Happy 2 Month Birthday BB!!

Happy 2 Month Birthday BB!

If you think he looks bigger in this photo, that's because he is! Today at the doctor BB weighed 11 lbs 14 oz, and is 24 1/4 inches long! BB's head and weight measured around the 50th percentile, and his length was above the 90th percentile!! He's very tall for his age!

BB took his vaccinations like a champ today - some crying with the pokes, but he calmed easily and went right to sleep, and so far the rest of the day has been full of normal eating, playing, and cooing, no extra-fussiness included! Here are his battlewounds:


I can't believe 2 entire months have passed since he was born. In those 2 months BB has changed in so many ways! He now smiles back at us often (including when we peek over his crib after a nap) and is also smiling at the sun toy on his activity mat, which is adorable! He's batting at his toys when he sits in his bouncy seat and likes lying on his back on the couch or activity mat (which he hated until the last few weeks). We get to have many conversations as BB now coos back at us when we talk to him. According to Daddy, he is also good at keeping secrets (J told BB what mommy's birthday present is, and BB hasn't spilled the beans yet). He has grown even more inquisitive, staring and staring at the new world around him as his vision develops - when we walk from room to room he looks around at that, and that, and that! He is holding his head very steady when he's awake (but when he gets sleepy he does a lot of head-butting mommy which smarts both of us a bit). Yesterday he even rolled from his tummy to his back on his activity mat (but refused to duplicate it for video or daddy) (His first roll over actually happened on July 2nd when he rolled from his tummy to his back in his crib twice in a row, but he hadn't done it since then)!! Happy Birthday BB!! Thank you for the happiest 2 months of my life!!

Visitors & a daddy photo

BB had a visit from some dear friends this week, Team K! Team K came all the way from the Windy City to meet BB. Team K has one little girl already and is expecting Baby #2 in August - we are sure that these little ones will be the best of pals one day since they will be just a few months apart. We had a wonderful day, visiting and eating at Tucson culinary highlights Bisonwitches and Rosa's.



And this is just a cute photo:


(taken 2 weeks ago, July 17th)

Barking squirrel

About half of my daily thoughts are about my milk – Is BB getting enough milk? Am I making enough milk? How come I pumped twice as much milk last time? How is what I’m eating going to affect my milk? Do I have enough milk stored up for when I have to go back to work? Will I make enough milk then? What if my milk disappears!? Milk milk milk milk milk. Maybe I should blog about my milk.

Now that you have a small window into my obsession with my milk, you will understand my surprise when I found out that BB is not using my milk in the conventional manner. Meaning most babies drink their milk and then swallow it down, allowing themself to be nourished. BB, on the other hand, has taken to hoarding his milk in his cheeks!!

See the milk hiding in his cheek there? At first J and I thought maybe it was spit up, but we checked and it isn't curdled like they say spit up is supposed to be. I guess he's storing it up for winter (or maybe just a nap). Either way, we love our little squirrel.

Houdini

BB has a very promising future career as an escape artist. How exactly he does it, we aren't sure, but in the last week he has been honing his skills and at the end of nearly every naptime he has houdini'd himself out of his swaddle.

BB when we lay him down, snug and swaddled:


BB when he wakes up:


(I may add more photos here, so stay tuned, as often he gets even more out of his swaddle than this!)

just today +happy epilogue

Today BB went on an adventure to the Tucson Children's Museum with his cousins B and K:


Then we went to lunch at Bisonwitches where we ate on an outdoor patio and BB got a little hot (despite the patio fans), so mommy created some makeshift air conditioning out of a wet napkin:

We were out of the house for several hours and BB was exhausted when we got home – after a mid-afternoon meal, he laid down for a long nap and I did a sewing project. Swaddling BB is very necessary as it adds hours to his naps but in our 100+ degree weather I feel bad wrapping him in a flannel blanket, so I sewed some light swaddle wraps out of a sheet for him. Planning to try them out tonight!

[ SIDENOTE: If the FBI were smart, they would start recruiting novice parents – parents of newborns are burgeoning experts in performing covert operations (do NOT wake up the baby while getting out the sewing machine or starting the laundry) and solving mysteries (WHY are you still crying?). Newborn parents have also developed sophisticated night vision, able to navigate in pitch black at 3 am. Surely these skills would be beneficial.]

Epilogue:
After I initially posted this Daddy, Mommy, and BB had some special time together. BB was all smiles and coos and even seemed like he was trying to laugh a couple of times as he learned he could reach out and touch Mommy's face over and over again. BB just yesterday was intentionally batting at one of his toys while sitting in his bouncy seat, happy as a clam (he is also starting not to protest anytime we put him in his bouncy seat for more than 5 minutes - yay!), so he is just learning he can reach for things and touch them and that he is in control of it. It's truly amazing and joyful to watch him wonder and learn, and I'm honored that my face got to be a prop in his development. I love being a mommy. My heart is full of this little one.



Okay time to sleep before BB houdinis his way out of his swaddle, subsequently waking himself up, as he has been doing the last couple of nights.

More Cheese, Please!

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