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look at that little Guatemalan babe!! I have to admit, when Dyl was born I was in shock for a few days that this red skinned, black haired baby was mine! lots of people think he looks like Mark or Clark or even my mom but not one person has said he looks like me. I guess the hispanic genes skipped a generation...
it's crazy how different things are the second time around. at two months with Clark I remember spending much of the day bored, carrying him around and trying to think of things to do with him. I was always worried I wasn't stimulating him enough or he was forming bad habits or I was doing something wrong.
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| Clark at 2 months |
this time around? I'm way too busy to think of any of that! I just assume Clark is giving Dylan all the stimulation he needs. in between feeding, changing and entertaining Clark, keeping up with the house and all the laundry and finding time for myself, Dylan is lucky if he gets any undivided attention. with Clark I always looked forward to nursing so I could relax, blog, take a nap...but when it's time to nurse Dylan I'm usually in the middle of something and hate to have to stop and nurse. and after nursing? down he goes! Clark would only nap on me the first 6 months of his life...but it's a luxury to let Dylan nap on me. when my mom takes Clark in the afternoons I usually try and snuggle with Dylan at least once after a nursing session but I'm also trying to stay on top of the house and clean up Clark's messes! this life is crazy right now but I already think about the day they'll be all grown up and I'll miss everything so much.
two month stats:
weight: 11 lbs 15 oz. (43rd percentile)
length: 23 in. (52nd percentile)
head circ: 15.5 in. (60th percentile)
it's amazing how similar his stats are to Clark's. they are pretty much twins!
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| Clark's 2 month check-up |
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f i r s t s
♥ holiday - Easter!
♥ sleep through the night - Clark hit this milestone way earlier but at 6 weeks old Dylan slept a 7 hour stretch at night!! since then he's slept 8 hours but currently is back to 4-5. oh well, he goes right back down so I don't really mind.
♥ smile :) - Dylan frequently greets me with smiles when I lay him down in the morning to change him. this boy loves being changed, so unlike Clark!
♥ meeting his Grams & Pops!
f a v o r i t e s
at two months little Dyl loves listening to the shower, sleeping in, going on walks, falling asleep after nursing, napping on the boppy, burying his head while he sleeps, when we shake / wiggle his car seat around (always does the trick when he's fussy!), watching his brother, and his ba ba! we have already given his binky a nickname, thanks to Clark. (in other news, Clark is officially binky free since two weeks ago!!!)
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I have thought that Dylan had reflux since we brought him home from the hospital. he just always seemed to be in pain after eating and I could hear him swallowing so much air and all the bubbles in his tummy after every feed. he spits up so much more than Clark ever did and in the beginning he had a hard time with my letdown and would always come off the breast (still does sometimes!) sure enough, at Dylan's 2 month well check he was diagnosed with reflux and is currently taking ranitidine twice daily. it has helped him sleep so much better! so far we haven't been really good about giving it to him twice a day (aka I am a slacker) but Mark always gives it to him before bed and it has really helped.
Dylan still eats every 2-3 hours during the day and I don't expect that to change until he starts solids. I am looking forward to longer stretches at night though! at night when Dylan gets hungry, we always know because he starts to snort and grunt in his sleep and he sounds all congested. he's been like this since he was born and we still aren't sure why. it's only at night and when he's due for a feed. Mark thinks it's because when he was born they didn't get all the fluid out of his nose from the birth canal because he had a lot of trouble with that in the hospital. they were giving him drops in his nose the whole time we were there but we had to stop because supposedly it makes the problem worse in the long run.
another weird thing happening this month...Dylan prefers my left side over my right and the past few days, I've had a decrease in my milk supply on my right side. whenever I put him on the right he usually unlatches and screams right away. other times, he sucks until my milk lets down and then pulls off and fusses! but he will take the left side just fine. I don't think it's an ear infection because he doesn't have any other symptoms and we were just at the doctor for his well check and she didn't mention anything.
earlier this month we also had a thrush scare, which I thought might be the reason for the screaming, but turns out it was just milk residue. thank goodness!! I'm pretty sure I had a mild case of thrush after we came home from the hospital and it is not fun!
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I didn't think it would happen this soon but we have moved Dylan into the nursery. the only thing is...we moved in with him, ha! Mark's parents came to visit a few weeks ago for Dylan's baby blessing (post to come!) and we gave them our room so we were up here with Dyl. well they left and we're still up here! my mom jokes that she's going to come move in because we have a perfectly beautiful master bedroom downstairs that has been empty for weeks! on the plus side, it stays perfectly clean! haha, well I decided that it's probably good to get Dylan used to sleeping in here from a young age (we had Clark in his own room at one month) but I also don't want to have to go up and down the stairs at night so until he's sleeping through the night more consistently, we're rooming in with him.
the transition to having both boys upstairs has been really smooth! I was so worried Dylan would wake Clark up when he cries (he doesn't really cry through the night but sometimes he's fussy going down and he always goes down after Clark) but so far, Clark has slept through it all! might I add, Clark is also able to nap in the car with Dylan wailing in the car seat next to him?! guess I had nothing to worry about...
we're all getting pretty great sleep these days! Dylan still doesn't sleep through the night as often as Clark did at this age but he's slept 7-8 hours a couple times. for the most part though, he's sleeping 5-6 hour stretches (6 hours is sleeping through the night for an infant) so he's waking about once a night, usually around 2:30-3 am. he eats and goes right back down without a fuss so it's pretty great! he also does his best napping in the morning. after waking around 6:30-7:30 am (whenever Clark wakes up and is super loud yelling, "baby!!" as he runs around the room and swivels his bassinet), Dyl usually falls back asleep right away and sleeps in until 9-10 am. it's the best because I can take care of Clark and get him fed before Dyl is up for the day.
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this month Dylan has started having more awake time and when he's fed, changed and had a good nap, he is one happy baby! he will just lay there and look all around the room, listening for his brother and smiling to himself. he really does love to be in the action though and doesn't like being left alone by himself for too long. today he just chilled in my lap for almost an hour while Clark napped. I scheduled play dates for next week, worked on this blog post, and gave him lots and lots of kisses! he is smiling all the time now and it's just the sweetest!
when Dylan is awake he is always kick kick kicking! a little soccer star for sure! at an appt. this week, I had him in his car seat with the cover on and the receptionist laughed and said, "look at him kicking over there! how old is he?" I said, "9 weeks" and she said, "he's kicking that much at 9 weeks?!" I told her he's been kicking that much since he was in utero!
one big difference between Dylan and Clark is the p o o p. I've said it before but Clark only pooped once a week (if it went more than a week, we gave him a suppository) for the first 4-5 months of his life! I can't believe how lucky we were! Dylan's poop has slowed to maybe twice a day but it's also gotten worse. these days every single poop is a BLOWOUT!!! this may be TMI but his poop is pretty much all liquid so it leaks out of the diaper so easily.
I think I can count on one hand how many blowouts Clark had. I always used to hear people talk about baby blowouts and complain and after Clark I thought, "it's not that bad!" but with Dylan...it's bad! he has blown out in our bed, on our couch, his car seat, on me, in his crib (all. the. time.) and pretty much any other place in our house! every single day I spend hours doing laundry, removing baby poop stains from clothes, blankets, sheets, towels, burp cloths...changing linens, scrubbing sofa cushions, just to repeat it all again the next day! I must admit, it is VERY annoying!! I'm ready to take the kid camping and live in the wilderness until he outgrows this.
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| lots of blowouts = lots of baths! |
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| the blowout king |
some milestones Dylan has hit at two months include cooing, smiling, recognizing people (he always gives Grandad the biggest smile and can't stand kisses from Grandma hahaha), and rolling. he always rolls onto his tummy at night because he sleeps so good that way!
I'm really starting to figure Dylan out these days. when he fusses, I almost always know what the problem is (hungry, tired, needs a diaper change, or just misses us and wants to be held). I think I connected with Clark really early on both in my pregnancy and after he was born but I feel like I'm just now starting to get to know Dylan. it's just so crazy with a second child and since they're the baby and won't remember anything that happens right now, when both are crying, Clark is the one that comes first. I have to share my attention with two children now, whereas when Clark was a baby he got all the love!
there is definitely something special about your firstborn but I have this whole other part of my heart reserved for Dilly. I don't know where we would be without him. Mark gave him the most beautiful baby blessing and Remi wrote it all down for me. I'll share it in another post but one thing he said that really stuck with me is that whenever Dylan walks into a room, everyone will be able to feel his love ♥
that is for sure. whenever I see Dylan gazing up at me or when he holds my hand to his face as he's falling asleep, I can feel his love so pure and deep. I know he loves everyone in our family so much and he is going to be the sweetest little brother in our home. I can't wait to watch him grow up, though hopefully not too fast.
