Ben - 2 Months

I was just about to write Ben's 3 month post, when I realized I never posted his 2 month update. So here it is an entire month late. Oops.

Ben is now 2 months old. Not too much has changed in the past month. He is still a newborn. He basically still eats, sleeps, and makes wet diapers all day long. Here is our typical day at 2 months.

7ish - wake. Ben is usually in bed with me or in bed with daddy in the nursery by the time the morning rolls around. We both struggle with getting him back to sleep after the 5:00 feeding, mainly because we are so tired, so we just let him sleep with us. Never did this with Carter. Hope this doesn't come back to hurt us later.
Ben is awake and just chillin while we all get ready in the morning. Apparently that tires him out as he takes a 45 minute power nap around 7:45 or 8:00.

8:30 - feeding time again. then play time for 30 min to an hour. By the time Ben is ready for another nap, I try to have everything ready to walk out the door for either errands or for a fun Carter outing. At some point I will need to make this nap time be his regular morning nap in his crib, but I haven't gotten there yet.

11:00 - snack time for Ben. Our daytime feedings are usually 2 1/2 hours apart. Even though I feel like a feed all day long, I tell myself the more he eats during the day, the less he will need to eat at night. Not sure if that is true or not, but that's my story.

This is the time of day that gets a little tricky for me. Any advice from moms with more that one is welcome. I find it tough some days to get Ben fed and happy, feed Carter and myself, then get Carter down for nap time. I am trying to keep Carter's lunch/naptime as routine as possible, especially with the recent big boy bed transition, but some days it is tough to keep both boys happy. I must admit, the recent swing purchase has been a lifesaver. It will usually keep Ben happy for 10 minutes or so which is fantastic.

3:00 - Both boys up and Ben eats again. Playtime for Carter and late afternoon nap for Ben.

5:30 - Ben has early dinner.

6:00 - the rest of us have dinner.

6:45 - Ben bath time, then bedtime feeding.
7:00 - Carter bath time.

With any luck (ok, lots of luck) both boys are asleep by 8:00.

1:00 - Ben has been waking pretty regularly at 1:00 or 1:30 for a feeding. We are very very thankful for this 5 hour stretch. Woo hoo!

5:00 - Ben gets hungry again? Not sure if this is a hunger waking or just a "I've been laying here for hours, aren't you guys ready to play with me yet?" waking. Hoping he can start stretching this one out to 6:00 or even 7:00.

I am sure that bore most of you, but thought our long distance parents might like to read what goes on around here every day.

We have been back to the doctor a couple of times. Ben (and Carter) came down with colds this month that lasted over a week each. Plus, Ben started having baby acne that spread to his shoulders and chest, so we got him checked to make sure it wasn't chicken pox, given Adam's recent shingles experience. And, Ben's thrush is back so we are on medicine once again.

He is smiling and cooing all the time now. So much fun. Love "talking" to him. Really can't get enough. He is starting to enjoy some toys that play music and definitely loves his big brother. :)

So that is month 2.

Thankful.

Things have been busy lately and blogging has taken a back seat.

We have had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and the last thing I am going to be thankful for today is my pillow, which I hope to find in the next 15 minutes.

I have uploaded a new photo album for November with pictures from the past couple of days. Stories to come later.



Hope you have had a day full of family cheer, yummy food, and good memories. Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Halloween

A few shots of our Halloween weekend...

First...the sweetest little dinosaur you have ever seen.



And a family shot...



This was one of our first family of four shots since the hospital. Sometimes it is still a surprise to me that we have 2 little boys now!

We trick-or-treated Saturday afternoon in Carytown (or Scarytown as they called it that day.) All of the shops were handing out candy.



Then we collected some more loot Sunday night in our neighborhood.

Here is Carter and our neighbor Super Ian raiding the candy bowl from a neighbor.



It was a great night to be out and about and the neighborhood did not disappoint. I wish there were more nights where everyone sat on their porch and welcomed people just walking by. We met so many new people and had a great time.

Carter was a little timid at first, but eventually started saying "more candy more candy" as we left each house. I think he would have gone to several more houses or even streets if we hadn't steered him back home.

Happy Halloween!