2 Months!!

Our little boy is 2 months old! I can't believe how fast it's gone, and how big he's already gotten. Looking back on his pictures from the hospital he already looks a lot different. He has started losing some of his hair in a "male pattern baldness" formation, but there is also some baby fine hair coming in as well. It's just taking forever! His eyes are starting to get lighter and are looking like more of a light blue/grey instead of the dark blue that they were. Not sure how much longer we have to wait before we find out his permanent eye color. He has been smiling all the time and seems to be practicing laughing. We haven't heard a "true" laugh yet, but I think he's getting pretty close. He has been a lot more vocal though, and not just when he's upset. He is really a pretty happy baby, and if he's crying, I can be fairly certain that he is either hungry or tired. If he just ate then I will go rock him or sing to him and that usually does the trick. His favorite song to calm down to is "God Loves Carter," which you have probably heard me sing if you've been around us when he was getting fussy. He is getting stronger and still moves himself around in his cradle and on the play mat. He can hold his head pretty steady while being held in a sitting position, and he is starting to push himself up a little to raise his head when he is on his tummy.

He is going to bed around 8PM and sleeping until 5 or 6AM every night. He has still been sleeping in his cradle up until this point, but we are planning on moving him to his crib in his room this week. I'm a little worried because he does have some times that he wakes up in the night, but I will just put his pacifier back in his mouth and hold it there a few minutes and he falls back asleep. Now I won't be able to stay in bed and reach through the cradle bars to do this, I will have to get up and go into his room. Hopefully this won't happen often!

We had to switch him to the 8oz bottles a few weeks ago because he was completely finishing his 4 ounce bottles, and either needing to eat more right then, or getting hungry again 45 minutes later. We are only filling them to 6oz right now, but he is consistently eating 4.5-6oz at every meal, and we have had quite a few times where he ate all 6 ounces. I can't believe what a big boy he is!