I often find myself looking back at pictures from Frankie's first days - I can't believe how small he was! A mere 5 lbs 11 oz coming home from the hospital...and a whopping 12 lbs 2 oz at his 2 month check up! He's growing up so fast and acted like such a brave little boy at his doctor's appointment, staying strong for his 2 shot vaccines and 1 oral vaccine...I think I had more tears in my eyes than he did! It seems like overnight Frankie's become so interactive - He's smiling a lot and 'talking'...We've even gotten a few laughs out of the little man. He's enjoying longer tummy time sessions and has pretty strong neck control. We recently introduced his ocean-themed playmat and he's a big fan of "BO" (the stuffed blue octopus). He's in such a playful mood when he wakes up and smiles and talks while we have him on his changing pad first thing in the morning. He's really into watching our shadows on the wall while laying on his changing pad and has a blast watching our hand puppet shadows that we make for him. We still haven't had any luck with the bottle but we keep trying...I'm not sure when we need to get 'harsh' and deny him from breastfeeding until he takes the bottle. Frank and I just aren't at that point yet. We have our good days/nights and not-so-good days/nights. We went through a few weeks where Frankie was extremely fussy around 6pm, but over the past few nights that's drastically changed into one of his best moods of the day! This past Sunday night was especially bad and Frankie was up off-and-on until almost 1am crying from what we discovered was gas pains. Frank ran out and got gas drops which seemed to help a lot. He's a pretty stubborn napper now that he's become so much more aware of his surroundings - While visiting Megan and her boys the other day he refused to nap but was actually in a good mood the whole time. He had a few cat naps when we got home and once finally falling asleep around 7:30pm, he slept until 1:20am...his longest stretch to date! His second wake up wasn't until 5:30am - What a glorious night that was! However, the following night he put up a fight going to bed and didn't fall asleep until almost 9 and was back into his 2-3 hour wake-ups. I keep reminding myself that we can't get frustrated with him because everything is still so new to him, so we keep rolling with the punches!
We've been keeping pretty busy - between our new mom's 'playgroup', the breastfeeding support group, Christmas shopping, and visiting with friends - the days fly by. My favorite is when we have down time at home and Frankie's sitting in his swing and we have our little conversations and I get some of the biggest smiles. Gosh, that boy melts my heart already.
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| BO talking to Frankie |
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| Morning play session on the changing pad - Check out those chubby legs! :) |
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| Bath time! |
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| Happy 2 month birthday to our perfect little man! |
