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What I love about you - 2 months

It feels like just yesterday I was writing your 1 month What I love about you, and here it is a month later already. You girls have changed so much in a month and yet sometimes it still feels like we just came home from the hospital. Here's what I love about you at 2 months....

  • You have completely stolen Sadie's heart... she loves to give you kisses and has never once been jealous over you.
  • And how curious she is of you two... "wet diaper?"... "wipes"..."one diaper?"..."baby paci"..."baby blanket"..."asleep"..."awake"..."no cry baby"..."can I hold baby?"..."all done"... the list goes on and on.
  • You have started sleeping longer stretches at night, sometimes going 6 or 7 hours between feedings.
  • You're still messy eaters but I think we've just gotten used to it and but a bib on you at every feeding.
  • When I put you up on my shoulder and listening to you sigh, breathe, and coo.
  • Feedings go much faster now too. If both of us are feeding you it takes about 15-20 minutes. If one of us is feeding you back to back, it takes about 30-45 minutes.
  • You have started smiling in this last month, and I love when you're in a happy and alert state and give me little grins.
  • You have spit up more in this last month, but I'm thankful it isn't anything close to how much Sadie used to spit up.
  • You actually like when Daddy gives you baths. You usually don't start to cry until after the bath and I have to dry you off and clothe you.
  • When I walk into the living room and seeing one of you and Daddy asleep on the couch together.
  • I love that we don't have to rock you to sleep. We generally feed you and swaddle you and lay you down awake - you put yourselves to sleep which is so nice.
  • You've gotten used to being swaddled, sometimes even putting your arms down at your side as if to say "I'm ready."
  • You use pacis more and more, which I guess is ok for now. Since there is two of you, sometimes it's necessary to use the paci to quiet one of you down while we are feeding or holding the other.
  • You're drinking about 3.5 - 4.5oz at each feeding, and sometimes is varies a lot from one feeding to the next. I'd love if it was a little more consistent.
  • You're awake more during the day which is fine because most of the time you're happy and will just look around the room from your bouncy seat.
  • You're "routine" usually consists of an eat, play, sleep cycle. This really worked with Sadie and I can already see you getting into the habit of "playing" after you eat instead of going directly to sleep.
  • How fast I've gotten at feeding you, changing you, swaddling you, putting you in car seats, getting you in and out of cars, packing the diaper bag, dressing you, and preparing the formula and bottles... Daddy and I have become machines.
  • You like to make contact with people and can follow objects with your eyes when they are close enough to you.
  • You don't go back to the doctor for your 2 month checkup until next week, but I think you weigh around 9 or 10 pounds... we'll see.
  • You are still sleeping in the packnplay in our bedroom, but I have a feeling you'll move to your cribs soon since you are sleeping for longer periods of time at night.
  • You still like being next to each other, but sometimes you'll flail your arms around so much that you actually hit each other!
  • We've put you in your bumbo seats some and while you're still a bit unsteady, you've gotten so good at holding your head up.
  • You also like to be put at our shoulders and hold your head up... I can't believe how good you've gotten at it.
  • You're just starting to grow out of some of your newborn onesies and filling out your 0-3 month ones. Some of the newborn pants are definitely too short.
  • How Sophie has "charlie brown hairs" on her head like Sadie did.
  • How confident I've gotten in being able to tell you two apart.
  • The rythemic sounds you make when you're drinking a bottle at the same time... I love that sound.
  • It's still so warm outside that most of the time you just wear a tshirt or onesie and have only had to wear socks one or two times.
  • I love the new expressions that I'm starting to see on your faces... from smiling or even laughing (pretty sure it was gas) you continue to light up my life every single day.
I can't wait to see what this next month has in store for us!

Love,
Mom