2 Months Old!

I can't believe Emery is already 2 months old, this month has been so much fun!  She turned 2 months on May 8th, so I'll try to recap below... good thing I keep a "notes" file on my iphone from week to week or else I would not remember all these details!

SLEEP!

Emery has consistently slept at night 8 hours, wake up to feed, then 3 or 4 hours until the next feeding.  At 8 weeks (when we got home from our Raleigh trip) she started sleeping in her crib in the nursery for some naps and at night time.  She does not sleep as long as she used to in the bassinet (went from 8-9 hours at night to now 7 hrs) but we think it's because she's less cuddly in there and it's harder to get her to sleep on her side like she used to.  Once we moved her to the crib it does take her longer to go to sleep and relies on the paci more to soothe her.  

She still is not a good napper during the day but we really can't complain since she does so well at night!  She will take longer naps on us then if we put her down alone, so this is how I blog a lot of the time :)

She also still prefers to sleep on her tummy on our chests.

EATING!

She's a great eater still and isn't falling asleep as much, YEAH!  Emery was eating around 3.5 to 4 ounces I THINK this month, and still on a 3 hour schedule.  She hit a growth spurt around 7 weeks and starting eating 4.5 ounces.  She also started to get a little picky between positions and sometimes I would have to switch her between the cradle and football hold depending on her "mood".  My only concern this month with nursing was not knowing how much she was eating.  But since she was 75% for weight at her check up the doctor said not to worry that she's obviously eating fine!  Those cheeks are getting big!!

RANDOMS!

-She started SMILING (week 5)!!  It's by far the most exciting thing she's started doing yet, and Kyle and I will do whatever it takes to get her to smile over and over... whether it's talking really funny or mimicking her facial expressions.  She is by far the happiest in the mornings right after I nurse her.

- She does not care if she has a wet or dirty diaper... nice!  She loves the changing table and never has cried on it before. 

- She is still such a content baby.  I love her awake time when she smiles so much and takes everything in.  She fights sleep for about 2 minutes, but overall we feel so blessed how she is not fussy!

- She still loves bath time just hates getting out of the warm water.  We think it's just too drastic of a change going from hot to cold for her.  Luckily the crying only lasts a minute until she's dressed and swaddled and then she sleeps amazing!  

- Everyone still says that she looks exactly like Kyle with her darker complexion.  She's still holding on to her blue/green eyes of mine though!

-Around 6 weeks she started talking back to us.  It takes so much effort and she has to kick her legs for a while but then the sweetest sound comes out.  She especially does it if we open our mouths really wide like we are trying to talk too.  Here is a video of when she first started talking: (I apologize in advance for my voice)

-She started to turn her head back and forth A LOT to look at everything (7 weeks).  She is not the normal baby with one bald spot in the back, hers is more of a U on the back of her head from how much she turns it.  Her neck is so strong!

-She started reaching out and touching the toys that hang down from her car seat handle.  All of a sudden we'll hear a little jingle and it's her slapping it.  She still doesn't have exact arm control by any means but she can hit those things if she tries hard enough.

- Emery had her first road trip to Raleigh and did AWESOME!  My friend, Amy, let us on to her trick of what she does while traveling in the car and it worked perfect for us.  Bottle feeding is faster then nursing so I would pump in the car then we would stop and feed her.  Timing is EVERYTHING though and you have to leave your stops as soon as she is done eating or else you are stopping a lot!  Here's Ky at one of our stops:

- I have started putting bibs on her ALL THE TIME as she spits up a ton after I feed her.  I get nervous when other people want to hold her because I don't want them to get covered in spit up as well, so I make sure to warn everyone!

- She loves to play on her mat and is tolerating tummy time a little more now, but definitely prefers to be on her back looking at everything around her and kicking her legs.  When she gets fed up with tummy time she'll put her face straight down and scream into the floor. Here is a video of her talking during play time... too cute!

- She fits in 0-3, and 3 month clothing perfectly.  Those newborn clothes are getting tight!

- Kyle traveled a lot this month, so Emery was not liking it when he tried to soothe her as she wasn't real sure about him.  We had the longest Saturday of our lives when every time she fussed Kyle picked her up.  It was very hard knowing that if I held her for a second she would calm down, but it was very important to us that she can relax with Kyle too.  By Sunday Kyle had it down pat and it's so cute how Emery gives him the biggest smiles when he gets home from work now.  I think she was just trying to trick him into not traveling... and I'm not complaining about that :)

And lastly here are some of my iphone pics of Emery this past month:
(the pics aren't aligned evenly but I don't have time to fix it right now!)