He’s 2 months!

Happy Birthday to Elias! He’s 2 months old today! We were supposed to go to his doctor this morning for his well baby check, but since it was -31 degrees (ummm…and that’s not wind chill) when we woke up, we decided to reschedule for Monday. Sorry I don’t have any stats to report yet.

Since I can’t tell you what he weighs, I’ll tell you about his personality, as we know it so far. Elias is a very smiley baby. I don’t remember my other kids smiling so much at this age! The last few days, when he is awake, he spends more time smiling than not smiling. He’s very mellow, and doesn’t make too much of a fuss over anything. He likes being around other people, and very often just wants mommy or daddy to hold and talk to him. That’s his favorite thing. What a joy he is!

He has slept through the night a few times now. It’s consistent to about 4 times a week that he’ll sleep at least 6 hours at a time. That is SO early compared to my other kids, but I’m not one to complain! He falls asleep by himself so well too, which is also so different. I’ve learned the trick to put hot water in one of those rubbery hot water bottles and lay it in the cradle while I feed him one last time. Then I swaddle him up tight, put on his little sleeping hat, take out the heating bottle, and lay him in, and then put one more cozy blanket on top. Even if he’s wide awake, he’ll grunt in there for 5 minutes or so, but as long as he doesn’t see me and I don’t talk to him, he’ll just fall asleep…just like that. He’s probably spoiled by the heating pad, because if I lay him down in a cold cradle, he really lets me know how much he hates it! Really it’s not that bad, though. With the other two I would hover over the cradle, trying to hold the pacifier in, rocking it gently, singing, letting them hold my hand…etc. for over 30 minutes to get them to go to sleep. Elias doesn’t want any of that. In fact, if I do any of that, it usually gets him mad. He just wants his space and quiet in his warm bed, and he’s happy.