Laneybug you are two months old already! We can hardly believe our eyes. It seems that in the past week you have shifted from tiny flailing newborn who needed shushing and white noise (thank god for the iphone) to baby baby, a chubby-cheeked little creature full of girliness, with a strong head and stronger legs, alert and watchful eyes, sweet (real!) smiles that light up your face when you recognize the face in front of you, and the most adorable cooing that melts momma's heart. Owen has shortened your name (since this past Saturday) from Laney to "nee". He is most insistent about it so we will see if that sticks for him.
Dear Laney,
Your brother Owen cares so much for you and brings momma your diaper, your wipes and once last week he saw some dribble on your chin and ran from the room, only to return with a washcloth from his changing table. He climbed up on the bed and promptly started wiping your chin. He loves to hold you on the couch in the living room, and climbs up and plumps the pillows on top of him to give you a comfy spot. He worries when you cry and likes to comment on your little parts. "nee, hand." "nee, eyes." etc. He loves to hug on you and give you kisses.
You have hit 12 pounds and wear a size 1-2 diaper. You wear mostly zip- up footy sleepers but you have so many adorable outfits momma needs to dress you up and take you out! You can wear some 0-3 month clothes but mostly stick to 3 months now. 3-6 are still a little big.
Your nicknames include Laneybug, Nee (Owen), Laner, and LaneyLu.
You use a paci sometimes and we gave it to you at 3 1/2 weeks old.
You have a sweet little bleat at night that makes you sound like a baby goat.
We started using Tagamet March 3 to help with your pain and spitting up. You screamed and arched your back a lot. momma also stopped drinking milk mid-feb and that seems to make a difference too. I missed a dose overnight and now you've hust thrown up twice since your feeding at 6 am.
You've bee using pumped milk in a bottle for a little over two weeks and take between 3-4 oz. every three-four hours. You cluster feed every 1 1/2-2 hours in the evening when momma gets home ( i started back to work March 16.) and then sleep 4-5 hour stretches with a feeding between 2-3 am usually.
You have very long fingers and very long toes and we think we finally figured out where your sweet nose came from!
This is my dad's sister Cynthia. (Aunt Susie). Lots of similarities!
We love you!
