Life’s a Dance

(I have more Easter pictures posted on our Picasa site.)

Ben had his 2 month appointment this week. He weighs 12 1/2 pounds and is 22 1/2″ long putting him in the 25th and 50th percentile respectively (5lbs & 3″ more than at birth). We really thought he’d weigh more than that. ( By 2 months, Elizabeth had dropped almost off the chart.) Everything looked great physically. They were really surprised by how alert he was, his head control and how intensely he watches Elizabeth.

He’s consistently rolling to his side and occasionally onto his stomach. He watches Elizabeth like a hawk. If he’s awake and not nursing, he’s most likely watching for Elizabeth.

Most days he naps pretty well.  Just not on Mondays.  I’m not sure why but every Monday he seems to nap terribly!  And last week and today he spent most of the day screaming.  Night time I usually get 4-5 hour stretches, which is wonderful.

He’s really a pretty laid back baby.  I know I’ve said this before but I always knew E was an intense/high needs baby but I didn’t know HOW much until Ben came along.

After a couple weeks of no nursing problems, he’s back to having a bad latch and I’m back to having blanched nipples.  And the PAIN!!  Feels even worse than it did last go-round with this.  Some day he’ll get the hang of it, I hope!!

I can pop him in my sling or mei tai and he’s quite content there when he’s awake and he’ll often nap there.  I usually wear him when we do errands because he hates the car seat, so I can’t take it into stores.  He’ll either sleep or just look around.  I was at the mall tonight with him in the mei tai and, for close to an hour, nary a peep out of him.  Elizabeth wouldn’t go more than a minute or two without letting out SOME kind of noise! LOL  I’m hoping this trend will continue and he’ll be my quiet child!!

And as a side comment…I got both kids switched to the medical center on base (10 minute walk) and out of the hospital (20 minute drive PLUS a 20-30 minute ordeal finding a spot and getting inside and finding the clinic), so that was a wonderful change. I also REALLY liked his doctor. The NP we saw at Tripler gave out crazy information. This ped gave one piece of information that wasn’t *quite* accurate but, overall, impressed me with what he knew about not-quite-mainstream topics like BFing. Its rare to find that in a pediatrician, unfortunately.  But now that I found one, I’m going to try to get him for all our appointments!!