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| 2 months Grace |
On Halloween Grace turned 2 months old! The month has flown by and just like last month she is doing great! She is smiling a ton and a very content newborn.
Grace loves her reflection. She loves to stare at herself in the mirror above her head in the swing and the mirror on her farmyard mat. She smiles and gurgles and you can tell she gets a kick out of the image. Her favorite thing to do is stare at a face. She smiles and scrunches up her nose. It's adorable. She's beginning to really enjoy the farmyard mat. The bright colors and noises are entertaining.
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| Staring at herself in the mirror and laughing |
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| Grace, throw the ball to me! |
She's eating around 6 times a day and is fast as ever. Sometimes it only takes her 8 minutes. So long as she's fed and rested she is a happy little girl. Her sleepy days are dissipating somewhat. She's now alert for around 30 minutes then needs a little coaxing to sleep. A little swaying and shushing then she will pass out.
Her favorite place to sleep during the day is the swing. It really does look pretty cozy, so I can't blame her. I'd love to get her up in the crib though. I've been kind of bad about practicing that because it's so easy for her to fall asleep and I'm usually downstairs trying to clean up after Mr. William.
At night she has the same routine as William. Bath, feed in the dark then straight to the crib. She's doing great at falling asleep immediately. The past week must have been a growth spurt because she was getting up earlier than her usual 9 hours and needing help to get back to sleep. Matt and I would alternate turns rocking her. The past few nights she's gone back to sleeping the norm without waking herself up. In celebration of the 2 month milestone she slept from 8:30p-7:30a - nearly 12 hours :)
She also loves the swaddle! I don't know much about the swaddle since William was a Houdini in the swaddle... how will we "break" her from the swaddle? How long do babies want to be swaddled for? No worries for right now though. She's still in newborn phase. And in true Grace fashion she always wakes up with a smile on her face!
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| Good morning Grace! |
We went on a stroll for the first time with both kiddies. I got a new stroller so they can be side by side on walks. Grace is a great sport of following William around. We go to the park and she usually sits in her car seat or stroller while we play.
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| Side by side they ride |
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| William likes to tug on her feet as we walk |
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| Enjoying the breeze while William attacks the playground |
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| William on the GO GO GO |
A few people have asked how Maggie is doing with a second child on the loose. We never even thought about it until people asked! As expected Maggie is happy to sit at the bottom of the totem pole. She's gotten very good with William - he loves to tease her and get her riled up so she runs in circles very fast. He laughs hysterically when she gets going. Then William uses her as a stepping stone onto different furniture if she's conveniently in the way - she didn't budge - lets him walk on top of her. So long story short, Grace probably looks like a piece of cake to Maggie. She doesn't move yet! Wahoo! The only bad part about Maggie is her barking when someone rings the doorbell or knocks loudly at the door. If you haven't been over then let me share with you my sweet handwritten note in RED next to the door that says DO NOT RING DOORBELL KNOCK LIGHTLY BABY SLEEPING UPS/FEDEX I WILL SEE THE PACKAGE EVENTUALLY haha!
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| Maggie laid her head next to Grace for the longest time. So sweet! |
Then we had Grace's 2 month wellness visit on November 1. Here are the stats!
Weight: 12 lbs 14.5 oz - 84th %
Height: 24.5" - 99th %
She got her first full round of shots and was very sad about it. Nice to have that out of the way though and now I won't feel so bad bringing her to more germy places like the gym or grocery store.
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| Ready for my check-up! |
