brette: two months

two months and a lifetime.

growth:

she weighs 10lbs 5oz (48th percentile)
her height is 22in (50th percentile)
her head is 39cm (75th percentile)

 

she's still in size one diapers

and is finally wearing 0-3 month clothing.

she can still wear some of her newborn outfits,
but i have so much 0-3 month stuff that
i've been putting her in those for the last two weeks.
she has some control of her neck and head.
she can lift it and move it side to side,
but we are still using tummy time to help strengthen it more.
she has definitely filled out over the last month.
she has chubby cheeks and little rolls on her legs.
her eyes have turned blue - we'll see if they stay that way.
she no longer looks like a newborn,
but a precious baby girl.

 

sleeps:

she sleeps in her crib every night and has
since she was 5 weeks old.
i was putting her down at 10:00,
but she was so exhausted by 8:00 it was a miserable
couple hours just getting us there,
so now i put her down at 9:00
and start our bedtime routine at 8:00.
she is still sleeping through the night like a champ.
she normally wakes up somewhere between 6:00 ad 7:00,
i feed her and put her right back down and she sleeps again
until 9:00 or 10:00.
its so nice.
i feel like if you get a good nights sleep,
the rest is cake.
but it does keep ronnie and i from having much of a social life.
we need to be home by 8pm in order to get her to bed
and i don't start my day until around 10:00.
the one thing that is lacking is naps.
i think she sleeps so much at night
that she is pretty much awake most of the day.
i might get a 2 hr nap on a good day,
 and that's only if she's being held.
but most of the time she takes three 45 minute naps.
that is why she is so exhausted by the evening.
i'm still working on getting her down for a good afternoon nap in her crib everyday,
but so far, its a no go.
 

eats:

she is still on the boob diet.

i feel like she still can't go more than
3 hours without nursing again
and that's only if she's had a nap in there.
if she's awake the whole time,
she'll only go two hours before she's ready again.
and keeping with our routine,
she still takes a 2oz bottle every night before bed. 

 

plays:

she is cooing and talking all the time now.
she smiles at you and can make eye contact.
she can hold your finger and has quite the grip.
she loves to be sang to
and still loves the outdoors.
we also started using the stroller.
she goes for at least one walk per day
and depending on how hot it is,
we might go on two.
she loves jeep rides and use them
to pass time in the evenings during witching hours.
this totally makes ronald happy.
we've been using the jeep now more than ever
and i think i've seen all the back roads between here and lone jack. 

 

firsts:

she had her first stroller ride.
her first sleepover.
her first shots. (wah wah)
her first cold.
her first injury.
(i managed to cut off -what felt like- half her pinky when trimming her nails.
i was devastated. she was bleeding and crying. mom of the year over here.)


its been so fun watching her change
and start to interact with us.
i can't wait to see what the next month brings.

 

 

 

want to compare?

go see brette at one month to see the difference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

life's rough. wear a helmet.

brette is two months today.

we did her photoshoot this morning,

but her check-up with the pediatrician is tomorrow

so i'm going to wait to post her update

until i have her new stats.

 

but i do have a question/concern

that i didn't know if anyone else

has any thoughts on.

 

head shape.

i know FOUR mammas on facebook

whose kiddos ended up having to wear

a helmet because their heads were getting flat one side.

to me, four babies that have this seems like a lot 

so i now i'm nervous that it is a pretty common problem.

one i would like to avoid.

 

since i saw it happen to others i was trying

my best to make sure and rotate which side of

brette's head she would sleep on.

i would literally sing "from the window to the wall..."

to help me remember if it was time for her to face

the window or the wall when she lays in her crib.

i was like sandra bullock in the proposal - you can watch it here.

 

but now, brette has control of her head and neck

so even if it's a night to face the wall,

she ALWAYS faces the window.

i keep putting her down and she keeps moving her head.

so now i'm afraid she is going to have a flat head on one side.

i mean really.

i wish she would just stay still when i put her down.

 

so am i being a complete control freak?

should i even worry about this?

 

here i am watching her on the monitor,

as she moves her head to the window.

dang it.

 

chicka chicka bang... bangs

what happens when

you've been watching too much

of the hills and the kardashians

 

and

 

your daughter is still asleep

at 10 and you've been up since 8?

 

you cut bangs.

duh.

 

i was messing with my hair.

it started off with a braid

then i thought i should dye it,

but i figured i would get started and brette would wake up

so i got out my hair scissors.

 

 

i kinda like it.

outings

i've calculated it up

and out of the 8 weeks we've had brette

i've only been away from her for four hours.

i left her with my dad for an hour while my mom and i ran errands.

i left her with ronnie for an hour to get dinner and rent a movie.

and on friday, ronnie and i had our first outing together,

a couple hours at a tractor pull.


 

my mom and dad watched her and it was nice to go somewhere just the two of us.

however, i left and went back home by 8:30 and ronnie got home at 11:30.

i wanted to be back in time to feed her and put her to bed.

when i was leaving, i was telling ronnie that i kind of wished i could stay,

but i wanted to go just as much.


(this is brette's first sleepover and first time in her pack n' play.
she did awesome and slept 9 hrs.)

 

i've missed 4 hours out of 1,344 she's been here.
that sounds crazy.

its hard trying to find a balance.

wanting to be with her all the time

and knowing that i need to make time for myself as well.

not to mention, giving ronnie the chance to spread his daddy wings

and have her all to himself.

so in that regard,

i've joined a sand volleyball team.

they play once a week for a couple hours on tuesday nights.

it starts in a couple weeks and it will give ronnie

that chance to have a daddy daughter night.

cross your fingers that

we will all enjoy our time together... and apart.

i'm nervous.

 (bird mouth)

(louie is patiently waiting his turn)

(staring at her papa)

 

 

 

 

F off

this is just what i was afraid of.

attitude.
already.

she is sending me a clear message

 

 

happy friday!

 

[i was nursing, so i tried my best to save you from any awkward boob moment]

wake up

i must have had some anxiety about having a new baby.

i didn't really feel it during the day,

but it would come out at night.

she is all mine.

and sometimes that can be scary.

 

for the first 3 weeks

i had night terrors.

i'm not sure if that's the right terminology,

but that's what i call them.

i had 4 or 5 of them.

 

i would wake up and think that brette was in our bed

and we were smothering her.

it literally freaked me out.

you have to understand that louie and leia are 8lb little cuddle bugs.

the lay right up next to me,

so in the middle of the night

i would wake up confused between having a baby in my arms or a dog.

 

the first one was the worst.

i grabbed poor louie,

thinking it was brette.

i was shaking and she wasn't crying.

i don't know how his hair and legs didn't register with me,

but i thought i killed my daughter.

its a sick feeling.

 

i learned with the other ones to automatically look to the basinet

first so i could reassure myself that she wasn't next to me,

but safe in her own bed.

i was still panicked, but i could understand fast that she was ok.

it also saved me from scaring my dogs to death.

i'm pretty sure i gave louie a heart attack with that first one.

 

 after a couple weeks, it stopped happening altogether and

i guess i got used to having her in our room.

 

i just wanted to share

my "new mom" experience.

the good and the bad.

 

but enough with that.

here's brette.

7 weeks old today.

 

 

 

over the river and through the woods... then she loses it

i thought i got really lucky with an amazing sleeper

and a good car rider.

but after about the second week,

brette found a certain disdain for her carseat.

sometimes she is a perfect angel.

she'll stare out the window or

she'll fall asleep.

 

but the other times,

she will lose her damn mind.

ronnie and i have definitely had to pull over

numerous times to get her out and calm her down.

and when i'm by myself, there's not much i can do,

the poor thing.

 

we have, however, find her kryptonite.

the jeep.

she's just like leia.

i think since she rides up higher,

with more sound

and more vibration,

she actually enjoys herself.

 

 

 

i would like to say that i've taken over the jeep

as my everyday car, but no.

it's not very practical for me.

so if anyone has any suggestions

on how to help with our carseat situation,

please share.

 

right now we have toys hanging,

a mirror so she can see herself,

the noise machine going

and (when i have ronnie with me) i'll ride back there with her.

 

am i missing anything?

any tricks?