2 Month Update!

We went for Nathaniel's 2 month check up today! Can't believe he is already 2 months old!! At the same time though, we've adjusted as a family to having him here and I can hardly remember what it was like without him! Nathan is such a part of our family already! Time is weird like that...

Anyway, here are his 2 month stats:

*Weight is now in the 40th percentile at 11.2 lbs - definitely a growing boy and GREAT eater!! (He's quick too, it only takes him about 10-15 minutes total to nurse!)

*His height is also in the 40th percentile at 22.5 inches long

We also had some concerns with a couple of things we'd noticed. First, we thought he had a tooth in the back (which would be really early and a strange place to get a first tooth). Turns out though, it wasn't a tooth at all, it was a totally normal cyst. The doctor wasn't concerned at all about it and said babies get them all the time on their gums.

Our second concern was the flatness of his head on the right side. The doctor was pretty concerned about how his head is looking... she said it's a cosmetic thing but that it's pretty early for his head to already be that flat. She wanted to refer us to a specialist to get it checked out and maybe start physical therapy. Since we're moving though, we'll have to find a pediatrician to see us right away and refer us somewhere near where we live. I'll probably try and call some places before we even leave so we can hopefully get in right away. In the meantime, she showed us some neck stretches to do with him and gave us some ideas of how to try and shape his head naturally (most of which we've already been doing - laying him so that he looks left and such)

Other than that, she was very happy with his growth and overall health. She was also very surprised with how social and smiley he is! He is "talking" and cooing a lot and smiles all the time! He has also started giggling! SO cute!

Here are some more things we've gotten to know about Nathan and a little update about what he's doing now:

*He started rolling over a couple of days ago at 8 1/2 weeks!! He has done it at least 3 or 4 times a day since :)

*As long as he's in a fairly good mood, he enjoys his tummy time and is getting really strong! He's doing a great job looking around, even from his tummy position :)

*He continues to look up to Alex - he loves to watch him and gets so excited when Alex pays attention to him. This is my favorite! :)

*He's sleeping about 7 hours at night now and then eats and sleeps for 3 or 4 more hours (on a typical night.... sometimes he doesn't do quite that well ;) ) He's going to bed around 8:30 and is up around 6:30ish

*He loves his play gym and bouncy seat best

*Nathan does not enjoy waiting in his car seat... once we're in the car and moving, he's usually happy or falls asleep though

*He still loves his passy! He goes right to sleep with it most of the time. We don't really give it to him much other than sleep times unless we're out somewhere.