Finn Aloysius: {2 Months Old}

Two months now! It's no joke when they tell you not to blink. Everything happens so, so fast. Finn is growing like a little weed, and as much as I hate seeing the itsy bitsy-ness disappear, his growing self gets more fun each and every day. He's so much more alert and interactive. He looks at me with his blues like he really knows who I am now...and those stare-downs while breastfeeding just melt me to mush. Such a happy little man too, ugh. I mean of course there are fussy moments...but 90% of the time he's happy/content as can be. Here's some more 2 month goodness:

Developmental Milestones:

Holding his head up like a champ

Turning his head/smiling in response to our voices/sounds

Laughing

Rolling from belly to back

Holding his head and chest up during tummy time

Uses his legs to 'jump' while holding his arms

Looks Like: Totally dad. Some people say they are seeing a good mix of us both now, but I'm still seeing his daddy.

Sleep: 7 to 8 hour stretches nightly. Cat naps throughout the day :)

Eating: Breastfeeding about every 2 hours. I started to stock milk in preparation for returning to work too (crying) so in the night while he's sleeping I pump.

Weighs: 12 lbs. 7 oz. (per doctor's visit, in the photo it says 4 oz. but that was via home scale).

Inches: 24 inches! Again, the photo is slightly off due to my lack of at-home measuring skills.

Play:  Coo's and squeaks in response to my ridiculous mommy-baby talk. Loves his alone play time in the morning where he just lays on his jungle mat and stares at a monkey. Is seriously in awe of ceiling fans. Loves to stare at some canvas art he has in his nursery during diaper changes. AND he started giggling!! We even caught his first true giggle on camera, yay!

Size: Wearing 3 (getting snug) and 3-6 month clothes. Size 1 diapers.

Hair: I swear there is some hair there! It's just so light he looks like a bald old man in most photos (the most adorable old man, however).  

Eyes: Deep blue, but they're starting to get lighter!

What He Does (and doesn't) Like: 

LOVES his night time baby massages

Has taken a liking to swaddling at bedtime (though we have to wait until he's super drowsy already to wrap him up in one)

Likes to be worn in a baby wrap/carrier (but for no longer than an hour)

Falls asleep to the sound of the vacuum and hair dryer

Needs some kind of muffled noise to sleep (we use the baby sleep sounds app)

LOVES to look at his cute self in a mirror

Loves to snuggle in the morning

Does NOT like a soiled diaper. Like, change me immediately.

Does NOT like being naked, unless he is in his tub

Likes to swing

Likes mom's left boob more than her right. ( I mean seriously, night and day difference in size now). 

LOVES the bottoms of his feet rubbed/touched

Likes to go out on the boat 

Does NOT like Lake Michigan coldness on his feet (or any cold water).

Likes when momma sings to him

Loves to be outside



Emotional Spillage

Oh Finn, what you do to me. I sit here with you napping across my lap, feeling your big belly breaths go in and out, wondering what it is that you’re dreaming about right now. What’s going on in that little mind of yours? Everything is so new and exciting for you, as it is for us sweet boy…just in different ways. It’s amazing the amount of change you’ve brought amongst us. Clearly we expected a world of change pending your arrival…but never to this extent. Never to the extent to which the way I think about every little thing in life and what I want for it has changed. Never to the extent to which the concept of “planning” has almost completely dissipated.  Planning. Nearly my entire life prior has been a life of planning. Planning to go to college, grad school, when to start my career, when to get married, when to start trying for a baby, what we’re doing over the weekend…you get the idea. Always living for the future despite my best attempts to stay present in the moment. But you, my little monkey, you’ve single handedly managed to turn a planning-obsessed woman into someone who doesn’t want to think ahead further than dinner time. I bask in every millisecond that I get to spend with you. I’ve never felt more present in my entire life and what a force field of a feeling that is. Sure, there have been moments in my life where I was completely mindful and present, but other times it was hard work which is why yoga and meditation became such necessities. But with you, living in the present comes so easily.  I just watch you so intently…like it’s my job…and in staring at you for 1 minute I can tell you that about 50 different questions cross my mind. “You’re mine?” is the one that frequents most often.

{A Day in the Life}

Hello all! We've had a few people ask us recently about what a typical day looks like in our little world these days, so I figured I'd write a quick snippet of just that! Of course each day is different as there's new places to go and wonderful people to see, but aside from those ventures, this is what remains pretty consistent in our day to day:

First of all, we've been spoiled by our human as he's now sleeping like a little champ at night. Typically, he wakes up for the first time at around 3:30-4 am, but this past week he's been making it to 5:00 am. I feel like I could take on the world after getting that much sleep! After his 5 am feeding we bring him upstairs for snuggles in our room. I didn't mention this in our 1 month update, but we actually started putting him to sleep in his crib (in his nursery downstairs) at about 4 weeks old. We have a great bassinet next to our bed where he was sleeping each night...but after a while I noticed how broken and inconsistent his sleep was in it. He just never seemed comfortable and was always thrashing around. Not to mention, I couldn't sleep a wink as I responded to EVERY little coo and sound he made. Throughout the day I put him down for naps in his crib and immediately I noted how peaceful his sleep was during those naps...he just slept so soundly in it and I couldn't tell you why. I was SO terrified and hesitant to move him to his crib so soon. I mean I literally planned on sharing a room with him until he was at least 6 months, but at the end of the day I didn't want to compromise both his and our sleep just for the comfort of knowing he was right next to me. SO with that, I ran out and bought the Angelcare baby monitor (it detects motion and an alarm will sound if breathing is not detected after a 20 second time span), it was the only way I'd go through with the transition. Sure thing, the little bugger slept for a good 6 hour stretch that night! He's been sleeping in his crib ever since.

Anyway, after our morning snuggles we typically get up for the day at about 7:30-8am. By that time he's shark attacking for a breakfast boob. Of course after feedings there's the burping, diaper changes, etc., but we won't include those in this daily schedule as most mommies know those occur randomly and a million times a day. In the early morning after feeding, I lay monkey down on his jungle play mat where he ooh's and ah's by himself for a good 20-30 minutes. At this time momma slips in her breakfast and morning cup o' tea. By 10:00 we're getting ready for our daily walk. This is where he gets a good one hour nap in or more, we've yet to go on a walk in his stroller where he hasn't fallen asleep. After our walk I usually let him finish out his nap and then strap him into a baby wrap so that I can tend to the laundry, tumbleweeds of fur we have rolling around (fortunately we have a baby who falls asleep to the sound of a vacuum), dishes, watering plants, etc..

As for a feeding schedule, we were going on an every 2-3 hour basis. However, with the recent growth spurts he's been on demand feeding which lately has been about every 1.5 hours. Which means right now throughout the day I'm practically topless for a majority of it.  After lunch he naps again and I try to squeeze in some me time by doing some yoga, perhaps a shower, (or let's be honest, taking a nap myself).

The afternoon is when we run any errands we may have or go on little adventures (like the zoo!). The typical feed-nap-change combo obviously continues on. By about 6pm my happy nugget starts to get a little fussy. That's another thing I can't explain, but hey, I guess the boy's allowed a fussy time. John and I try to squeeze in dinner during this time but usually have to eat in shifts. By 8:00pm we're starting our bedtime routine consisting of a feeding, bath, baby massage, and horrible singing from yours truly. :) We're also fortunate enough to have a babe that doesn't need to be completely asleep yet before we lay him in his crib. We put him down when he's drowsy and he does the rest with soothing himself to sleep...which makes it nice for mom. On average, he's down at the latest by 9:30 pm, and as I said earlier, sleeps to about 5am.

So there yah have it, a typical day in the life of Finn man. Now remember this is just a tidbit of what's consistent in our day to day, there's a lot that goes on in between those times like visiting friends and family, lots of laughing, sometimes crying, cleaning puke I'm not aware is on me until I stand up and feel warmth slide down my tummy and come out the bottom of my maxi, calming down a screaming babe...you get the idea. <3

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