For my Mother's Day present, Samuel turned 2 months old. My goodness, little guy, stop growing!
He is the sweetest, most awesome little baby. He hardly cries. The only times he cries are if he is hungry, wants his pacifier, or is tired. He'll just play on his mat or sit in his chair and look around. It's so easy to forget he is there, especially with Matthew dominating the house. Yesterday we had our 14 and 15 year old babysitters come over to watch Matthew while we went for our Saturday long run and this time I left Samuel with them, also. Who leaves their 2 month old baby with a 14 year old? Well, he is just such a good baby they had no trouble. He didn't cry for the whole 2 hours. He just looked around and eventually fell asleep.
His latest trick is that he now smiles. I am trying to see if he will cooperate and smile at the camera. I had forgotten how sweet their little smiles are and how they make you feel like you're doing something right.
He continues to eat quite well and his sleeping has improved dramatically. He sleeps through the night pretty much regularly. For the record, however, I do not. My milk supply is out of control and I wake up in the middle of the night to pump (I tell myself it's worth it to stock up our deep freeze). If he sleeps past 7 in the morning (on Saturday and Sunday mornings he slept till about 8:30 or 9:00 after having gone to bed at 11....) I have to give in and just pump all my milk out--about 12 or 13 ounces. Luckily, he'll take a bottle, though he only eats about half of what I pumped. So, basically, I have enough milk to feed twins. I am very grateful to have this "problem" and so I'm not really trying to cut back the supply (yet). I'll give it several months like I did with Matthew before I attempt to reign it in.
Samuel went to the doctor for his 2 month check up. Of course, he was upset greatly by getting shot 3 times, but other than that he says it wasn't so bad. He weighs 11 pounds 3 oz (35%) and is 23 inches long (51%). The doctor's office measured him at 20 inches when he was at the doctors office at 3 days old and not 22 inches like the hospital, so I'm not sure who is wrong. I suppose I should measure him myself to see. He seems quite long to me.
It's amazing to me how different I can already tell my children are. When I put Matthew on his tummy he would always push up and lift his head. He rolled over for the first time on his 2 month birthday (this trend continued, he walked at 10 months and now throws a ball as well as his 4 year old cousin). Samuel just sits there like a sack of potatoes and roots around for something to suck on. He isn't too thrilled with picking his head up off the mat, though I know he can do it. Matthew is quite the athlete, so maybe this means Samuel will be different. Who knows. We are working on more tummy time to encourage him to use his neck. He can hold it up pretty well when we're holding him, I guess he just doesn't love he mat.
And now for some pictures:
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