Two Months

Ava Grace is...

• Growing! Ava had her two month appointment on Thursday and was 12 pounds, 10 ounces. She has definitely rounded out and is sporting a cute little double chin. She is 23 inches long and is in the 75th percentile for height and weight. Her head, however, is in the 90th percentile although for what it's worth I would have never guessed that she had a "large" head, probably because her hair distracts me from noticing anything else about her head. To say the least, her hair is memorable since there is nothing I can do to keep it laying down. Ava is wearing a few 0-3 months clothes still but is now mostly in 3 months. She is now in size 2 diapers and is no longer wearing the newborn cloth diapers. Ahhh, they don't stay in those tiny little diapers long, at least not my children!

• Sleeping! If I wasn't living it myself, I would never believe what a good sleeper Ava is. She still sleeps a good portion of the day although spends a couple more hours awake each day then she was before. She has also been sleeping through the night for a couple of weeks now. She falls asleep at night about 9:30 usually and doesn't wake up for her next feeding until about 4:30 am! Thankfully she seems to have outgrown that fussy period that she was going through from 6-10 pm each night.

• Smiling! Ava smiled her first real smile while we were visiting our family in Rapid City and has been smiling ever since. She really is such a happy baby. Every time she gives me a smile, I see a little glimpse of a personality and it's so much fun!

• Eating! Ava continues to nurse very well although I realized she is not a comfort nurser like her brother was. That became apparent when Ava got all her shots this week and I tried to nurse her right after the shots to help ease her pain like I always did with Jayden but she wanted absolutely nothing to do with that! So it was just a process of holding her and rocking her until her crying eased up. It was so sad and I miss not being able to use nursing as a comforting tool but maybe that will change. Soon we will start trying to feed Ava with a bottle to see if she will take that. I really hope she takes a bottle so I can have a little flexibility once in awhile if need be and of course, it will be necessary for daycare if we end up sending her to the same daycare that Jayden goes to. Thankfully Ava seems to have kind of outgrown all the spitting up she was doing every night. That was quite the mess and I'm glad it was just a phase!

• Talking! Well, sort of. She is starting to do a lot more cooing and once in awhile lets out a little squeal. I love those little baby noises and I definitely don't remember any squealing from Jayden so it's fun to hear girl noises!