William: Two Months!

Okay, I promise I'm not going to be one of those mothers who is constantly "OMG my kid is growing up so fast", but for reals... Two months? (Two months plus since I'm a little late getting this posted!) Yikes. Maybe once our lives get less crazy time with him will seem to slow down. But realistically--will things ever get less busy now that we have a kid? I doubt not.

As far as basic stats go, William is up to a whopping 13 lbs 5 oz and 23 inches. He is subsequently out of most 0-3 month clothes and has moved up to 3-6 month outfits (albeit some are still a little big), in addition to a recent move to size 2 diapers. As of these past few days, he's started sleeping some longer stretches at night (usually from around 9 pm to 2 am), but I'm not holding my breath that he'll keep it up (only because once I start to expect that he'll do something and he doesn't it totally breaks me down). Aside from that, still not much of a routine, at least not one that we've figured out. Which we're okay with; month three is looking pretty busy for us and William (already!), so we're afraid that even if he did get into a routine we wouldn't be able to keep it up with the traveling and whatnot that we'll be doing.

Speaking of traveling, one of the biggest highlights from month two was William taking his first vacation to North Carolina!

He was a champ during all the traveling, which made us super proud (and happy--it's not like we're about to stop traveling on account of him). More details on that trip later, though; it's enough for its own post (or two!).

William has definitely become much more alert this month. He's starting to prefer being carried facing out so that he can "see" what is going on, although he doesn't really seem to be focusing too much on anything yet. And, much to Mom's enjoyment, he will actually be content lying on his back (or sitting in his chair) for a (short) period of time. Usually just long enough for Mom to get her teeth brushed, brush her hair, get dressed, and/or eat--it sure beats trying to do any of that holding William. Oh, and as you can (kind of) see in his two month picture, we're starting to get smiles! I'm convinced he gives them when he hears Dad's voice more often than when he hears mine, but I'm usually around to see those so that's good enough for me.

One of the best things I started doing this month was watching the clock when he started getting fussy. I discovered that if I'm not paying attention to the clock, one minute of fussing can seem like ten minutes, and I would start to feel horrible that I couldn't console my son. Once I realized that he wasn't actually fussing for as long as I thought he was, though, I was a lot more relaxed (mind you, I'm almost always holding him during these bouts of crying. I haven't quite gotten to the point where I'm able to put him down and let him cry). This has been most helpful when William is fighting sleep; my instinct when he is crying is to move him around until I find a position that calms him down, but when he's trying not to fall asleep, moving him around just keeps him awake. So even though he may cry for a few minutes in the position I have him in, he'll usually settle down and fall asleep as long as I'm holding him still. And even though the three minutes may seem like an eternity, watching the clock and knowing that he's only been crying for three minutes makes me feel a whole lot less like a mean mother.

We're excited to see what month three will bring--and hopefully it goes by a little slower than month two did!