2.5 Month Appt.

My baby boy is thriving off his mama and that makes me so happy! he's not as big as Bubbs was at this stage but he's still a chunker. At 11 weeks, he weighed in at 12 lbs. 12 oz. and was 24 inches long. Which puts him below average for weight and slightly above average for length.

He's still BF and on occasion he'll get a bottle of formula, mostly when I leave him with Naty (which is rare!) Cause I don't want to hassle him with warming up my BM cause I'm actually afraid of him not getting the temp. right so I don't even worry myself about it. He's been fine with times I've given him formula but no matter what I still need to pump so it's still like he nursed and then I get to save that milk I took out to freeze!

I'm going back to school in January and I'll have to leave BM with my MIL, Nate will be 6 months then so he won't be drinking so many bottles and eating baby food then. I will continue to pump when I get a chance in between classes in my car. I will be needing costco pack batteries to get me through the semester. I don't mind doing this for my chubster.

Overall, life has been a little difficult, we have good and bad days and good days are when he naps and bad days are when he cries and wants me to hold him all day. Other than that we're so in love!

2 Months!

Happy 2 months Nathaniel!

He's been such a joy to our lives and makes life so enjoyable. The kids are always loving on him and wanting to hold him, they thank me all time for having him. It is especially good to have Nathaniel during this difficult time in our lives, when I'm alone without the older kids I have Nathaniel to hold and cry with, I hug him and feel loads better. We lost Boris (our dog) over the weekend and could not find him and unfort. Audrey was the one that found him and thought he was asleep. Poor Audrey, I feel awful about that and feel awful for Boris. We don't know what happened to him but he hid behind the haystacks and died there. There's alot more to the story but I hate reliving it over and over again, I just hope he didn't suffer.

As for Nathaniel, he's getting really big. He has his 2 month appt. tomorrow so I will update again. I'm thinking he weighs a good 12 lbs. He was at 10 lbs. last time. He's a good eater and a good sleeper. Here's a few things he's doing now:

At 2 months old YOU:
1) Smile and Coo at us!
2) love car rides
3) love to take naps on my chest
4) are in a size 2 diaper
5) are wearing 0-3 months clothes but growing out of them
6) are exclusively breastfed! thank you Jesus
7) eat on demand
8) are starting to like your swing a little more
9) are starting to like baths and haven't been crying like you used to
10) don't really like your diaper changed
11) love your new rocker chair
12) you hit the toys in front of you
13) fall sleep around 9-10pm and wake once to feed at around 3:30-4:30am
14) start your days at 7am
15) take little cat naps throughout the day
16) love your sister (I think it's her mouse-y voice)
17) still LOVE to FART!