Flei Paper: Caleb's 2 Month Check Up

Oh man... that was awful. Watching him get his shots I mean. I cried. Not as much as he did but I cried.

Otherwise the appointment went really well. My cute little piggy now weighs 14 lbs 2 oz, is 24.3 inches long and has a 16 inch head. That means my little piglet is now 95th percentile for both height AND weight (he used to be 95th for height but only 50th for weight) and is still 75th for head. Basically he's HUGE! He's fitting into 3-6 month sized clothing already!

I am actually starting to enjoy the early mornings with him, b/c now that he's sleeping through the night (MIRACLE!!) I'm not a complete zombie and he is just SO delightful. It's like he's way excited to see me, like he missed me in his sleep and he just smiles SO big and he coos and wiggles and is absolutely charming. I think it helps that I hear him stirring before he fully wakes up so I get up then before he does so I can run and take care of my urgent morning needs and then get a bottle prepped and get back to him right as he's opening his eyes so he doesn't fully wake up and start screaming before I get to him.

Just one more update on the feeding bit - the bottle thing and pumping has been working good for the last couple weeks, however I'm having more issues with my migraines again (something about my hormones going all wonky post baby and my sleep schedule getting totally screwed) and I can't take the good drugs while breast feeding him, so I've reached the decision and both of our doctors are 100% with me on this - that Caleb needs a functional mommy more than he needs to be breast fed. So my pump is due back on the 29th and between now and then he's going to get switched to an all formula diet. That way I can bust out the big guns and get this crud under control so I can function like I want to.

And he's not just charming for me any more - he was charming the pants off the doctor and nurses - smiling big and cooing at them. I swear yesterday he was already starting to babble. He was making all these new noises all of the sudden. I was like "Whoa! Where did that come from?!" And he's such a little flirt - he'll watch for you look at him and then smile great big and scrunch up his nose and then look down and then glance back up at you from under his eye lashes like he's bashful. It's absolutely adorable!

But I do have to say I think I'm his favorite right now. :) And it makes me VERY, very happy. Because last night he was being a bit fussy for Adam, so I stopped whatever it was I was working on and came over and said "Come to da Momma" and picked him up and right then and there Caleb just smiled GREAT BIG and let out this really happy coo. It was SO dang cute. And Adam was like "Holy cow! Did you HEAR him?? Wow.... He REALLY likes you." I just smiled great big. It was a very happy moment.

Ya know, people keep asking me if motherhood is what I thought it was going to be, or if its a lot harder or what not and how do I like it etc. This might sound weird but motherhood is EXACTLY what I thought it was going to be. Its the most wonderful, stressful, amazing, completely insane thing I've ever done. I'm going to credit my mother for most of my preparedness on this one. I think she did a superb job of balancing out that yes, babies are wonderful but she definitely didn't sugar coat the realities of 2 am feedings etc so I definitely knew what I was in for.

People also ask me if I'm surprised at the intensity of the love that I have for my child. Apparently this surprises/amazes a lot of other first time parents, but I'm not surprised one bit. It's exactly what I thought it would be and I've decided that I owe that one too to my parents, because they taught me what love really is. I think there are an amazing number of people in this world who don't have a clue what real, unconditional love really is and feels like, so the first time they experience it - when they have their child - it knocks them on their butts. But I've been really blessed to have parents in my life who taught me that one by example so once again it's all just exactly what I thought it would be.

And now that you've scrolled through all my blathering I'll stop because I know that what you are REALLY here for is a bunch of pictures of Caleb from the last two weeks: