Tuesday, June 12, 2012

2 Months!


My sweet Ben is two months old now!  At his check-up, he weighed 15.24 pounds and was 23.5 inches long, which put him in the 98th percentile for weight and 73rd percentile for height.  Needless to say, he is a chunk!  Things have really turned around here lately with Benjamin.  He is becoming much more content, although he still prefers to be up and moving around.  His doctor said that he thinks he is "a mover and a shaker". He is happiest with new faces, things, rooms, etc, and likes to be facing out and walking around where he can see everything.  The moments when he does snuggle, I just take in, because they don't last long!  He loves to be sung to and will coo along with us.  His diaper changing table is his talking spot, and he just grins and coo's away there!  He's starting to do big, scrunchy-nose smiles.  He already seems to know the difference between James and Jack.  When James holds him, he feels secure, and James can hold him off from crying if he's fidgety.  When Jack holds him when he's fidgety, he'll fall apart much more quickly.  He is starting to talk to James a lot when James engages him.  James is so good with him and just loves to sit and have conversations with him.  Jack adores him in a smothering way.  :)  He kisses him constantly and usually ends up seeing how far he can go before I say, "That's too rough!".  Ben is now sleeping through the night most every night!!!  He sleeps between 6-8 hours each night, from 11-5, 6, or 7.  He is so good about going to bed at night.  We swaddle him, I feed him one last time, and put him down awake.  So thankful for a good sleeper this time!