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It’s seems impossible that Noah is already two months old.  But, on the other hand, it feels like he’s been here forever.  So much has changed in the last nine weeks.  He’s bigger, he’s more alert, he smiles and plays.  But, he’s still very much a newborn baby – one who needs lots of sleep and lots of eating to be happy and content.

Noah started daycare three weeks ago and has been doing great.  He’s finally figured out how to eat from a bottle and he’s slowly getting better at sleeping there.  Turns out there’s a big difference in noise levels between our house with no one in it (like he had for my 6 weeks of maternity leave) and an infant daycare room with 5 other babies.  Every day, though, he sleeps a little more while he’s there…and is awake for a little more playtime when we get home.

Noah’s getting to be a champ at holding his head up.  Now, when you hold him in a sitting position, he can hold his head and follow your face around as you talk to him.  It’s sort of like hide and seek without all the running around.  

Maybe it’s lost in the fog of her newborn-ness, but I don’t remember Ava being such a smiley baby as Doozy is.  This little guy will smile at you for just about anything and they are whole-face smiles.  His eyes crinkle up and he opens his mouth into a big grin.  He’s got a dimple in both cheeks and, man, his smiles melt my heart.  He’ll even giggle a little when he wants to play instead of eat.  Totally cute at four in the afternoon…less so at five-thirty in the morning.

Speaking of five-thirty in the morning, I almost always see the little dude about then.  He’s been doing a great job sleeping.  There’s usually even a seven hour stretch in there somewhere!  He does wake up at some point between two and three a.m., though, so Mommy still doesn’t sleep all the way through.  I’m hopeful, though, that that glorious day is soon to arrive.

We had Noah’s two month well-baby appointment yesterday.  He weighed in at 12 lbs, 4 oz, and was 23.5 in. long.  He gained about two pounds and two inches from our last visit.  Not bad for a month’s work!  He also got two shots yesterday…one in each leg.  He gave a good little cry after both, but settled down pretty quickly.  Dr. Faro says he’s totally normal and developing just as he should.  Our next big milestone to watch for is the rolling over.  I keep forgetting how quickly the time between these stages goes!

We’re totally loving having this chill, happy kid as part of our family.  Keep those smiles coming, baby boy!