Another month has passed. My little girl is getting so big. She is getting bigger and definitely better. I love her more and more and she is nearing my favorite baby age... 3 months. I love babies who are three months old and since she is advanced for her age (at least I think so) she is basically there already.
I decided to wait to write the update until after her 2 month doctor's checkup, which was today. So, it is a little late but here it is at last.
So I will just dive right in-
Eating: My little girl loves to eat. Once she hit about 6 weeks we both started to figure out the nursing thing even better than we had before. By the time she has turned 2 months she has gotten much more efficient at eating. She is now eating more consistently between 2-3 hours. She is gaining weight and has gotten much more chunky during that last month. So, I think that is testament to her healthy appetite. I started to take fenugreek a week ago and that has really boosted my supply. I am actually starting a frozen supply of pumped milk. I have been wanting to be able to stockpile some milk for backup and I now have an entire 8 ounces of frozen milk. I also try to have 6-8 ounces of milk in the fridge every night so that Matt can give her a bottle in the night. So, I think at 10 weeks we are finally off of all formula. That is a good feeling. I have also discovered the joy of breast feeding. The first 8ish weeks I thought everyone had lied to me about how breastfeeding is so great. I didn't like to be chained down to the chair for hours while a baby lazily gnawed at my breasts. Now that she isn't so fragile and she is a little more efficient I have come to love snuggling with her as I feed her. She grabs my shirt and looks up me with slow blinks before she inevitably closes her eyes and nestles in. I love it and am so glad I stuck with it.
Sleeping: She is finally getting herself into a semi-schedule! Hooray! The last months things have moved into place in our lives so that she has much more predictable patterns. That is more fitting to say than schedule really. I would estimate that, with a little help, 4 days out of the week she is able to take a longer morning nap and an afternoon nap. Pretty much every other day of the week she will at least take a longer nap in either the afternoon or morning. This is fantastic because from about 2-6 weeks she basically only took catnaps during the day. At some point around 7 weeks she decided to take longer naps. So, on a typical/good day she will wake up around 7:00am and take her morning nap from 9:30-11:00 and then take her afternoon nap from 2:00-4:00 and then she starts getting sleepy again around 9:00pm. She is usually in her room asleep for the night between 10:00-11:00pm, sometimes a little earlier. She sleeps a SUPER predictable 5 hours after she falls asleep for the night. So, if she falls asleep at 10:00 she will wake up at 3:00am to eat and sometimes she will go right back to sleep, but usually it takes more like an hour to get her back down. So, she will back to sleep around 4 and then usually sleeps for a few more hours, so she would be up around 7:00.
Pooping: She has settled into a typical 1-2 poop day. It isn't really much more exciting than that.
Growing: My baby girl is growing up. She outgrew her newborn clothes and has moved onto 3 month clothes. We also said goodbye to newborn diapers around 6 weeks and moved onto size 1. I got a little teary when that happened. She fit into some 0-3 month clothes until just this week, but she is pretty much done with those now. At a quick doctor visit to check to make sure she didn't have thrush on November 25 she weighed 11 pounds, 9 ounces (we had just changed a diaper, so I think it was a few ounces short) and today at her appointment she weighed 11 pounds, 15 ounces (52.35%), was 23 1/4 in (69%) and her head was 15.24 inches (51%). She has gained 5 pounds in the last 2 months and is finally the size her Uncle Nick was when he was born. AHHHHHH!!!
Nicknames: Sweetie pie, sweetie butt, little love (all of these are mama's nicknames for her), Matt has started to call her Charlie sometimes, and even Chuck at times. It's cute.
Charlotte's favorite things her second month:
1. Grammy and Grandpa visits
2. Driving in the car
3. When Daddy comes home after work or school
4. Meeting her aunt Emma
5. Smiling and talking to Mama in the morning
Mama's favorite things during Charlotte's second month:
1. Talking to Charlotte
2. Visits from grammy and grandpa
3. Breastfeeding triumphs
4. Shopping for Christmas presents for Charlotte
5. Dressing her up in her dozens of 3 month outfits
6. Singing Christmas music to Charlotte
Charlotte's least favorite things during her second month:
1.Having gas
2. Laying on her tummy
3. Being hungry
Mama's least favorite things during Charlotte's second month:
1. Consistently waking up at 4am
2. Being alone all day, with only Charlotte for company
3. Being 20 pounds heavier than before Charlotte
Charlotte's New Skills
First real smile was on October 28th for great grandma
Started "talking" around 8 weeks
Has excellent neck control and can hold her head up when sitting
So, there is our last month in a nutshell. Lastly, she got her first round of shots today. It was hard for me. All morning I was dreading the afternoon doctor visit. I got a little teary thinking about it. I held her all morning and gave her lots of kisses. I made Matt skip school and come with me to the doctor in case it was just too much for me. I was so glad he came. I was almost glad when she started to get fussy right before she got the shots, it was time for her nap. She got 3 shots today. By the last one I was trying really, really hard not to cry. Matt and I both held one of her little hands and the minute she was done I picked her up and gave her lots of snuggles. She screamed so loudly when they gave her the shots. I am so glad it didn't last long. 10 minutes after her shots she was asleep and she slept for 3.5 hours. I snuggled and nursed her for 3 hours straight after she woke up. She seems to be a little sore on her legs tonight and much more fussy than normal. But, she fell back to sleep and I am hoping she gets lots of sleep tonight.
Now for a couple pictures.
Sleeping: She is finally getting herself into a semi-schedule! Hooray! The last months things have moved into place in our lives so that she has much more predictable patterns. That is more fitting to say than schedule really. I would estimate that, with a little help, 4 days out of the week she is able to take a longer morning nap and an afternoon nap. Pretty much every other day of the week she will at least take a longer nap in either the afternoon or morning. This is fantastic because from about 2-6 weeks she basically only took catnaps during the day. At some point around 7 weeks she decided to take longer naps. So, on a typical/good day she will wake up around 7:00am and take her morning nap from 9:30-11:00 and then take her afternoon nap from 2:00-4:00 and then she starts getting sleepy again around 9:00pm. She is usually in her room asleep for the night between 10:00-11:00pm, sometimes a little earlier. She sleeps a SUPER predictable 5 hours after she falls asleep for the night. So, if she falls asleep at 10:00 she will wake up at 3:00am to eat and sometimes she will go right back to sleep, but usually it takes more like an hour to get her back down. So, she will back to sleep around 4 and then usually sleeps for a few more hours, so she would be up around 7:00.
Pooping: She has settled into a typical 1-2 poop day. It isn't really much more exciting than that.
Growing: My baby girl is growing up. She outgrew her newborn clothes and has moved onto 3 month clothes. We also said goodbye to newborn diapers around 6 weeks and moved onto size 1. I got a little teary when that happened. She fit into some 0-3 month clothes until just this week, but she is pretty much done with those now. At a quick doctor visit to check to make sure she didn't have thrush on November 25 she weighed 11 pounds, 9 ounces (we had just changed a diaper, so I think it was a few ounces short) and today at her appointment she weighed 11 pounds, 15 ounces (52.35%), was 23 1/4 in (69%) and her head was 15.24 inches (51%). She has gained 5 pounds in the last 2 months and is finally the size her Uncle Nick was when he was born. AHHHHHH!!!
Nicknames: Sweetie pie, sweetie butt, little love (all of these are mama's nicknames for her), Matt has started to call her Charlie sometimes, and even Chuck at times. It's cute.
Charlotte's favorite things her second month:
1. Grammy and Grandpa visits
2. Driving in the car
3. When Daddy comes home after work or school
4. Meeting her aunt Emma
5. Smiling and talking to Mama in the morning
Mama's favorite things during Charlotte's second month:
1. Talking to Charlotte
2. Visits from grammy and grandpa
3. Breastfeeding triumphs
4. Shopping for Christmas presents for Charlotte
5. Dressing her up in her dozens of 3 month outfits
6. Singing Christmas music to Charlotte
Charlotte's least favorite things during her second month:
1.Having gas
2. Laying on her tummy
3. Being hungry
Mama's least favorite things during Charlotte's second month:
1. Consistently waking up at 4am
2. Being alone all day, with only Charlotte for company
3. Being 20 pounds heavier than before Charlotte
Charlotte's New Skills
First real smile was on October 28th for great grandma
Started "talking" around 8 weeks
Has excellent neck control and can hold her head up when sitting
So, there is our last month in a nutshell. Lastly, she got her first round of shots today. It was hard for me. All morning I was dreading the afternoon doctor visit. I got a little teary thinking about it. I held her all morning and gave her lots of kisses. I made Matt skip school and come with me to the doctor in case it was just too much for me. I was so glad he came. I was almost glad when she started to get fussy right before she got the shots, it was time for her nap. She got 3 shots today. By the last one I was trying really, really hard not to cry. Matt and I both held one of her little hands and the minute she was done I picked her up and gave her lots of snuggles. She screamed so loudly when they gave her the shots. I am so glad it didn't last long. 10 minutes after her shots she was asleep and she slept for 3.5 hours. I snuggled and nursed her for 3 hours straight after she woke up. She seems to be a little sore on her legs tonight and much more fussy than normal. But, she fell back to sleep and I am hoping she gets lots of sleep tonight.
Now for a couple pictures.
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