TWO Months!

Yikes! 2 months (almost 3!) with our sweet little Harlow Noelle has come and gone!

This past month flew by, which isn’t a surprise since it was our last month home together. Harlow has been in school (the Ladybugs’ room) for the last 2 weeks and is adjusting well. Her lack of sleeping during the day is helping us out at night time. Of course it means she is ready for bed by 6pm – giving me only a few minutes to see her while she is awake. I remember these days with Blair… it breaks my heart how little time we have together. Hopefully once she gets a little older, she will stay up later. She pulls about 2 wake-ups during the night. Generally the first one comes between 11pm or 12am (which Daddy takes), then another one anywhere between 3 – 5am. My alarm goes off at 4:30am, so more often than not, I am already awake. We are swaddling Harlow at night, which seems to help her sleep for longer stretches without waking herself up. It helped with Blair, so we figured we would try it on Little Bit. So far so good. Harlow (unlike Blair) is a paci baby. She doesn’t use it all of the time, mostly when she is tired and needs that (and a good snuggle) to drift off to her sweet dreams. Have I mentioned that she is a cuddler? THE BEST. She is just like Blair… so sweet!

Harlow is eating about 4oz at each feeding (which is about every 2 ½ to 3 hours). When I looked back at Blair’s records and logs, she was eating 6oz at a time! We need to get this girl on that feeding schedule! She is in Size 1 diapers and still in 3 month sized clothes. She is too small for 6 month clothes, but it wont be long until we ditch the 3 month clothes for 3-6 month sizes. She is a long, skinny little thing. Looking back at pictures of Blair at this point, they look very similar, but Blair had squishier cheeks. At 2 – 3 months, they both look like little dolls! So sweet!

Here are Lo’s 2 month stats: 

Weight - 11lbs, 14.8oz (50%)

Height – 24.88” (100%)

HC – 16” (90%)

We are officially passed that really gassy stage that Harlow went through. You know, the kind where she cries after eating and you can hear the air in her tummy. I think the change of formula (Enfamil Gentlease) and her system maturing totally fixed the situation. We do still use gas / Mylicon drops, because when I don’t use them, she’s gassy. Go figure. At least the gas is mostly gone. We have a much happier baby, and household.

I don’t want to speak too soon, but Harlow just might be my easy baby. I certainly did not think that in the first few weeks when she was miserable with gas, but things have evened out and she is much more laid back and mellow (unless, of course, you aren’t holding her in the position she likes). Her teachers at school always tell us how sweet and cuddly she is – and how she almost never cries (unless she is getting her diaper changed). Maybe “easy” isn’t the correct term, but laid back may be more fitting.

Some of the things that Miss Harlow loves are: Mommy, Daddy, Blair, taking baths, cooing and ‘telling stories,’ snuggling up next to anyone that will let her,  being carried ‘up’  like a big girl (upright – not cradled like a baby), being tickled by Daddy, looking out windows, and sleeping on anyone’s chest (its lights out for her when this happens).

Some of the things that Harlow does not like: being in her car seat when the car is not moving, having a dirty diaper changed, getting saline in her nose, being carried around (cradled) like a baby, sudden loud sounds (like someone laughing), being hungry.

We are loving the sweet baby girl smiles from our girl and her sweet disposition. We are completely smitten with this little love… especially Blair. ♥