Abby is 2 Months Old!

This first two months has flown by! Abby is doing great. At her well-baby check up Abby is 11 lbs 5 oz (50%), 24 3/4 in. tall (95%), and head size of 15 1/4 in. (25%). So far she is very tall, skinny, with a small head. As an interesting comparison Owen at his 2month check up was 11 lbs 14 oz (50%), 23 3/4 in. tall (75%) and head size of 16" (50%).

At 7 weeks she started smiling more. She especially loves to smile at Gramp (my dad), at her star (which Owen loved at that age too), and at the fan. Although in general she seems like a fairly serious baby. She is generally a very easy going baby. Cries only when she's really hungry or overtired. Both are very easy to fix - feed her or rock her.

Her cries can be very, very loud - boy does she have lungs. But she very rarely breaks out the full-on cry like I said. She talks a LOT - but her talking is very soft and sweet. She especially talks with her star. You can tell that she's trying to learn to creat actual sounds. Really playing with forming her mouth to make the sounds. Mostly she sounds like a little cat.

She's holding up her head pretty well. And she's rolled from her tummy to her back a few times. Usually she's been on a slant of some sort to give her a little help. But you can tell she's trying to roll. And she prefers to be held sitting up and looking out at the world. Very intersted in seeing what's going on.

We think she's going to be a thumb or finger sucker. She really tries to get those hands in the mouth - just needs to figure out how to open up her hands which still stay in fists quite a bit.

We think she looks more and more like Owen as a baby. She's starting to get his lashes (which is awesome - he has beautiful lashes). Her face is starting to shape more like his (previously she had much, much bigger cheeks than he'd had at that age).

Per previous posts, she's sleeping through the night. We had a milestone just last night (7/8). She didn't need help staying asleep until about 5:30am, and never needed to be pulled into bed with us in her snuggle nest. 1st time she's stayed in her bassinett all night long!!! From around 10pm to around 7am. She needs a little pacifier help to stay down starting around 5am, but only for about 30-60 minutes and then she's out again.

Owen is doing better and better with her. He's loved her from the beginning and still loves to hold her and give her kisses. He tells her he loves her every night unprompted. He loves to show her things and tell her what they are. But now he's also doing better about sharing her with Abby. In CO we had a breakthrew. He and Robbie were holding Abby and Owen got up and walked away to play, leaving Robbie to hold Abby alone! We're so proud of him! Now he won't completely freak out when he sees Robbie holding her. Depending on the mood he's in he'll either immediately ask Robbie to hold him instead (but usually patiently and not screaming) or he'll just keep playing. Great steps!!

She is a little sweetheart and we love her more every day! Can't wait to see what's next!