2 Months Old

William is two months old. He keeps us laughing all the time. I don’t think I’ve bounced, swayed, or rocked more than I have these past two months. Here are some things about him:

*He has a big personality that matches his big size. He is Mr. Squirrly. He is our little squirrel because if he’s awake he’s squirreling around. He won’t hold still. His legs are always kicking. When we first met him on the ultrasound screen at 8 weeks all you could see was a bean with two legs kicking. We called him our little rabbit. He likes to move his arms too, sweaty tight fists, punching anything in his way, including his own face. That makes him mad. When he’s happy he’ll throw out happy punches. He doesn’t allow these ones to hit his face. He is our busy wild Will. Yesterday I put him in the front carrier to go out and he did not like that. His arms and legs were kicking and punching while his head was turning as he was screaming in my face. I had to laugh at how silly he looked.

*He can only take naps, or fall asleep at night by listening to the white noise of the oven fan, car rides, or long walks (And the blow dryer worked wonders for us this past weekend. Since winter is coming, and we don’t always have places to go, I’m hoping he’ll continue to like the oven fan. His faze of falling asleep to running water didn’t last long, which was okay with me since I’m not really into wasting water. When he does sleep he likes to arch his head way back and throw his arms up by the side of his head like a football goal. This is his favorite sleeping position.

*He likes taking naps in his chair just outside the kitchen door while the oven fan hums.

*When we swaddle him he’ll usually fight hard for his hands to be free.

*He is wearing clothing for a 3 month old, and sometimes clothing for a 6 month old. Last night I pulled out a warm long pajama (size 3 months) for him since the weather is getting chilly, and couldn’t believe it when I couldn’t zip it up. His legs were too long.

*He talks to us using different tones of ‘oohs’ and ‘aahhs’.

*He likes getting baths in the bathroom sink. He loves the freedom of shedding the diaper.

*He sleeps well at night but is big into fussing during the evening hours.

*He is starting to smile at us and respond to our facial expressions.

*He has very expressive eyebrows.

For Halloween he was Santa Clause. We were his Elves. Taylor and my costume didn’t work out quite as planned, but Santa sure was cute.


I’ll have to get back with the height and weight stats once we visit the doc. Did we mention that at his 2 week appt. he was off the charts for height and weight? My big boy.

William is super sensitive to the foods I eat. I really have to watch it. It seems like I have cut out everything. The other day TP says, “Well, it looks like you’ll have to go on the BRATs diet.” After inquiring he replied, “You know where you can only eat Bread, Rice, Apples… Toast…” (Ha ha. I had to chuckle to myself) “…so I guess that would be under Bread.”