAL SMILES! We do almost anything we can to get these…they’re like parenting gold.

-Interacting with his play mats/toys.  He loves the Kick ‘n Play piano mat and he always seems fascinated by mirrors J

-This kid is very strong. He doesn’t love tummy time, but he has a strong neck.  He’ll sit up in our laps during play time, often able to hold his head up. 

-First airplane flight! J and mom flew to Abilene when he was 2 months old.  He did great.

 Favorite Activities:

-J still loves bouncing on the exercise ball.  When he’s upset, it calms him down and when he needs to sleep it gets him drowsy.  Miracle ball!

-Play mats!  He loves kicking and playing on the play mats, interacting with the dangling toys and watching himself in the mirror.

-New LilleBaby carrier: this isn’t really an activity for him, but it does allow mom to get things done J He usually just sleeps. 

 “Schedule”:

6:30(ish)am: Wake up for the day!  Nurse and then playtime on the playmat upstairs while mom brushes her teeth, puts in her contacts and sometimes even takes a shower!

7:30-8:30am: Nap (sometimes downstairs in the bouncer, sometimes upstairs in the crib)

8:30am-7:30pm: The rest of the day basically follows the EASY schedule: Eatà Activityà Sleepà Yourself.  He usually eats another 4 times and has another 3-4 naps, ranging from 30 minutes to 2 hours.  His best naps seem to be in the late afternoon in bed with me.     

8pm: Bath

8:30pm: Nurse

9:00pm: Bedtime (swaddle, lights out, white noise) His sleep here is pretty great with minimal fussiness or waking.  Jake rarely has to intervene. 

3:00am: Wake for feeding (shift change: Mom on duty)

3:30am: Back to sleep.  From 3-6am his sleep isn’t great, although it does seem to be improving since the tongue-tie and lip tie correction.  Often I’ll bring him into bed with me since I usually have to pat, rub or otherwise soothe. 

Sleep:

“Moms on Call” to the rescue!  Our first night of trying the MoC recipe (tight arms-down swaddle, total darkness and loud white noise) little J slept 6 hours straight! It felt like a miracle.  And he’s been sleeping a good 5-6 hour chunk every night since and has officially dropped the midnight feeding (which was Jake’s feeding).

Health:

We still battled monster gas but had a couple breakthroughs:

(1) I gave up dairy after learning a lot of babies have tummies that are dairy-sensitive.  It’s been hard living without cheese and ice-cream, but honestly not as hard as I expected.  There are a lot of meals I enjoy just as much without cheese.

(2)  We also discovered that he had both a tongue-tie (posterior) and a lip tie, which evidently were preventing him from having a deep latch and allowing air to get in while he nursed.  Since having those corrected (via laser), his latch is much better and he seems to be less gassy and fussy. Here's hoping he continues to sleep better!

Things I want to Remember:

-Jake invented “Jonah Ball”: a game played in the backyard requiring one person to bounce with Jonah on the exercise ball while the other person tried to “bowl” other balls close to the Jonah Ball without being deflected by the bouncer’s feet.  It was basically an attempt to find a game we could play that Jonah would remain happy through.

-We started going to church again! We sit in the back with him in the carseat. Jake takes him downstairs if he gets fussy.   So far, he’s done wonderfully.  He usually sleeps the whole service.  There are even several families with babies close to Jonah’s age! 

-Bought the automatic bouncer at BuyBuy Baby…right off the shelf J

Gotta love those baby blues.