Dear Keaton,
You areone two months old. Poor second child. :( If has been a rollercoaster of a two months, but it has mostly been good. I will save the discussion of my own recovery for another post that I will hopefully someday get around to writing. For now, I will talk about you.
You are awesome and adorable. As if there were any doubt. You came into this world weighing less than your older brother, but, not wanting to be outdone already?, quickly surpassed his weight by nursing and gaining like a champ. You weighed more than he did by your one month appointment. I was so impressed with you. Maybe that fact goes hand in hand with the fact that you have been a better sleeper than your brother as well. I am still waiting for this to change dramatically and am trying just to enjoy it while it lasts. At two months old, you are sleeping in your bassinet and regularly giving me two three hour stretches of sleep a night. You nurse and go back to sleep easily. I was stunned when we could just put you down. After Beckett, I never would have believed that was possible. It is really quite shocking how different babies can be.
You love to smile and are quite the charmer already. You do have a 'fussy time' in the evening hours, but it is nothing too difficult to deal with most nights. You have recently started finding your real voice and have started contributing goos and gahs to our conversations.
Your brother is intrigued by you. He brings you your blanket, tries to give you his cars, kisses your head constantly. At the same time, he realizes that whoever is holding you is fairly useless to him so we will regularly get requests of ' no, no Keaton' when he wants to play and we go to pick you up. I cannot wait until you can play together!
We have not gone out much since the weather this winter has been brutally cold, but I have nursed you in public once already--something I never did with your brother. This past week, we got a couple nice days and managed to get the whole family out for a walk! You in the Ergo, Beck in the stroller, and Lita with dad. It was awesome to do something so normal and see that it could work.
You have already survived your first cold. Your brother shared with you and I both. You got the mildest case, but we were all pretty miserable for a couple days.
You still have beautiful blue eyes and I hope they hold. I am selfish and want you to have a piece of mommy that is visible to all.
I am so proud and feel so lucky to have you in our family. Love you bunches, Mama
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You are awesome and adorable. As if there were any doubt. You came into this world weighing less than your older brother, but, not wanting to be outdone already?, quickly surpassed his weight by nursing and gaining like a champ. You weighed more than he did by your one month appointment. I was so impressed with you. Maybe that fact goes hand in hand with the fact that you have been a better sleeper than your brother as well. I am still waiting for this to change dramatically and am trying just to enjoy it while it lasts. At two months old, you are sleeping in your bassinet and regularly giving me two three hour stretches of sleep a night. You nurse and go back to sleep easily. I was stunned when we could just put you down. After Beckett, I never would have believed that was possible. It is really quite shocking how different babies can be.
You love to smile and are quite the charmer already. You do have a 'fussy time' in the evening hours, but it is nothing too difficult to deal with most nights. You have recently started finding your real voice and have started contributing goos and gahs to our conversations.
Your brother is intrigued by you. He brings you your blanket, tries to give you his cars, kisses your head constantly. At the same time, he realizes that whoever is holding you is fairly useless to him so we will regularly get requests of ' no, no Keaton' when he wants to play and we go to pick you up. I cannot wait until you can play together!
We have not gone out much since the weather this winter has been brutally cold, but I have nursed you in public once already--something I never did with your brother. This past week, we got a couple nice days and managed to get the whole family out for a walk! You in the Ergo, Beck in the stroller, and Lita with dad. It was awesome to do something so normal and see that it could work.
You have already survived your first cold. Your brother shared with you and I both. You got the mildest case, but we were all pretty miserable for a couple days.
You still have beautiful blue eyes and I hope they hold. I am selfish and want you to have a piece of mommy that is visible to all.
I am so proud and feel so lucky to have you in our family. Love you bunches, Mama
This is so sweet…and how is he 2 months old already?? You're doing great, mama!
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