Progress A Plenty

My what a difference a month makes!

Sweet Everett has worked through his tummy troubles that dominated the first month of his life. Actually, I suppose I should say that I am so careful about what I eat that we avoid tummy troubles.  It appears to be nuts (as in the actual snack, not “crazy”) that throw him into a tailspin of colic sadness, (evidence from Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve)  however I am still particularly careful about dairy.  I don’t eat very much dairy but I tested it out with some decaf cappuccinos a couple days in a row and so far so good.  When it triggers a reaction it happens within 25 minutes or so – but it is strange because if that is it, it is from literally a couple of nuts. So, we will see but it is a welcome change!

Christmas was a whirlwind to say the least.  I almost have a hard time recalling the whole weekend but Everett definitely celebrated until he couldn’t anymore.  All in all, he was very overstimulated by the whole event.  So many people (“pass” the baby) , noises,(cousins laying, paper, dishes, etc)  lights at once caused him to be a bit fussy during most events.  Several times we had to just take him into a dark room, lay him out and sssshhh him or put on a noise machine while he stared at us just to give him some downtime – totally understandable.  I think he did what we all needed!  It was a memorable first Christmas for us for him and yes, I did stuff his stocking with some carseat toys…I couldn’t not do anything. Caden showed him presents and gave him lots of pats on Christmas morning and Thrasher himself tried to steal a few of Everett’s gifts.  It will be quite the change next year when Everett is going for the tree instead of being mesmerized by the lights!

Colter and I felt robbed of a few weeks with our boy since we didn’t truly get to see him since he was so upset so it is hard to believe he is already two months.  The hubs keeps looking at him and commenting on how grown up he seems now, especially in this last week.  I will say that Everett gave us a bonus gift of “waking up” out of the newborn-ness right around 6 weeks and really showing his personality so to speak.  “They say” by 3 months they really wake up but Everett has been smiling, interacting and “talking” back to us since about 6 weeks.  Just like his big brother he is particularly fond of his changing table.  He is comfy and has a great view of me from there so he will lock eyes and go to town with grins and his form of giggles.  It is nice and refreshing to have a sweet baby give you that love just because he can’t help himself and is happy to see your face!

Everett is checking off his “milestones” one by one as he is also now a rolling machine!  I thought since he hadn’t much cared for tummy time he might be on the slower side to do this and not get there until 3 months or so.  Wrong!  All of the sudden he was staying on his tummy longer and in a couple days he went from lifting his head for a minute and getting mad to hanging out, looking around and rolling himself right over. Maybe he just decided to solve the problem of being on his tummy himself!   I was excited for his accomplishment and also a little sad that he is that much closer to having to be supervised at all times because who knows where he will go and Caden isn’t used to him really going anywhere/flipping over.

At two months, Everett is still eating entirely too often so we are working on spreading that out.  He is a mama’s boy, but so was Caden for the first 6 months and I blame it on being his food source. His days in our room are numbered so by the next update he will surely be in his nursery.  His “stats” are all above average on their percentile scale so it seems as of now we have another tall, chunky baby on our hands.  His sleeping has been inconsistent (until this week – more on that later) waking every 2-3 hrs after a “long stretch” of 3-4 hrs.  Spreading his feedings out and moving him to his room should help with that!  Everett still hates the carseat whether it is moving or not so most of our errands get done with him in the Baby Bjourn and Caden in the cart. He is loving his playmat and really smiles at Caden when he comes to snuggle him. Sweet brothers!

Here is to hoping that we continue on this positive path with our boy as he seems to enjoy life outside the womb a bit more each and every day!