Anna: You are TWO Months!

(I know, I know....she's already over three months old...going to post that one tomorrow, I promise! I'm behind!)

Today is Monday, July 22, 2013. Anna, you are TWO months old!

You were weighed on July 8th, and you weighed 9lbs 6oz! Totally blew my mind, you still look like such a peanut! You gained 39 ounces in 33 days, so you are doing great with your eating! On July 23rd, you weighed 10lbs 2oz (25th%) and were also in the 25th% for height. You also got your first set of shots that day and you have had a slight fever and not much appetite since then. :(

You eat 4-5 ounces every 3.5-4 hours. I really am trying to stretch you to the four hour mark, but sometimes I just can't. I know you are still little yet, so we will keep working on this. 

You are still on all breast milk. I gave you four ounces of Similac Sensitive a few nights ago to see if it would make you less fussy and help you sleep, but it didn't. By the second bottle, you wouldn't drink it at all. UPDATE: You have improved on this and are now getting formula at night and breast milk during the day (because no matter what, you still seem fussier on breast milk and tend to throw up so much more!).

You sick your bottle down in 10 minutes for Daddy and take forever with me....like I have all the time in the world. You are very smart, my love.

I am giving you 2ml of mylanta about 3-4 times per day to help with acid reflux, and it seems to be working well, along with gas drops. I swear none of my children have been as gassy as you.

You can be a very fussy and demanding baby. I don't think you got the memo that you are baby #5 in this house!

You are wearing size 1 diapers and are about to go to size 2 as soon as we use the size 1's up.

You are wearing Newborn clothes and some 0-3, and 3 month clothing. You are almost out of all your newborn clothing and we are sending most of them to your new cousin, Ally, who is due very soon. :)

You have become very aware of me. You won't let me put you down or leave your site for more than a few minutes or you start screaming. It's exhausting, but I know you will get through it. You are my fifth child, after all.

You have found the fish on your mobile above your swing and you love them and I love watching you stare at them with your big blue eyes.

You have had some long patches of sleep at night, going from about 8pm to 3am, but mostly you are up every 4-6 hours at night, and sometimes you whine in between feedings and it drives me crazy. Those are the nights when Mommy gets NO sleep and then functioning all day with your four sisters and you, gets extremely tiring. You are a very light sleeper, need your binki and very attached to the vibrate setting right now. Opps!

You love your binki.

You get a bath every other night, and you love it. You can be so fussy and then as soon as I put you in the sink, you quiet down and love it.

You have just started smiling. You smile so much more at your Daddy than me.  :( Do you know I carried you for 37 weeks and gave birth to you and feed you around the clock every day and night???

Your sisters are obsessed with you. They love helping me with you in any way and I am so appreciative of the help, even if it is from three two-year-olds. They love to say, "baby cryin" and "shhhh, baby seepin" while putting their finger over their mouth. It's so cute. Claire also says "baby bottle mommy's milk". Very smart girls, I must say.

You love the vibrate settings now and I am trying not to make you become dependent on it.

You are very bright-eyed and love looking all around at your surroundings when you are awake.

You love to suck on your fingers and fists.

We call you Anna, Annabelle, Anna-Kate, Anna-poo, monkey-moo-moo, and Rah-Rah (because when you scream it sounds like a dinosaurs screaming "rahhhhh").

You are still sleeping in our room, but please be assured, if we had more space, you would so be in your own room!

You still have the sweetest little light fuzz on your head for hair and it's a very light brown.

Your eyes are blue.

You are really starting to kick your legs and bat your arms. 

You have started cooing and "talking", especially when someone is smiling at you!

You stare at me all the time! If you don't see me, you scream!

As of July 26th, you are sleeping on your belly. You did great and slept from 10:30pm to 4am! All of your sisters have always done much better on their bellies for sleep and I was waiting for you to be able to also. You turn your head great from side to side and we have been practicing lots.

Here are some photos from the last month:

One of our special NICU nurses gave us this outfit and it's one of my favorites!