Happy TWO months Griffin!

My little, er BIG, man is 2 months old. Another month down. So bittersweet, again.

Ava and I made your monthsie. She insisted on decorating it with a pink marker.











Some details of being 2 months:

STATS:
12 lbs. 13 oz. He is a BIG boy!

No vaccinations yet, waiting until 4 months.

SLEEP (the number one question people ask):

Sleep is so much better. Just this past week he has been sleeping 4-6 hour stretches. This beats the 3 hour stretches he gave us for the first 7 weeks.

Griffin is starting to need a routine, which is really neat. He is needing to be in bed by about 7:00 or 7:30. Then he sleeps until about 1:00ish. Then he is up again to eat about 5:00ish. Goes back down until about 7:30ish.

Napping is also getting pretty routine. He takes a 30 minute cat-nap about an hour after he gets up, so about 8:30ish. Then he naps again while we are out and about doing our thing.

His afternoon nap is AWESOME. He goes down about 1:30ish and will sleep for about 3 hours. He is napping in his crib in his own room. Then he takes another 20-30 minutes cat-nap in the swing, usually while we eat, around 5:30ish. Then night-night at about 7:30, same time as Ava.

Griff is still sleeping in the bassinet in our room. We decided to try and not use any crutches that could create bad sleeping habits, i.e. the swing, the bassinet vibrator, etc. and he can already be put down groggy but awake and self-soothe on his own to go to sleep. He is a paci LOVER. He really has the need to suck and is starting to try his hands. I keep trying to force the paci.

So that is all falling into place.

EATING:

Griffin is also pretty regulated in this department too. Aside from growth spurts, he eats about every 3 hours. Although in the past week it is turning into every 4 hours. And within the past few days, he is obviously in a growth spurt, it has been every 2-4 hours.

He nurses very efficiently. I really like this because with another child, not mentioning any names, feedings could last 45-60 minutes...not kidding. He is not a lazy eater and can nurse in about 15 minutes, that's both sides.

I am still exclusively breastfeeding and have pumped a few times and he took the bottle like a champ. His first bottle was around 6 weeks. He took another when Gigi and Poppy stayed with the kids while daddy and I went to an engagement party.

DIAPERS:

Griff's poopy diapers have slowed down, going from one at nearly every diaper change, to about 2-4 a day. He is almost always wet when I change him, it's no wonder b/c he eats a lot, obviously.

He is already wearing size 2 diapers. I like that they are a little big b/c we don't do a lot diaper changes at night, unless there are poopies.

CLOTHES:

Griffin is mostly in 3-6 month clothing right now. His 0-3 month GAP jammies still fit, but others are not fitting. All his onesies are 3-6 month.

OTHER:

His eyes are definitely going to be blue.

He loves to snuggle and lay facing in on our chests. The opposite of his sister who liked to face out from the get-go.

He is a tummy sleeper. After many failed attemps of swaddling and/or putting on his back, we finally figured out what worked for him. It makes sense when you think about how he likes to be held. We made sure we felt comfortable with his ability to move his head from side-to-side and he has a strong neck. It just worked for him.

Griff could smile for days at his sister, his daddy, and myself. He loves to babble and talk to us also.

He took his first bath with his sister, he in his tub, she in the big tub, tonight. What joy!