Is it just me or did the month of October fly byI cannot catch up on anything. I feel so behind!
October was an awesome month for us. We had quite a bit going on. We visited my brother and his family for a week. Avery attended her first football game. We had our first set of shots (so sad) and our very first Halloween. My precious daughter started sleeping through the night and we were finally able to venture out of the house without a meltdown! yay!I know I've probably said this before but seriously, being a mom is the BEST job ever. Avery is so fun. I am witnessing her display her little personality on a daily basis and I LOVE IT. She is very much my child. She will be totally fine one minute and will flip out two seconds later. She has no problem letting you know what she does NOT like.
Here's a quick rundown on our current happenings with Miss Ave:
At her 2 month check up Avery weighed in at 13.5lbs.(95th percentile). She is 23 1/4 (90th percentile). Her head circumference was 39cm. (forgot the percentile...ooops). She's such a big girl! and yes, we are still breastfeeding (I'm always asked when discussing her weight).
Avery took her shots like a champ. I let her daddy stay close to her and I swore I wasn't going to look but I did. She received three shots and cried for less than 15 seconds. I was very proud of her. I gave her tylenol immediately after leaving her appointment so there was no fever and no crabby baby. After her shots we took Avery to Friday's to grab a bite to eat. This was our first time taking her to a restaurant and she did pretty well. Although she didn't get a fever she was very cuddly for the rest of the day so I let her nap in our bed and cuddled up with her.
This is her before the shots. I think she had a sense that something bad was about to take place.
Avery is now sleeping through the night. We never really had a problem with her sleeping. She always slept 4 hour stretches throughout the night but she is now on a schedule. She typically goes to bed between 10 - 11pm (late, I know). She'll sometimes wake up between 2:30 - 4:00am for a quick feeding. She'll wake up again between 7:30 - 8:30am, nurse again and go back down until 10:30am or so. She LOVES to sleep. She'll take a quick nap around 12:30 (45 mins or so) and then she's up until 5ish. She'll take one last nap that normally lasts for about an hour or an hour and a half and then we bathe her, feed her and hang out until bed time.
She loves to sprawl out. Gosh, I love this child!
I now have less anxiety about taking her out. In the beginning if we were out and she started crying I'd want to leave immediately for fear of annoying those around us. Now, I understand that babies cry, she will cry, it won't be the first or last time so the people around us can deal with it. Of course I don't let her cry incessantlly but I'm not running towards the door the minute she starts crying.
My SIL and I decided to take Avery and my nephew to the pumpkin patch a few weeks before Halloween and that was a complete FAIL. My nephew thought he was too cool for the pumpkin patch and my daughter fell asleep on the way there and was not happy when mommy woke her up to take pictures with pumpkins! She was not having it.
This is the only picture my SIL managed to take of us two. Avery was having a meltdown the entire time we were there. Next year, I promise adorable pictures of my toddler playing amongst pumpkins.
Once Halloween rolled around, she was a little more tolerable. I plopped her on the couch with her pumpkin, snapped a few pics and called it a day. Of course she did not partake in the Trick or Treating (maybe next year) but she did have a great time at my brothers Halloween party. So much so that she crashed on my brothers shoulder in the midst of all the partying.
I hate that this picture is blurry, but i LOVE that smile. Btw, here shirt reads: So Cute It's Scary. So true!
So, there's my October recap. Phew! I will definitely be updating more often because doing it all at once is tiresome.
Happy Two Months Avery baby! I love you Punky!
