First Time Sleeping in her Crib

Our doctor suggested at Alexis two month appointment that we start putting Alexis to sleep awake, so she learns to fall asleep on her own, and later on down the road we don't run into issues with this. I thought this was fine, until I asked the doctor "well how long do I let her cry, because I know she's going to start to cry?" and the doctors response was ... "until she falls asleep" ... ummmm noooo ... so, I decided that I would start during the day for her daytime naps, and eventually work our way to night time, as she is still sleeping in her bassinet in our room.

I came up with a little routine (if you want to call it that) so she eventually learns and understands when this happens, its time to sleep (fingers crossed haha). Anyways, here is a picture of our first attempt which went great! I only had to go into her room twice to comfort her, and she slept for 3 hours ... I hope it was because she was tired and not because she had, had her needles that day!

Doctors Pictures

So Derek thought it was weird that I took pictures of her doctors visit, but I figure it's a memory and she has them to look back on. After all this is the first time she got shots and how she reacted. I'm sure glad her dad came along for this visit, because I sure couldn't hold her little leg down while the doctor stabbed her with needles. She did pretty good for them. The first one she had no idea what was going on, but with the second one she howled (apparently that one can burn going in, the doctor said - how nice eh).

The doctor was amazed at how well she is doing and growing, and she couldn't believe I was still pumping ... I believe she called me a 'champ' ? I couldn't figure out why, its what's best for Alexis.

Anyways, here are the pictures as promised.

Well I can't believe we are here already and Alexis is 2 months old. I honestly don't know where the time has gone. It makes me kind of sad in a way when I do these posts, as I feel like she's growing up too fast, but in a way, I want her to get bigger and grow and see her personality and quirks come out.

At Two Months Alexis:

• Weighs 12 lbs 2 oz. (82 percentile)



• Is 23" long (81 percentile)



• Eats 5 oz now from a bottle.



• She is solidly in size 1 diapers and fills them out quite nicely



• Has moved out of the newborn clothing and now wears size 0-3 months



• Has more hair!!! I've noticed the last couple weeks she's getting more sprouts on top.



• Is sleeping from anywhere of 4-6 hours at night, depending when she gets her last feeding. She has slept for 8 hours one time.



• Some days she likes her quick 40 mins. power naps, and other days she will sleep for 3-4 hours during the day.



• Is starting to "talk" to people and coo. She laughed/giggled today which was hilarious.



• Looks directly at us now, and if she's in a good mood, will surly give you a big smile.



• Has found a new love of her tiny fist. She can't quite figure out how to get that thumb in there again, but has no problem chewing on her hands or her mommy's fingers.



• Still HATES to be burped ... she usually throws a big fit.



• Loves to sit in her Boppy chair and kick her feet around.



• Loves sitting and looking at the t.v. Purely for colours and shapes I'm sure.



• Still loves car rides, although she doesn't sleep during them as much anymore, I guess it depends how tired she is.



• Still loves her swing, and so does Mommy!

2 Month Pictures ...

Are coming ... I will post tomorrow sometime when we are back from the doctors .. she get's her boosters tomorrow ... my poor girl!

More Pictures ... I Can't Help It

Here are more pictures of Lexi, just some randoms we've taken ....

Do We Have a Thumb Sucker On Our Hands?

Last night I could hear this noise coming from the playpen, and I thought Alexis was really going to town on her soother, and then I saw her doing this ...

8 Week Pictures

I'm ahead of the game and I managed to take her 8th week photo on the actual day she was 8 weeks. It's nice to finally have some nice weather and be able to put her in some cuter clothes instead of all the pants and long sleeved shirts.

and getting tired of her Mommy taking pictures of her ... poor girl ...