Down Home: December 2012

Schuler is 2 months! At Schuler's 2 month well check he weighed 12 pounds, 9 ounces and was 24 inches long. Which means he was 80% weight and 85% length. Not too shabby for our kid!

Sweet Schuler looking more alert this month.

This month we've done better at tummy time. We haven't been as diligent as we were with John Henry but at least he gets a little tummy time every day!.

This month Schuler has been much more awake. Which means I've tried to entertain him (and me). One of the sadder entertainment choices is dressing him up. I love it! Not sure if he gets the same type of satisfaction from it...

We've also spent a lot of time this month using the baby play gym. He loves the mirror part the best. I wonder what that means?

First signs of a smiling baby. He's so mellow and content. He's slowly mastering the mouth smile but I feel like his eyes are always smiling.

Sometimes I look at Schuler and think he's a big baby. Other times I think he's a peanut. The one below is the later (and one of my favorite Daddy and Schuler pictures).

Enjoying some much needed sunshine with Mommy.

Unlike John Henry, Schuler refuses to nap in my bed. Every once in a while he'll close his eyes but it only lasts for a few minutes. Such a shame. I loved napping with John Henry and I feel like I won't get to have that experience with Schuler.

At two months Schuler still has dark hair (although he has less of it) and blue eyes. The doctor thinks he'll keep his blue eyes. I would love that but we'll see what happens.

For some reason I don't think Schuler likes to pose for pictures. Fingers crossed that it's a phase and he won't roll his eyes for the next 20 something years as I snap away on my camera.

Schuler's number one fan is his brother. Every day John Henry gets so excited to see his brother. It's genuine excitement and Schuler is very lucky to have a big brother that adores him.

Very excited to on the ground and moving his arms and legs. I wonder if he'll be my mellow one of if he'll be as crazy as his brother?

Fingers crossed he goes with mellow...

Look at that chunk baby on the floor! I feel like he's a much bigger baby than John Henry was at this stage. Jay totally agrees. Once Schuler hit two months he was too big for a bunch of the 0-3 month clothes. Some of the 3-6 month clothes are fitting better. Oh dear.

Hello sweet boy!

Another fun fact about Schuler is that he still doesn't like the swing. I'm not sure if he understands that I need him to like the swing. The picture below is the one time this month he took a nap in it.

Lots of love from his brother. Jay's getting pretty good at holding two boys.

This is his no more picture, I'm tired, put the camera away face.

Below is how we get him to nap during the day. He LOVES to nap in his car seat. Since we have a monitor by the crib, it made sense to put the car seat in the crib. I'm not joking when I say he takes his best naps like this.

Schuler really is a sweet baby. He had some issues with breast milk so we are completely on formula. We're also working on sleep training. He's not quite sleeping through the night but he's sleeping for much longer periods of time each night. He goes to bed at 9 and we are waking up between 1 and 2. The next wake up is around 5 or 6. Not too bad.