Ella at 2 Months

Age:  2 months

Weight: 12 lbs 1 oz (60th percentile)

Height: 24 inches (94th percentile)

Head:  38 cm (37th percentile) 

Milestones:  You now smile at Mommy and Daddy, specially in the mornings and in the evenings when Daddy gets home.  You also love to make sounds, sticking your tongue out and playing with your owl toy.    You are getting stronger every day, able to lift and hold your head up longer and higher during tummy time.  You are also able to move on the floor during tummy time and while you are in your crib.  We will put you down facing one direction and you will squirm until you are facing the other direction.  Slept through the night until 6:30 am.

Best Moment:  Having you meet your extended family on both sides, they absolutely adore you.

Worst Moment: When Mommy and Daddy had to take you for your 2 month shots.  Mommy felt so bad she cried while you were screaming.  

Hair: You have been loosing some of your hair on the top of your head, a little on the sides and back of your head.

Eye Color: Right now they are still grey, at times they have a hint of blue.

Who you look like: As you get older we are able to see a little more of Daddy in you, specially how your eyes squint when you smile.  However you are lucky to have Mommy's skin coloring.  

Clothes: You out grew some of your 0-3 month onesies a few weeks ago but Mommy thinks that brand runs small.  The majority of the clothes you wear are 3 month, they fit you much better since you are filling them out more.  You are wearing few of your 6 month clothes, with room to grow.

Sleeping Through the Night: Some nights you are sleeping until 6:00am, Mommy is happy to get a little more sleep but is still up to check on you every couple hours.  Other nights you wake up around 4:00am for a brief feeding then again around 7:30 am.

Schedule: You are now going to bed by 8:00pm.  However you have a cranky time that starts around 7:00pm, fighting the sleep fairy the entire time.  You take a couple naps ranging from half an hour to an hour long.

Eating:  During the day you like to eat any where from every hour and a half to every two and a half hours.  During the night you sometimes wake up once for a light snack.

Teeth: Not yet, thank goodness. 

Diapers: You are still in size 1 diaper, we are using Earths Best and  7th Generation diapers.   We are pretty sure you will be graduating to size 2 pretty soon.  Your poos have changed to every 2 to 4 days, when you have to go you definitely fill the diaper up.  :)

Travel: You had two big road trips this month.  First you and Mommy went to Iowa and Wisconsin to visit family.  Then two weeks later you, Daddy, and Mommy went to Ohio to visit the other side of the family.  The first leg of both road trips went really well, you only woke up to eat once.  However coming back home was a different story, we had to stop multiple times and you were not a happy baby.

Biggest change: How big you have gotten, you are now filling out your car seat.  You also "talk", wiggle and smile much more when you are excited about something or see Mommy or Daddy.

Extra Comments:  You don't love "tummy time" as much as you did, now you just get mad and frustrated.  You had your first bath, didn't care for it the first couple times but you now love your bath time.  Mommy and Daddy had to move your car seat straps up, since you are getting so tall you weren't fitting.  You went for your first ride in your Daddy's hot rod car, you slept the entire time.  You now know that you have a hand, you like watching and love sucking on it or some of your fingers/thumb.