What 2 Months Has Brought

Dear Victor,

You are 2 months today. It is amazing to think that it has been 2 months already… and hard to believe that it has only been 2 months since you arrived, all at the same time.

Today was your 2-mo doctor appointment. You are so big, 12 lb 3 oz--almost double your birth weight! You pack it onto a shortish frame though, just 22 ½ in long.

The doctor really liked your name… Victor Victorious, he called you. You went through your shots like a champ, hollering for about 20 seconds, and then giving me smiles while I got you dressed again.

But after your first trip to MOMS (which you ate and slept and charmed your way through), you started hurting pretty bad at home, and it was a horrible time until we pulled out the infant Tylenol (and went through the extended ordeal of waiting for a nurse at the peds office… waited on hold for 11 min, accidentally pushed a button to leave a message, so had to call back and start over again, phone battery dying, on hold again for another 10-ish minutes…).

You’re still a bit fitful, but you are currently watching your mobile in your crib, though the kicks and waves are more subdued than normal.

This month has revealed:

• You seem to have Momma’s hair color, nearly exactly (especially in the back where it’s thickest).

• You are a spitter… the doc thinks you have some acid reflux (we’re trying to decide if you need medicine for that). It is your particular specialty, while burping after a meal, to throw your head to the side so that you spit straight down Momma’s front. Thank you, son.

• The vast majority of people see Daddy in you most. But 3 people in the last week have told me that you perhaps have my eyes.

• You’re getting to be a pretty good sleeper. Generally you eat around 9:30 or 10pm and then at 2am and 6am, and you most always put yourself back to sleep between times.

• You’re in size 1 diapers, and almost ready for 2s, I think. Still not too many blowouts (and Oxy Clean has done its wonder work on those…) I have a pile of sleepers in the corner that you have already out-grown (and that makes me a little sentimental).

• You hang out in the Baby Bjorn for church and small group (so most of the church only knows you by your legs and the top of your head), and you like that pretty well, even when it’s naptime or bedtime.

• Your schedule has fallen into place really well. You have Crabby Hour from 9-10am and 4:30-5:30pm… but even those aren’t always too crabby anymore. Happy Hour is first thing in the morning and after your mid-day nap and feeding!

• You are a real cutie when you give us your smile. Sometimes when we peek in to check on you in your crib, you’ll catch a glimpse and flash a big grin… and we’re sunk. (I can let you cry it out when needed, but I cannot walk away from your smile…) On the changing table after your afternoon snack is probably your most animated time, and we’ll get giggles and coos and big, open-mouthed smiles from you then. We love it!

It’s been a wonderful, challenging, perplexing, and sweet 2 months, baby boy. We love you!