Two Months

Daddy and Charlie playtime!

We had Charlette's two month appointment on Tuesday. The doctor said his every appointment lecture on reading books and listening to classical music everyday. Tummy time everyday. No TV. Alone time with mommy and alone time with daddy separately. Also alone time for mommy and daddy. He is very funny when it comes to these things.

We try to do all of these things... the hard one is for mommy and daddy to go places without Charlie. We always take her with us where ever we go. Oh and she loves TV. I don't set her in front of the TV for her to watch it but she will turn her head to watch it. She loves it so much. All the colors and movement must capture her attention. She loves reading books and listening to music so those are easy ones.

The doctor put her on her belly to see how she holds herself up....she does really good. She pushes herself up using her elbows now. Anyway he was looking at that and she rolled right over. He said "Honestly, don't even worry about her just worry about yourselves." So she is doing well.

I am still nursing and it is going well because she weighs 13 lbs now. This is the 95th percentile for her weight. She is 23 1/2 inches long and this is the 83rd percentile for length.

She then had to get shots. One oral and three shots. One of the shots had 3 vaccines in it. She turned purple because she was crying and nothing was coming out. Then after the nurse was done she only cried for a min. She never got a fever so she did very well. She was a little bit sleepier than normal for a couple days afterward but that was it. She will go back for her 4 month checkup.

Today we went to the pumpkin patch. We went to one right in Coleman. This will probably be a yearly trip from here on out. She enjoyed it I think. She never fussed. She slept through part of the hay ride and she was awake for everything else (we were there for two hours!)

Charlie is 8 weeks

We are doing GREAT! She is as cute and stubborn as ever. She is sleeping good almost every night....waking up twice a night. When she does not want to go to sleep though...it is the end of the world. She will scream until she gives up and falls asleep ... which usually takes at least an hour. Just today she was awake from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Can you believe she can stay awake that long. At about noon she maxed out and cried and cried until she finally fell asleep. I just tested out milk again to see how she would react and it seemed to be ok. I think she was just trying to get used to daycare. Or, it might have been the amount of milk I was drinking. That was pretty much all I was drinking. So anyway she is not lactose intolerant...I don't think!

She is a happy girl (most of the time) She is cooing but still no giggles. I just waiting and waiting for them. She has the biggest smiles. She seems to always smile when I sing her "twinkle twinkle little star". And if she is fussy all I have to do is give her a bath and it calms her down. She is kind of becoming a mommies girl. Sleepy in this pic. She is getting better at daycare with me not being able to be with her all the time but after the long weekend I have with her she usually has a rough day on Tuesdays. She really like one of the little girls at daycare! She sings to her and Charlette smiles and coos at her. If she is tired or crabby she usually won't let anyone but me or Joe to hold her without a fuss.

Tummy time. She is getting soooo strong! She is now rolling over from her belly to her back. I was not sure if she does it on purpose or if she just falls over and lands on her back. I am pretty sure she would get stuck on her side if it was just her falling over so I think she does it on purpose! If she is not in the mood to use her neck muscles and I put her on her belly she will cry and cry until I move her. She knows what she wants... that is for sure.

This is an outfit her daddy picked out for her! She was not too happy in this pic but I thought she looked too cute to not take a pic!

She is doing well. We are still looking for a Halloween costume...don't know? There will be another update after her doctor appointment on Monday. I can't wait to find out how much she has grown!