2 Months

We passed Nikolas’ 2 month birthday last week, and we’ve had quite a few firsts!

We’ve had our first tear-free bath, and we’ve even started putting him the bath tub with me, which he LOVES. He’s set in the water and he’s just so relaxed and chill. I’m looking forward to taking him to swimming lessons in a few months, and I hope that he’ll be comfortable in the water.

His 2-month immunization was also last week. I was there to console baby, Matt was there to console me. It went so much better than I anticipated. My little man is so tough! He barely cried at all..just little whimpers for each needle that was injected. No fuss, no muss, just the way I like it. I try to have as little drama in my life as possible and Nikolas is making me very proud!

On the same day, we ventured over to West Edmonton Mall to meet Jill & Kira, and both babies had their photos taken with Santa. Nikolas was so tired from his needles, he was sleeping most of the time, and I felt awful for waking him up to have his photo taken. I woke him about ½ hour beforehand, just so I could give him some time to wake up and hopefully be in a good mood. And he did so well...until I went up to pay, then the fussing began. He wasn’t all-out crying on Santa’s lap, but he was not a happy boy!

My mom sent over a vibrating chair for us, to help with being able to put him down on his own. It really has been a life saver. I can move the chair to wherever I may be in the house and set him in it while I get ready to leave the house, or do dishes, or anything else that needs to be done around here. He’s also now enjoying being in his swing more and will even fall asleep in it now for me.

We are now 100% on formula, and it’s such a relief for me. Not only are we less frustrated, but he’s going longer between meals. We give him his bed time bottle anywhere between 8:30 – 10:30 and he’s usually good for 5 hours. We’re up once in the middle of the night, then again early morning. I’m trying to get Matt into the routine of feeding him in the morning before he goes to work so I can sleep in a little. We may have to work on that one a bit!