2 Months

Two months does not seem like a lot of time but Avery has changed a ton since she was born! I look back at old pictures, and she looks so different now. Here's what she's up to...

Sleeping- Avery has slept in her swing every night since she was 3 weeks old. She usually sleeps about 5-7 hours, wakes up and eats, then goes back to sleep in the bassinet for a couple more hours. Billy and I have been talking a lot lately about moving her to the bassinet for the whole night. I've been so nervous about getting no sleep that I hadn't tried it...until last night. I was feeling daring (and well rested) so I put her in the bassinet at 10:30. She slept until 3:00 am which wasn't too bad! I was expecting to be up at midnight. After feeding her, I put her back in her bassinet. She made a grunting sound that made it impossible to sleep through so after 30 minutes, I put her in her swing. The same thing happened at 5:30. We are going to keep trying and hopefully by her 3 month post we will be successful!

First official nap in her crib

Eating- I have a healthy eater on my hands! I was so desperate to put the pounds on her at first but now I don't have to worry. She has gotten some huge cheeks! I'm not sure how much she weighs (we find out next week). I can't wait to see how big she's gotten. She is still exclusively breastfeeding, and she eats about every 2 1/2 to 3 hours which totals about 6-8 times a day.

One problem that Avery has been facing is stomach issues. I think all new babies have some problems with this so I am not overly concerned. She will have really good days where she feels great and other days that she doesn't. On her bad days, her belly feels really tight, and she doesn't sleep during the day. She is more fussy on these days also. I'm trying to cut out dairy to see if this helps. Strangely enough, I have noticed that I ate at Lenny's on two separate occasions, and she felt horrible the next day. I've read that their little digestive systems are immature at this age and just take time to develop so hopefully this will happen soon!

Avery has started to really enjoy her playmat and is grabbing at her toys now. It is so much fun to watch her interact with us and her toys. She smiles a lot now, and I can't wait for her to giggle. Unfortunately, she only giggles in her sleep! She has really good control of her head and doesn't hate tummy time as much as she used to. She is a very opinionated little girl and will definitely let us know if she doesn't like something by shouting at us with what we call her teenage girl scream. It is a high pitched screech that she does once and then stops. This makes me a little nervous about her adolescent phase!

I can grab my toys!



Avery also is obsessed with being outside. She loves sitting in our backyard or going on walks.
I was worried at first that she would get too hot but she doesn't seem to mind!

Here are some pictures from this month...

My cute new shoes and purse- Thanks Jackie and Pete!!!

Hanging out with Grammy

Already a Seinfeld fan


Meeting Samantha, her second cousin (I think?)

Look, I graduated from my bath insert!

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