Caroline at Two Months Old

Caroline West Jernigan, 2 months have flown by so fast.

 You can see us better, interact with us, smile, and stick out your pouty lip just enough to make us do whatever you want. You still look a lot like your sister, but also favor your dad.

Post 3 shot tears :( Ready to get the heck out of the doctors office.



You are growing so fast. At your 2 month check up you weighed 13.9 lbs and were 23 1/2 inches long. This placed you in the 95% for height and weight. You're a growing girl. You wear mostly 3-6 month clothes, and a few 9 month onesies.You are in a size 2 diaper. 

 

 

You eat every 3-4 hours during the day, and can (although rarely) go every 5-6 hours at night. You are now a formula/bottle baby. After the two of us not being on the same page since oh about day one of your life, and me battling two infections we hung up the nursing thing. I was a wreck for about a week. You didn't seem to notice. You did have a little bit of difficulty with formula until we figured out that you have a milk sensitivity, and your reflux is worse than we originally expected. Now that you are on Soy formula with a little oatmeal and some Zantac you are a much happier baby. I still do a ridiculous amount of laundry.

 

 

 

You're sweet as can be - smiley when you're awake and pouty when things aren't going your way. You are starting to 'coo' and talk to us some, which is fun to watch. You are definitely happiest in the mornings.

 

 

You love to have your legs "bicycled'" and your feet and hands clapped together. We can always get a smile when we squeeze your cheeks or tap your lips. You like sitting in your bumbo, and you will tolerate your bouncy seat and your rain forest mat for a few minutes.

 

 

You are fascinated with the ceiling fans, your big sister, and the dog. You also have noticed the t.v. and enjoy anything bright and with music.

You are a descent sleeper. Once you wake up and eat you are only up for about an hour before you are ready to go back down for a nap. At night you usually eat around 8:00 and on a good night sleep until 2:30ish. You eat and then go back to sleep until 5:30/6:00. You are still sleeping in your bassinet or your pac-n-play but we moved you out of our room to the office so we could all get a little more sleep.

You are strong and do very well on your tummy, and hold your head up when we have you on our shoulder. You also like to practice your crunches by laying down, holding onto our fingers, and then we pull you to a sitting position. You definitely like to be up and about so you can see what's going on.

 

Caroline, you bring us so much joy and I look forward to kissing your sweet chunky cheeks every morning.