Month Two: Grunts McGee

And, just like that, Tasso is TWO months old! Jesh... stop growing up little man!

These past few weeks have been a bit more "memorable" because I haven't been in as much of a sleep haze as the first few weeks, thankfully, but they've still flown by in the blink of an eye.

2 months old!

Hanging by teddy

Rolls on rolls... not amused by mamarazzi

Tasso Thomas, you are seriously the CUTEST little baby ever. EVER! I know I'm biased because I'm your mommy... but that face... ah! It just melts my heart :) You are such a sweet baby. And, you've been making mommy and daddy's journey into parenthood pretty darn easy!

You have started getting more of a personality these past few weeks, and it's so much fun to watch you observe and grow each day. You are quite inquisitive and alert (you've been such an alert baby since day 1)! You like to look at your surroundings and take everything in... you especially love staring at ceiling fans, people's faces and your new mobile in your crib.

Sweetest little face :)

You love your activity mat

Mesmerized by your new mobile!

You are also very NOISY! Ha. You make so many sounds. As soon as you turned 4 weeks old, you started grunting. All of the time! Grunt, grunt, grunt. Happy grunts, hungry grunts, sleepy grunts... it is pretty darn cute :)  Those grunts have subsided into coos and you've been "talking" up a storm! We just love listening to you! And, we love to "talk" back to you... we have our own little conversation of "ohhs" and "ahhs" all day long.

And, you are such an active little guy.... ALL the time! When you dream... you flail your arms around and kick your legs and move your head back and forth... when we hold you, you like to squirm, squirm, squirm... when you lay on your back, you like to kick those little legs of yours... I can just tell that you want to move, move, move... and I get a glimpse of what my future has in store... ha :)

You also try to stand up when we hold you and launch off us... you are SO strong, it's unbelieveable that you're only 2 months old! You also like to roll onto your side or kick your legs up in the air, so I have a feeling you'll be rolling over soon! Watch out :)

2 MONTH OVERVIEW

MILESTONES

• Smiling - this happened around 4 weeks, and you're such a smiley little guy. We just love it when you smile (and when you smile in your sleep!)
• Cooing - you found your voice and you love to talk, talk, talk! It the sweetest little sound. EVER!
• Holding your head up (you've had pretty good head control for a while now) but you're pretty darn good and holding up that melon of yours

We had our first trip back to Madison

You had your 40-day blessing at church

We spent our first overnight in the city for mommy and daddy's 3rd anniversary celebration

LIKES

• Eating (duh!) just take a look at those rolls... 

• Looking around "observing" everything - you especially love looking at ceiling fans, your new mobile and people's faces

• Smiling and making faces - you have the sweetest little smile EVER! and you love to smile at daddy and mommy!

• Your bouncer - you moved on from your swing and you really like lounging and snoozing in your little bouncer

Sweetest smile!

I love all your little faces!

Snoozin' in your bouncer

Little lamb!

DISLIKES

• Sleeping in your crib (for more than 45 minutes) we're working on this one and hopefully you'll be snoozing in there in no time!

• Taking naps... you especially don't like to nap around other people as you're afraid you're going to miss you (what people like to call FOMO)

• Tummy time... you're still not the biggest fan of being on your belly for long periods of time, but you're getting really good at lifting

Hair: You lost your baby hair on top and your "new" hair is growing in... it's definitely darker and looks brown. We'll see what the final color will be :) 

Eyes: Your eyes are really dark, they look like they're bluish-brown, but I think they're turning brown.

Weight:

• Birth: 8lbs 4oz
• 1 week: 9lbs
• 1 month (5 weeks): 12lbs 11oz
• 2 months (9 weeks): 15lbs 1oz

Length:

• Birth: 20 1/4" (they told us you were 22 inches, which was false, as your official "record of birth" states otherwise!)
• 1 week: 21 1/4"
• 1 month (5 weeks): 23 1/4" 
• 2 months (9 weeks): 24 1/2"

Head:

• Birth: 34.5 cm
• 1 week: 37 cm
• 1 month (5 weeks): 39 cm
• 2 months (9 weeks) 41 cm

You're in the 92% for weight, 95% for height and 91% for your head. Our big, healthy boy!

Eating: you still eat every 2-3 hours during the day (sometimes more) and 4-6 hours at night. Bottom line, you just love to eat! We introduced a bottle around 4-5 weeks and you took it like a champ. We need to get better about feeding you a bottle more regularly (mommy hates the process of pumping, so we don't do it as often as we should...) but you drink about 2-3.5 oz when you do.

Sleep: you've gotten on a pretty good sleep routine of one stretch of 4.5 -6 hours and then another 3 hour stretch. You generally go to sleep between 7:30-8:30pm and you wake up for the day between 6:30-7:30am. The amount of time you sleep in between varies, but we're working on sleeping for longer periods of time (hopefully soon!). You still sleep in our room in your rock 'n play at night, but you either sleep in your crib or in your bouncer (or stroller or car seat) for naps. You still take quite a few "cat" naps during the day... usually 2 naps in the morning about 45 minutes to an hour each and 2 naps in the afternoon before bed... you usually don't sleep for more than 45 minutes to an hour (sometimes you'll do a longer stretch here and there) or stay awake longer than 2-3 hours at a time. We're working on transitioning you into your crib, so that's a work in progress!

Overall, you are such a happy, mellow little man. You are SO good around company and you are very mild mannered. The only time you get upset and/or cranky is when you get overtired and/or we don't feed you fast enough (just like daddy!). You have found your little voice though, so we hear your little "wahh" from time to time, but you make the cutest little cry face! Fortunately, we don't see it too often. You are such a joy and we just love you to pieces!

Here are a few pics of life lately...

Mom and dad's 3 year anniversary dinner!

Our sweet little fam 

Your 40 day blessing celebration with Papa Tom!

Your first trip to the city at the Lincoln Park Zoo

Mommy and Tasso

Daddy and Tasso

Chillin'

Look at those chins!

Little Tass-o-saurus Rex!

We love you SO much our little Tasso bean! Life with you just keeps getting better and better!

Adventures in Mommyhood

I've only been a mommy for a few short weeks so far, but here are a few things that I've learned along the way...

1. Snaps are the devil (buttons are even worse!)... bring on the zippers! Sleep deprivation + diaper changes = no fun at 2am when you have to snap snap snap...

2. It's all about the ONESIE. Honestly, you change so many diapers (and outfits) throughout the day, it becomes all about what's the easiest outfit to change, not what's cute... if I can't pull it over his head or easily get it on/off... it's not happening. Sorry cute little overalls and plaid button down, you require too much effort!

3. I've never washed my hands SO much in my life - maybe I didn't wash my hands enough before (gross, I know!) but I feel like I wash my hands 24/7 now that I have a baby. Change diaper. Wash hands. Feed baby. Wash hands. Eat. Wash hands. Repeat. Stock up on hand soap now!

4. I've never been SO excited about hearing a burp, fart or poop (or seeing a poopy diaper!)... but now the sound is music to my ears! Ha :) As I know little Tasso T will feel so much better afterwards... we even developed a song (and maybe a little dance) we sing to him... "Push it out, push it out. Push... it... out! Push it out, push it out. Push...it...out!"

5. Speaking of songs... I've made up the stupidest songs that I sing to Tasso all the time... "Tasso, Tasso Man... I want to be a Tasso Man!" to the tune of "Macho Man"... is just one of the many we have in our repertoire... for some reason, everything just becomes a song? I guess there's just something about singing to the baby that he seems to like (even in my tone deaf voice!)

6. Breastfeeding makes you so THIRSTY (and hungry!) all of the time! I have to keep a water bottle nearby at all times, or else...

7. Speaking of breastfeeding, there are so many things to say... but I would invest in a handful of good/comfortable nursing bras. If you're anything like me, you'll leak all over one or get covered in spit up and need to change throughout the day... so definitely have an extra on hand! It's SO necessary. And, nursing pads for your bra. Get LOTS of nursing pads. I think I go through like a box a week...

8. I've never been so comfortable going out in public looking like a hot mess. Makeup? Yeah right! As long as I have clothes on that aren't covered in spit up (or poop or pee), we're good!

9. Dressing has become all about comfort (and ease of breastfeeding) these days... if I can't easily pull my shirt/dress up or down, forget about it! My new daily uniform consists of workout pants/shorts, t-shirt and hair in a messy bun. Honestly, I'm not really mad about it... HA! I don't even want to think about getting dressed in "real" clothes every day...

10. And showers, I used to take showers for granted... now, it's a celebration if I get to take a shower each day... and washing my hair and shaving my legs... now that only happens for special occasions!

Welcome to mommyhood :)

But, I wouldn't change a thing (well, the sleep, I would definitely like more sleep...). But, I love my messy new life because now I have YOU!