Hannah is 2 Months!

Our Hannah Lynn is 2 months old!  

I would love to say that time has flown by but its been the longest 8 weeks of my life:).  

Developments:

*She is tracking people and objects.

*She has found her fist, at times, and enjoys watching them along with her feet in the bouncer.

*She is starting to smile more and more.  I used to just get 1 smile (that I worked very hard for after her afternoon feeding) but now I get a smile after every feeding.

*She is learning to be independent in her bouncer or have floor time now for 15 minutes or so (yes we are just getting some independent time!)

*I can officially calm her down now!  I learned the trick.  If she gets over tired or overstimulated its not good.  When she shows the first sign of getting tired I swaddled her, carry her cradle style with the binki pushed up against me to she can suck on it or not, and I pace.  I have a few "tracks" I walk in my house until she is tired enough to be put down.  I used to let her cry it out but the crying would never stop:(.  She's just not ready for that yet so I need to help her sleep because she NEEDS sleep.  At first she would only sleep 30 minutes before each feeding but now we're getting to over an hour with help:).    Most of the time I have to walk for a good 15 minutes but sometimes its a good 30 or more.  Sometimes she'll still wake up too early so I pace again.  We're making progress people!

*Sleeping is changing.  While Jared was gone for the 2nd week in a row, she slept 3 nights of 8 1/2 hours and I had to wake her up but she is still waking up around 5 am.  I have a hard time "topping her off" at 10pm so maybe we need to readjust her schedule:).

*I'm starting to be able to dress her up!  Before changing her clothes was such a chore because she would cry and "thrash", yes our daughter is a "thrasher", that it would rile her up so much it wasn't worth it.  She has been in sleepers for the first 2 months but I'm starting to change her clothes now in the morning, hooray for cute girl clothes!

Stats:

*Weight 10.6lbs    53%

*Height  22.8in     75%

*Head Circ  15in   41%

Still her most common face

Happy 2 Months Hannah Lynn!  

We are so blessed to have you even though you keep us on our toes:).