You're starting to grow out of the newborn phase already. It's wonderful that you're growing, but to see you stretch out, and notice your hands is exciting but a little sad at the same time because it means you're already growing up!
This month brought good news that your medicine is working! We haven't had a follow up appointment with Children's yet, but your blood work came back great! It was such great news I had to call your grandparents and aunts because I knew they would love to hear the good news too!
As far as life with 2, you've made it pretty easy on me. You're a GREAT sleeper once you fall asleep - getting you to fall asleep is the tricky part. You get so sad and you cry harder when you're tired than you do for anything else. Luckily it usually just takes me holding you with a cozy blanket and rubbing your eyes or cheek and you're out within a few minutes.
You're not real interested in working on neck strength. Tummy time, which is supposed to be the time you practice holding your head up, is instead used for resting. You've even fallen asleep a couple times! Oh well, I'm trying to get creative and find other ways for you to practice. You'll get it soon enough.
As far as melting my heart, you've got that figured out as well. You have been holding my hand/finger/arm lately and I absolutely love it! If you're holding my hand, I won't move my hand until you do. Not a phone call, an itch, or hunger will make me move! And then there is your smile!! You have the biggest smiles and lately it has been pretty easy for me to make you smile which has been so much fun. You're starting to smile more for other people too, so I will take that as a sign that life is treating you pretty well so far!
Thanks for being my sweet bug,
With love, Mom
