To Lucille on your Two Months Birthday,

By 6 weeks in age things got easier - not that is was ever really hard with you. But still, there was a definite shift from you being a helpless newborn to you becoming a "big(ger)" girl.






You were much less fragile due to your amazing head control. I could hold you upright to burp you and you would hold your head all by yourself. If I faced you down while holding you, you could hold your head in perfect alignment with your body. I am not sure if this is normal or not, but we thought it was pretty cool!












You got better at tummy time, but still had a ways to go.

1st bottle

We also found it much easier to sooth you in new ways (rather than just the boob). You were much more receptive to your pacifier, the swing and bouncing on the yoga ball. Mr. Moose was still your favorite. We hung him above your changing table and he could calm you down in the blink of an eye. We also tried to give you a bit of pumped milk to see if you would take a bottle. Needless to say you did!










 By 7 weeks you also fell into a routine which for someone with my (type-A) personality was much appreciated. You woke in the morning, ate a quick snack, then we went for a walk where you would nap. You would wake up when we got home, ate again and then take your longest nap of the day-sometimes for four hours! We would then have to fill you up again and have another good play session. You became much more fun to interact with - I introduced the playmat where I am pretty sure you have started swatting at things. You would have one short nap before bed and of course another feeding and then off to sleep you went.

You also are becoming more comfortable at bath time, but it is still a bit shocking for you when we first put you in.

1st nap in the crib

It was also this month that you started sleeping longer! At 8 weeks to the day you slept for nine hours. An awesome achievement for sure. Unfortunately, this has not been repeated.















I also continued to read you books and sing you nursery rhymes from the book Emme and Gigi made you. You also liked looking at black and white animal cards or really anything black and white).  I could really see you thinking about things. You would stay real still and look at me intensely. I even could get you to copy me by sticking my tongue out and you would too.













This month you also became social. We started postpartum yoga at Pierce Yoga (where we did prenatal yoga). It was there where I realized how far you had come developmentally. The first session all you wanted to do is watch the other babies and would track your head back and forth while sitting up (while I held you), watching them intently.

We also started going to a neighborhood's new mother group. Again it was so fun to see you observing the other babies. It was also nice for me to get to chat with other mothers who were going through similar experiences.

Loving your new diapers

This month we also started cloth diapering. You had a large "stash" of about 20 ridiculously adorable diapers. It took a little bit to get used to for both you and me. I tried to use the weight guide to adjust the diaper snaps. I settled in to feed you and you started wailing like I had never heard before. It took me a second to realize it was the diaper- I had put it on too tight. I had used your last weight as a guide and clearly you were bigger than that now. I felt so bad. I quickly got it off you and gave you a day to recover before using them again. It went much better the second time around.

Paging Dr. Korb

At the end of the month we celebrated Halloween at home. We dressed you up in a doctor's outfit - no pressure!

You also had an extra special visit from your great grands Gigi (Grana) and Bumpa. This visit was extra special because Gigi is your namesake!

The 1st Lucille

With Bumpa

Lucille at Two Months:


Two Month Stats

- Weight: 11 lbs 0 oz  - 37th Percentile

- Height: 24 3/8  inches - 98th Percentile

- Head: 15 1/2 inches - 79th Percentile
- Brown, maybe green?
- Lighter brown hair, with a lovely bald patch in the back

Milestones
- Opened your hands and started holding
- Track with just your eyes.
- Smiled a lot!
- New noises and squeaks, "talking" with us
- You started to have different types of cries
- Putting yourself to sleep ( a few times)
- Almost putting pacifier back in with your arm



XOXO,

Momma and Daddy