Two Months Old

Graham went to the doctor last week for his two month old check up. He weighs 11 lbs 9.5 oz and measures 23 inches tall. This puts him at the 50th percentile for both weight and height for his age. And the doctor says he's doing great! As he laid on the table moving his arms and legs and making lots of noises, Dr. Lee said "Oh, you must be talking, singing, and reading to him"-which we are. It's exciting to know that our efforts are paying off and helping Graham develop.

He is growing so fast and it's been fun to see all of his recent changes. The smiles are coming fast and furious and it just melts our hearts! He's just starting to figure out he has hands which he can control. He puts them to his mouth, usually when he's holding on to mom and dad's fingers. He is also starting to reach for toys hanging above his head. We're also exercising his sight by moving toys back and forth in front of him and he is doing a great job following their movement with his eyes.

He still eats about 8 times per day and around 25 oz per day. We're doing what they call combination feeding. We breastfeed and give bottles (either with expressed milk or formula). Luckily, he could care less where he's getting the food from just as long as he's eating! His last feeding of the day usually takes place between 7:30-9 p.m. and he will give us at least 6 hours of sleep before his next feeding. That is his longest sleep stretch of the day. The rest of his naps are usually small cat naps (20-30 minutes) or about 1-3 hours depending on the time of day and how long he has been awake.

Yesterday, we hit another big milestone. We give Graham tummy time daily. He lays on his stomach on the play mat for 10-15 minutes per day and we encourage him to lift his head with his neck and lift his chest with his arms. He prefers to be on his back, but such is life and his mean parents have to intervene lay him on his tummy every once in a while. Well, yesterday he was pushing with his arms and had his chest off the ground and one of his hands gave out. Then as he tried to straighten it out again it gave him just enough push to roll from his tummy to his back! I didn't really think he was going to be able to do it so I didn't run to get the video camera. I'm sure we'll have plenty of other chances to catch it on video-but it was pretty exciting.