Rylan is 2 months old today.
He's growing like a weed still. I still feed him almost every 2 hours during the day but I am usually able to get one (sometimes two) times when it's 3 hours between feedings. Recently (for the last week), I usually get 4 or 5 hours between feedings after going to bed and then it's back to every 2 hours. That wasn't how it went last night though and now that I'm writing about it, I bet tonight is also going to be bad!
Rylan is definitely chubby, but we don't think he looks ridiculously fat with tons of rolls like some babies. His 2 month checkup is on Tuesday so we'll see how big he really is then.
Rylan is mostly in 6 month sized clothes now. He can wear some of his 3 month sized stuff still, but the 6-month sized clothes look more comfortable. Rylan is wearing size 2 Swaddlers but he's going to be in the size 3 Cruisers really soon, which are the size of diapers Carter wears!
Rylan is usually great when we're out. He usually sleeps the entire time we're in the car. The car did nothing to soothe Carter and I used to sing the entire time we were driving when he was this age just to keep the crying at a level I could handle. Rylan is generally good when we go out to eat (as long as we've timed it right between his feedings) and when running errands or doing fun stuff for Carter.
When at home, Rylan has both fussy times and times when we can just put him down on the playmat and he'll be content with no interaction from us. Sometimes it takes a lot of bouncing and swaying when he's fussy, but Rylan's usually never inconsolable. His worst time is still after Carter goes to bed and before he does. We usually put Rylan to bed between 9:30 and 10:30 pm depending on his feeding schedule. I usually go to bed at the same time because I feed him in our bedroom where it's dark and it makes me really sleepy too!
I'm really looking forward to when we put Rylan to bed at the same time as Carter so we have a little free time in the evening (or at least time to catch up on stuff around the house). I don't want to force that now though because I don't want to be awake through half of Rylan's long sleep and then not get more than an hour or two of consecutive sleep myself.
Rylan still doesn't have perfect head control, but he's getting stronger. I still need to be prepared for him to flop his head back, but he doesn't do it too often. He's a strong baby though. He can bear quite a bit of his weight on his legs already too.
This last 2 months have flown by. I remember that those first few months with Carter crept by. It helps that it's summer and I have friends with their own kids this time around!
