We've had an even better second month with our second daughter! She's a keeper!! :)
Showing off her chunky thighs!
Lydia now weighs nearly 13 1/2 pounds, putting her in the 95 percentile for weight!! I need to measure her length...
Even though the 0-3 month version of this onesie was loose on her last month, this 3-6 month size fits her fine just one month later!
And yes, I have fun playing "dress up" with our content baby girl!
I've told Jake that I can't decide which I love more about Lydia: that she's a chubby baby, or that she sleeps so well through the night! Apart from her first few nights after birth, she has NEVER been awake more than a few minutes after a feeding during the night. Some nights she doesn't really get to sleep until late (11pm or a little later), but then she SLEEPS! She gives me 5-6, or even 6 1/2 hours, before going back to eating every 3-4 hours throughout the early morning and day. The past 5 nights in a row she's only woken once to eat before 8 or 8:30am, which means a 8-9 hour stretch. WOW!!
And then, the very exciting part for me after depressing struggles with my first: SHE GAINS WEIGHT SO WELL!!! Every week when I weight her, I'm amazed at the weight gain, which is usually a pound! At 2 months, she's a whole pound more than I weighed at the same time and not much less than Jake who was always a big baby. I guess the most amazing number is she is a whole FIVE pounds more than Sophia was at 2 months!!
Knowing all of this, I'm really surprised that we haven't had a difficult "growth spurt" time yet where milk production can't keep up. If anything, I feel like she eats normally most of the time, with some days or nights where she's not that interested or only takes one side before being content. With Sophia, the growth spurts were SO hard for both of us! As much as she needed them, I dreaded them. This time, I can actually feel like a good mother who provides well for her baby.
She is becoming more social! Often when she first sees me after a nap, her eyes light up and she gives me a huge grin. I haven't managed to get a good picture yet, with my slow camera. She's starting to coo and gurgle a bit at us, too!
Sharing her beloved shoes with baby sister :)
Sophia is doing better the past few weeks (yeah!!!). She seems to be accepting Lydia, and was very excited to point out the picture of "idia" (with all her siblings) on our fridge last week. I can nurse in front of her without a meltdown, and she's been a lot more gentle with her overall, although in the blink of an eye she can get rough and make Lydia cry, so we have to keep a close eye on them when Lydia is within Sophia's reach.
I often think how great it is that Lydia is so laid-back, and takes good long naps, so that I can give Sophia the attention she demands, particularly when she wakes up cranky from a nap or is hungry but won't eat anything we offer her. (Sophia also bit through her tongue a few weeks ago right before church, the same morning she woke up throwing up. High maintenance, much?!)
Sophia loving on Lydia during a particularly happy mood (silly blogger flipped the pictures):
Sophia reliving her "baby days" in Lydia's crib! The boys and I just had to let her do it for a laugh. :)
She usually goes down for a nap very well. Part of that could be her personality, but I also worked hard on "sleep training" when she turned 2 weeks - falling asleep in her crib without too many "props", or doing certain things (holding, walking, rocking, etc.). Sometimes I'd love to just hold her while she sleeps, but life with so many children doesn't often allow it.
In matching pj's for Daddy's birthday!
Sophia playing baby again, on her former baby play mat that Lydia is starting to use
More pictures from the past month!
Lydia's Bolivian ID card, yeah! And took less than two hours in the ID office.
Catching a snooze while Daddy works
Wearing the same little "bear" jacket Sophia wore! Even though it's size 3 months, she's already outgrown it and only wore it twice, oops!
June 11, meeting Uncle Luke for the first time
June 12, hanging out with Aunt Amy (who has declared her a sweet cuddle-bug, and I agree!)
Sisters on "the rock" at the Cristo (for more pictures click here.)
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