Emily just went in for her 2 month appointment. She is a tiny little thing, weighing only 10lb 15.5oz (34%) and only 22.75 in long (45%). She is gaining appropriately, but somewhat slower than I would personally like to see. This is probably because she is a constant waterflow, overflowing with spitup. It doesn't seem to bother her, though, so no reflux meds needed. For my own piece of mind, we will be taking her back in a couple of weeks to make sure the spitup is not affecting her weight gain too much. Aside from that, she received her shots...poor girlie! She screamed her head off, but was calmed easily once I picked her up. The afternoon, though, was miserable. She screamed and refused to eat for about 4 hours off and on. Once I finally got her to nurse, all was right with the world again. Definitely not looking forward to that next set of shots, though.
Emily is such a happy baby! We thought Kason was happy, but I think Emily has him beat. She smiles almost every waking minute of the day, if she is not eating. All you have to do is look at her and she gives the biggest smile!
She has also easily gotten the hang of a night time routine and gets pretty fussy if things don't go as she expects them to. She gets a bath (on bath nights), diaper, lotion, jammies, sound machine, food, swaddle, story, prayers, song, and bed. It seems like a lot, but is really pretty quick and she goes down very easily. Some nights she is asleep after all of that and others, she falls asleep on her own in her crib. I still cannot believe that she has been sleeping in her crib since 3 weeks old. She has been a great sleeper since birth and the swaddle really does the trick. She just recently went from a 5 to a 6 to most nights, an 8 hour stretch, followed by another 3 to 5 hour stretch. I don't know if this will continue, but we are definitely enjoying it while it lasts. I am fully convinced now that I did not take enough time finding the right blankets and the right swaddling techniques for Kason. We were convinced he he hated it and gave up too easily. Emily also seemed to hate it until we got it just right. Still, if she can wiggle her arms AT ALL, she wakes right up. Any unscheduled nighttime wakings can almost always be attributed to a poor swaddle with her.
We are taking a trip this weekend that I really hope doesn't mess up this wonderful routine we have. We will be going to College Station, home of our alma mater, Texas A&M, to get Emily baptized at the same church Kason was baptized in, and to catch some Aggie baseball. The weather should be beautiful, so we should have a great time!
See below for the happenings of the past month and for LOTS more pictures!
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