my goal is to do an update on Ellery once a month, since her baby book remains untouched :)
so here goes,
she is now 2 months old
10lbs. 13oz
24 inches long
95th percentile for height and 50th for weight
I love newborns, but i have decided I much prefer 2 month olds! Still a tiny little baby, but the smiling, cooing, responsiveness and ever so slight predictability makes up for all the crying.
Did I mention that she slept through the night this week? YES! We have been getting her to sleep around 11ish, and she has been sleeping on her own till 4:30ish am, AND she's been going back to sleep for a few hours after that ON HER OWN! Well, for like 3 days now :) She usually wakes up again as I'm trying to get boy and girl #1 and #2 ready for school....but we'll cut her some slack with that! She takes a lot of cat naps by day, but is getting fairly consistent with a longer nap in the afternoon.
If you lay Ellery on the ground she will usually look to the right. If you are holding her, her head will flop to the right. I assume thats the way she was curled up inside of me when i was pregnant. Well, the dr. said her neck muscles on the one side are starting to get tight, so she showed me some excercises to do with her 5-10 times a day. If it doesn't improve in a few weeks she will refer us to a physical therapist.
Ellery still loves, loves, LOVES to be swaddled. She looks like she's in a little cocoon. She fights it at first, but then she konks right out. It's also handy for keeping her pacifier in!
She usually takes one bottle a day @ her last feeding. She is still very gassy and projectile spitty. So, we have been giving her soy and she seems to do well with it. The dr. said I should try to eliminate dairy from my diet to know for certain if this is the cause of her discomfort.... I live on yogurt, cheese and milk, so we shall see :)
The kids all still adore her and are very helpful. They don't fight over holding her anymore, because they've learned she just cries when they do :) But, they do love laying next to her on the floor and putting her pacifier back in her mouth when she's in the swing. They are thoroughly enjoying that she smiles back at them now. Every time she does I get a "MOM! Ellery just smiled at me!" Stella is still fascinated with her, tho she is taking more of an interest in her own dolls now. She uses Ellerys diapers to change her babies, and if I'm not watching will go through an entire box of wipes in one sitting.
Oh Ells Bells, we love you! You are such a blessing to our family....and you're so stinkin cute!
2 comments:
I can see it! She is starting to put on a little weight! What a cutie.
Oh, and in perspective, Kayden and Bryce weighed 10/12 lbs on day 7:-) She is such a peanut!
Still such a cutie and love the skirt! Hopefully the sleeping through the night is here to stay- you can handle and give her a little slack on the rest of the schedule as long as you get your nights back :) Jenna had the neck thing when she was that age too. We were told the same thing and had to do exercises too. It also helped to put all her stimulation on the left side- including her sisters! This was her biggest motivation to look the other way was to see what they were doing and she improved without PT. We will pray that Ellery is able to do this too. Thanks for the adorable updates- we love hearing what she is doing. Hope to see you soon- The Verduin's
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