Two Month Review - Elinore

This past month we've watched you grow and change.  While I love watching you grow, it makes me sad how quickly time is flying.

You've moved up to size one diapers over the course of the last month.  You still fit in your newborn clothing but some of the pieces are starting to get a little snug and we're moving onto some of the larger 0-3 month clothes in your drawer.  It's nice having a slightly larger pool of clothes to choose from to dress you!

You are your happiest in the mornings.  You wake up smiling and content.  Even when you're not smiling, we can tell you're happy just by the look on your face.  Your beautiful blue eyes say it all.  I'm a happy girl!

You love having your diaper changed.  Your happy face is almost always out when your diaper is being changed.

You've really started looking around more with wide curious eyes.  You love exploring your surroundings.  In fact, one of your favorite places is sitting on my hip facing out to look at the world with my arm wrapped tightly around you.  Most evenings it's one of the only positions you're comfortable in.  You take notice of the mobiles hanging from you swing and your pack-n-play now too.

Speaking of evenings, you are sleeping through the night, but your night starts much later than what mommy and daddy had in mind!  Midnight is your standard bedtime with occasional variations in either direction.  You wake up then sometime between 6 and 8 to eat and usually go back to sleep until around 11.  This makes for a tired mommy and daddy since your big brothers are usually up around 6 for the day, and they are long past the days of napping!

Most of the month has consisted of that later bedtime, but in the last week or so, mommy and daddy have learned some new tricks to get you to sleep earlier!  So far they've been successful.  We're still trying to figure out a schedule though, because we got you to bed around 9 one night, but that meant a 4:30 wake up, which doesn't work out so well with our morning routine, because it meant mommy was up for the day at 4:30!  We'll figure it out.

You've learned how to stick your tongue out.  It's adorable.  You really stick it out during bath time trying to get the water. 

You had your first bottle this month when you were 8 weeks old.