Our little lady is growing like crazy and certainly packing on the pounds. At her two month appointment she weighed in at 12 pounds 5 ounces and 23.5 inches “tall.” She continues to eat great and her little personality is coming out a bit too. She gives us more smiles and is generally laid back like her brother. But… she has no problem using those powerful lungs to tell us she is hungry, wet, overtired or just wants to be held … especially in the evenings!
Grace had a major sleep breakthrough this month. Three weeks ago she was still getting up every 2.5-3 hours all night, with the occasional four hour stretch in there. Then one night she slept nine hours and the next she slept 11 and she has slept 9-11 hours every night since. It’s like a switch went off and IT.IS.AMAZING. I’m still thinking it’s some kind of fluke and she will regress, but I sure am enjoying it for now. Mostly I think it’s related to her finding her thumb. I often see her hands up by her face or her thumb in her mouth when I go in her room… so it seems like she’s soothing herself to sleep. Whatever it is, we are so thankful!
I usually wake her up around 7:30 to eat and then she takes a morning nap until 9:30 or 10. After that, all bets are off … If she needs to catch a nap, she will sleep in her swing, but not the crib. We are passing the swing back to our friends who are expecting a baby in July… so I have about a month to work on the afternoon nap in the crib. In the meantime, her spit up has eased off a bit … some days are worse than others… but nothing like the “Spit-up King, Noah.”
Noah asks for “Baby” most mornings as soon as he wakes up and says “baby, night-night” when he sees her sleeping in the swing. He is starting to make the “G” sound if you ask him what her name is. And I’m sure once he says “Grace,” “Grandma” won’t be too far behind … right Grandma’s?
Grace is very content to sleep in her carseat, so we happily take her and Noah out to dinner with us. She even went with me to her first “Girls Night,” — she slept soundly while eight friends enjoyed drinks, dinner and cupcakes at Tupelo Honey. She looked very stylish in her plaid dress…but the carseat straps kind of cramped her style.
Later this month (actually on Noah’s 2nd birthday and Father’s Day), we are having Grace dedicated at our church. Lots of blessings to celebrate for our little family!
Noah pointing out that this is in fact, a baby.
A picture of good health at her two-month check-up.
I’m ready for Girl’s Night!
Grace’s newborn picture.
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