Aden turned 2 months old on Sunday. Here is a little update on his progress...
Height: 22 3/4 inches (80th percentile)
Weight: 12 lbs 6 oz (58th percentile)
Head circumference: 50th percentile
For the 2nd month...
Feeding: He is still feeding on a 2.5 to 3 hour schedule. We still have to try and encourage him to eat. He is like his dad and will eat till he is perfectly full, and not an ounce more. If we let him, he'd eat for 5-10 minutes instead of the recommended 20-45 minutes. The doctor said he's eating enough all together but not enough at each feeding to sleep longer stretches at night. He said he has to be eating 5-6 oz at each feeding to make it longer than 3-4 hours. (He's only eating 3-4 oz)
Sleeping: Like I said, still waking up 3-4 hours at night for all of the 2nd month. However... a preview for the 3rd month... the night of his 2nd month and every night since for 3 nights he's slept for 6 to 6.5 hours for me! yay! Last night he woke up after almost 4, but I think its because he came out of his swaddle.
Milestones: Aden LOVES to stand up on his feet. He can definitely support his own weight, he just has a bit of a balance issue. :) The Dr. said he has great head control... what they expect to see in a 3-4 month old. He loves it when we kick his feet for him and when I tickle his face with my hair. We are totally enamored with his smile!
Schedule: It definitely took some work to get Aden on a schedule and we're not perfect at it, nor do we follow it hard and fast, but it definitely has its benefits. Every 3 hours, Aden sleeps at least half of it. Occasionally he wakes up early... about 45 minutes into it (known as the 45 minute intruder in babywise). I'll pick him up, put his pacifier back in, hold him for a couple minutes, and usually he goes back down pretty easily. When he doesn't go down easily, its usually because he's hungry and then I obviously feed him.
Parenting Stuff: We are following Growing Kids God's Way principles (the secular version is
Babywise) as well as mixing in some
Baby Whisperer and
Happiest Baby on the Block principles.
Cloth Diapering: Its going really well. We are using mainly prefolds and covers right now. It was a bit of a learning curve for us, especially John. However, once we got the hang of them, we LOVE them. They really aren't that much extra work... maybe 2-3 loads of laundry a week and an extra 10-15 seconds max per diaper change. At night we use Kawaii Heavy Wetters. They are a pocket diaper with 2 inserts. The inserts absorb all the moisture and the fleece pocket that holds the inserts keeps the moisture away from his skin. When we are at home, we also use cloth wipes. I mix about 2 cups of water with a few squirts of burt's bees baby oil and a few drops of tea tree oil. I then mix the water mixture up with my finger and then put my cloth wipes in to absorb. Its easy, fast, and cheap.
