Wesley's two-month stats

Wesley turned two months old about two weeks ago but had his two-month pediatrician appointment two days ago. I'm mega behind in things I want to blog about, but I went back to work last week, Tim started a 12-out-of-13-days working streak at the same time, and things have just been crazy in general. Right now I should be sleeping, but I wanted to get this post up before I forgot, so bring on the extra cup(s) of coffee tomorrow instead!

 Weight: 14 pounds, 5 ounces. He's officially off the charts.

Height: 24.5 inches (92nd percentile)

Head: Didn't get the measurement, but I know it is 60th percentile

Current developments include staying alert for longer stretches of time, rolling from belly to back, sleeping longer stretches at night, being less fussy in general (PRAISE GOD!).

I posted this on FB and Twitter after I realized how startling the comparison was *sobs*.

Current habits include spitting up a lot, nursing/taking a bottle 4-5 times during the day and waking once or twice at night to eat (so he usually eats 6-7 times a day), sleeping in all kinds of places. He sleeps for a decent chunk at night and then a few more hours in the morning until 8 or 9, when Tim and Elle get up, so that has worked out well. I'm pumping twice a day at work, and so far I'm keeping up with his intake while I'm away, and I try to pump once at night after he goes to bed to build a freezer stash. He's still exclusively breastfed, and I'm hoping to make it to at least six months before we introduce solids and (most likely) formula.

His naps are all still all over the place - right before I returned to work he seemed to be taking one long nap in the late morning, one long nap in the mid- to late-afternoon and then some cat naps in the very beginning and very end of the day. He tends to melt down quite easily at the end of the day, so I just go by his cues as to when bedtime is and time bath time and nursing around those.

He's transitioned rather well to daycare. I love that even when he's fussy, he smiles at me when he realizes who is there when I go to pick him up. He usually crashes for a while when we get home, which works out OK because I can make dinner for Elle and I and we can eat and play for a bit before he wakes up and we start the ever-challenging dual bath/bed routine.

I'm trying to give us all time to adjust to my return to work. I'd love to eventually work out in the mornings before work, but my inability to ever get to bed early plus the timing of his wake ups has made that not the best idea right now. He usually wakes up around 3 a.m. and then again around 6 a.m. There have been a handful of blessed times when he's skipped the 3 a.m. wake up and made it closer to 5 or 6 a.m. I'm not an idiot, though - I know that isn't necessarily the norm, so I'm grateful when it happens but totally prepared for the extra, earlier wake up. Some nights he goes right back to sleep, but typically if he's up at 3 a.m., he's up for at least an hour, which is less than desirable for Mama.

He definitely is a more pleasant baby when he's awake than he was the first few weeks. He's got a sweet smile and the cutest coos.

And the spit up? It's A LOT. But he's a happy spitter, and I talked to the doctor about it and it seems like his episodes/symptoms are all normal, so for now, we just deal with multiple wardrobe changes and lots of burp cloths in the laundry.

I'm hoping to transition those adorably chubby thighs to our pocket cloth diapers in the next week or so and pack away the prefolds he's currently wearing. At daycare, he's up to Size 2 Huggies.

Current loves include eating, baths, the activity mat, watching his sister.

Current nicknames Bro, Bud, Buddy, Squish, Geyser, Chubster, Chunky Monkey.