The Wilkinsons: March 2017

Charlotte is two months old and we are surviving newborn phase! These first months can be hard for me, and while they still pass slowly, I have to admit things have gone pretty smooth this month. "The days are long and the years are short" as the saying goes. You may remember that last month Charlotte was sleeping alot except in the evening when she'd have some marathon awake times. I decided we needed a little more structure to try to nip that in the bud and sure enough we worked it out early this month. I revisited the "Moms on Call" scheduler and we started a bath, feed, bed routine at night that helped her realized it was time for nighttime sleep! Also, I realized I was helping Charlotte to sleep more than I needed to (still have baby Cooper-isms) and as soon as I gave her some space we noticed that she actually puts herself to sleep very well with a paci. All those things made for a great month with a sleeping baby. There were days I actually wondered if she was sleeping too much! Can you believe that. She does great when our routine changes like Cooper's preschool mornings. I can transfer her from the car seat to the rock n play and she goes right back to sleep. Bless her. I know our days are numbered with this kind of sleep so I've tried to embrace and enjoy it. When she's sleeping I'm usually playing one on one with Cooper and giving him lots of mom time. That seems to be making him happy! He's improving each week. He still prefers to stay at home, but that's ok for now. Nannie and Gwennie have been helping with entertaining him at home to give me a break every now and then.

Our night sleep is going great, too. Charlotte not only puts herself to sleep but she is sleeping 4-6 hour stretches at night, gets up to eat and then back to sleep til 7-8am. She can nap anwhere from 1 hour -4 hours! She takes about 4-5 naps a day. We started her on Prilosec for reflux this month and she is much happier now after eating. We started tummy time and and she likes listening to classical music!

At her two month doctor appointment Charlotte weighed: 10lbs 5 oz (45%), length was 21.75 inches (25%) and head circ. was 38cm (25%).

She is still in newborn size clothes and diapers. It makes me sad to see her in stuff from the hospital because now they actually fit! She's growing! How fast they grow. It's crazy to see. I already miss the super small newborn.

Cooper and Charlotte both are proud of each other. She watches him play (when she is rarely awake ahah) and he shows her off. I caught him saying to his cousin Will, " Look, Will, that's Charlotte!" pointing to her in her car seat and grinning ear to ear! Melt. Mama's. Heart.
he was a big helper while daddy went on a week long work trip. we all survived somehow!

Other events this month include Daddy giving her first bottle and using the miracle blanket for sleep... love that thing. I wonder if the zippadee zip is also in her future :) She loves the paci still, too, which is different from Cooper. It really makes her soothing herself to sleep so much easier. She also loves when I stroke the side of her face with my hand. It's sweet to see her immediately close her eyes to the touch.

the first bottle!