Grady- 2 Months

Grady in a 12 month onesie (I plan on taking one each month as the onesie gets tighter) and holding onto his birth length golf club (thank you Julie!!).

Grady is now two months old.  What a sweet little guy he is, he really has been such a good baby for the first two months.  His big sister has been doing a good job too.  Instead of helping directly with Grady, Layla works a lot with her baby, Pineapple, while I feed/change/burp Grady.  This next month will be huge because Ryan heads back to work full time.  It will be hard adjusting to being on my own during the days with two little ones but I guess real life has to start sooner or later! 

Grady @ 2 Months 

Weight: 11lb 11oz

Height:  23 1/4 inches

Clothes:  Grady is still holding strong in 3 month clothes.  Many of the 0-3 outfits are becoming tough to button which makes me think he has grown longer.

Diapers:  At six weeks, Grady transitioned into cloth diapers.  Of course there are many good things about cloth diapers, but our big motivation for going cloth was the money savings.  Layla potty trained right before 3 which made for a lot of money on disposable diapers.  While pregnant with Grady, I figured out what we could save and the findings were pretty staggering.  We are using Bum Genius Elemental One Size All in Ones.  The diapers grow with the baby (snaps make the diapers smaller and bigger) and we are hoping the twelve that we purchased will take us from six weeks to potty trained.  The first couple days we had a few leaks but after that we have had success.  Grady does need to be changed every two hours and he wears a disposable diaper during the night since he sleeps for longer stretches than two hours.  We also plan on using disposable diapers for trips and days when I am feeling overwhelmed with laundry :)  While in disposable diapers, Grady still sports a 1 diaper. 

Sleep: Grady is waking about one time a night.  Before I go to bed, I wake Grady up and feed him one last time.  From that point he typically sleeps a 5-6 hour stretch and than a 2-3 hour stretch after that.  We have had a good couple of weeks with his sleeping at night...let's hope it continues!  During the day, we have no routine yet.  I feed Grady on demand (when he is hungry) or if sleeping, I wake him up to eat every two hours.  I like to fit in as many feedings during the day as possible so that his sleep remains somewhat consistent at night.  Honestly, Grady still has quite a few days where is in extremely sleepy (naps pretty much all day long) and days here and there where he is up for the majority of the day.  Although I love not obsessing about any kind of naptime yet, I do hope that this next month will bring a little more consistency with the days.

Eating: Grady is a good eater but I am still having some issues with the nursing.  It is nothing major, but Grady and I need to spend some time with a lactation consultant to work on better form.

Likes: ceiling fans, black and white objects, stretching out on the diaper changer, being held, being wrapped in the Moby Wrap, sleeping on his belly (we let him sleep on his belly when we are right next to him), the bouncer and he is really starting to come around to the bath and carseat.  Grady even slept in the car for the trips to both Iowa and Wisconsin...woo hoo!

Dislikes: Still not a big tummy time fan (falls asleep a lot during tummy time) and not really into the swing

New tricks: Grady has started smiling consistently and rolled over from belly to back on 7/17.  He hasn't done it again but has gotten close.  Ryan and Papa Pete got to witness the big rollover.  There was a lot of cheering going on!

Happy 2 Months, Grady!!