Evelyn turned 2 months old this week. Some days I feel like she has been around for so much longer as I cannot imagine our lives without her and the birth seems so long ago strangely. She is a good baby:) She is starting to interact much more and loves to smile and coo which are about the cutest thing ever. She went to the dr today and grew 3 inches in length since birth!! She is long 24 inches (96 percentile), which is why she is in 6 month clothes. Her weight is pretty stable weighing at 11lbs 15 oz (67 percentile) and her head size is mid-range at 46 percentile which is normal... Ben is always maxing the chart our for head size, kind of glad she isn't.
Evelyn is still doing fairly well for feeding. She nurses every 3 hours on the dot during the day. She cat naps between feeding during the day after eating and staying awake for an hour or so then naps. During the night she sleeps for one 6 hour stretch (8:30p-2:30am) eats and then back to sleep til 6:30 am and then naps til 8 am. Not too bad for sleeping at 2 months.. hoping she drops the 2:30 feeding in the next month. She normally gets one bottle of breastmilk a day to keep up with bottles. She is extra hungry before bed and nurses and gets a bottle the past week as she wants a bottle before bed it seems... so if that continues we will probably give a couple of ounces of formula before bed to supplement as our freezer stock is running low. Most likely switching some daytime feedings over to formula in July as this mama doesn't mind nursing (8minute max for Evie) but hates pumping and doesn't want to do it 3x/day at work as with commuting I am gone for 10 hours. Glad I have lasted nursing so long to be honest, quite proud of it.
SO looking forward to vacation in a couple of weeks with Jon's family before returning to work. Jon has been working a lot so I can't wait to get away for a week in the Northwoods with the extended family and relax and have fun. Ben is so excited he asks about it every day when he gets to go on vacation with his cousins. He is going to love it so much. He will love fishing too.
2 out of 3 months of maternity leave over... crazyness. So grateful this time home with my kiddos and for the Spring season and weather. I love love this time with both of them but I am not dreading returning to work either. I enjoy my job, miss my coworkers and adult interaction and need the paycheck so going back is not in question. Glad Jon will be home on leave for 3 weeks when I return to work initially. I feel blessed that my kiddos are home with either Jon or I so much of the time..most weeks they will only spend 10-15 hours a week in daycare when we are both working. It seems to work for us and this stage of life with our young kids.
Evelyn, sister, pretty girl, Evie, Evie Kay, little fella (Ben calls her).. are all the terms of endearment we use towards this little girl who we have grown to love to pieces the past 2 months. We are so blessed to have her as a part of our family.
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