Some More Smiles and a Huh?

Smile

Mr. Blue Eyes

Carter has beautiful blue eyes right now. And long eyelashes which he gets from Brian.

Decorating

I've been working on decorating some over the last week. We've reorganized the family room by moving the desk to the foyer, removing the big leather ottoman (it's now in the bonus room), and making more open floor area by pushing the loveseat back. Now we need a rug and new coffee table. I wanted more open space and a rug so we could play easier with Carter on the floor downstairs since we don't have any carpeting on the first floor. We hung a mirror and added new decoration to the mantle. And hung some canvas prints on one wall.


I also bought a rug for the foyer. We moved the Mac to the desk we moved to the foyer as well. I really like the foyer area now and it doesn't feel like wasted square footage anymore.



I ordered a bunch of prints from Shutterfly this weekend so I'll be hanging more pictures up soon.

New Favorite Toy

Carter's new favorite toy is a big truck meant for much older infants. But he loves when its on its side and he can spin the wheels by punching them.


Carter slept well again last night. I fed him at 9:30 pm and not again until 4:15 am and then again at 7:45 am. He did grunt a lot during the night, but didn't wake up until the times I fed him. Carter also had a really sleepy day. I got a lot of work done - 3.5 hours!

Good and Bad

It always seems that the good and bad even out with Carter. He had an amazing night last night - went almost 8 hours between feedings. And he had a great morning and early afternoon. He wasn't fussy at all and was content chilling in his swing. We got so much done! He's making up for it now. He seems to have a bit of diarrhea and an elevated temperature - though it's not a fever yet. And he's been fussy with a painful sort of cry. He just passed out in Brian's arms, but I don't see that lasting too long. Hopefully I'm wrong!

The new thing Carter has been doing the last few days is sucking on his hands. His hands are usually in fists when he brings them to his face, and he'll suck on the index and middle finger of his fist. He's been sucking on his fist during tummy time for a good week, but he's now bringing his fists up to his face while on his back.

Carter Cooing

Here's a video of Carter cooing at the mobile above his changing table last night. He's cooing a lot more and social smiling a lot.



If the video isn't working yet, you can view it here (link).

Two Month Exam

Carter had his two month exam today. He did really well considering he had to get 3 shots! He was pretty calm during his exam and not fussy at all.

Carter weighed in at 11 lbs, 6 oz which is in the 45th percentile for his age. His length is 22 inches which is in the 22nd percentile, though I think he's longer because the nurse didn't seem to be doing a good job of stretching him out when measuring him. So, he's gained 1 lb, 12 oz and grown 1 1/8 inches in the last month.

The doctor said Carter looked good and is right on track developmentally. He said Carter's eating and sleeping habits are perfect.

Carter got three shots and one oral vaccine. He got (1) Pediarix, which is a combination vaccine of DTaP, IPV, and HBV, (2) HIB, which is the haemophilus influenza B vaccine, and (3) Prevnar, which is a pneumococcal vaccine. The oral vaccine that Carter got is the rotavirus vaccine. He cried hard while getting the shots - the type of crying where he doesn't breath or make a sound for a long time and turns purple and then lets out a terrible scream. He calmed down after a minute or two and fell asleep a few minutes later.

A few hours after Carter got the shots, he started crying like this again and wouldn't stop so I gave him some tylenol because I figured he was sore from the shots. It seems to have helped and he's slept a good part of this afternoon.

I'm still running about every other day and working on losing my pregnancy weight. I'm down to 140.5 lbs (from 170 lbs). Only 13.5 lbs to go!

Brian's Home!

Carter and I made it through Brian's first business trip. Brian was supposed to be in DC all week but got to come home today two days early. It was a little rough being on my own for a few days, but each day was a little easier. Usually I look forward all day to knowing I'll get a bit of a break once Brian gets home. It was hard not having that. Hopefully as Carter gets older and gets more of a routine we'll be able to handle Brian traveling better.

Discovering His Hands

Carter seems to have found his hands a little bit today. He was chilling in his bouncer on the kitchen table this morning while I was getting a little work done and he kept pushing his bib up with his hands to get it in his mouth. He's continued to do this all day. It's not much, I know, but more than he's done before. Also, he was cooing at the turtle hanging from the bar over the bouncer this morning which I enjoyed watching.