Cora 2 months

At 2 months, Cora…

-          Gives us lots of smiles every day.  She has also laughed a handful of times when someone is talking to her or playing with her.  She usually has a period in the morning and one in the evening where she reacts really happily to people interacting with her.

-          Makes funny little squeals/coos.

-          Does not mind tummy time.  She lays on the floor, on her tummy, at least twice a day.  She can also hold her chest up off the floor already.

-          Is a cuddler.  She likes to grab onto me and my hair, etc.  If she is upset, she will calm down pretty quickly when she is held.  We like to snuggle.

-          Is a very relaxed baby.  She goes with the flow.

-          Can get very gassy.  In the evening or during the night, I always hold her with her legs to her tummy and she lets it all loose.  Occasionally I will give her gas drops if she is particulary umcomfortable.  If she is not eating or sleeping well, gas is usually the culprit.

-          Speaking of bowels:  an interesting/weird thing is that she has a green poop every night.  She has multiple poops during the day/night that are your usual tan color but she has at least one green one each night right before she goes to bed.

-          Hardly ever spits up.  It is crazy because with Elsie we went through many burps cloths each day.  With Cora, I still have a bag full in storage because we rarely need to use them.

-          Sleep: the longest stretch Cora has gone between feedings has been 7.75 hours.  The average over the last week or so has been between 5-7 hours.  She has her last feeding between 7:30-8:30 and usually wakes up to eat between 1-3.  After that feeding she usually goes back down for 2-3.5 hours.  She usually wakes up for the day between 6:30-7:30.

-            I haven’t yet started any nap schedule but have noticed lately that Cora will have a shorter nap in the morning, about 30 minutes and then sleeps through a lot of the afternoon.  Sometimes she will take a 4 hour nap, only waking once to eat.

-          She still sleeps in the bassinet in our room but I am going to transition her to the crib this week sometime and then start naps there as well.

-          Eating:  Cora generally wakes twice in the night to eat and eats about 6 times during the day for 8 feedings total.  She has had a bottle on two occasions.  The first time, my mom fed her a 4 oz bottle and she said it went super well.  The second time they watched her and tried giving her a bottle, she just wouldn’t take it.  They tried for about an hour and at the end she ended up taking about a half ounce.  When we got home, Matthew was able to get her to eat 1.5 more ounces but then she refused it again after being burped….so I ended up dumping 2 ounces of breastmilk.  I know we need to start practicing the bottle more at some point.

-          Won’t take a pacifier.  We bought some after she turned 6 weeks and she hated them.  I bought another kind after that and she used it the first time but has refused ever since.  It would be nice to have something she could use to help soothe her in the night or when I can’t feed her right away but oh well.

-          Her eyes are still a deep blue color.  She continues to look cross eyed at times but also does a really good job focusing on our faces when we talk to her.  The doc said she may just have a weak muscle on the one side and let’s continue to watch to see how things change.

-          Weight:  12 pounds 2 ounces, 76%

-          Length:  23.5 inches, 87%

-          Head:  40.5 cm, 86%

Love this girl so much..........