Justin is 2 months old today, which means it's time for the next babycenter.com milestone check.
2 months
• Vocalizes: gurgles and coos
• Follows objects across field of vision
• Notices his hands
• Holds head up for short periods
(1) yep, he's coo'ing a lot lately [video link] (2) yes, working on his hand-eye coordination [video link] (3) yes (4) yes, long periods actually.
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3 months
• Recognizes your face and scent
• Follows objects across field of vision
• Notices his hands
• Visually tracks moving objects
(1) yes (2) yes (3) yes (4) He' s a little slow with the head movement, but he'll try to keep up with you
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4 months
• Smiles, laughs
• Can bear weight on legs
• Coos when you talk to him
(1) no... that would be cool though. Definitely no laughing yet, but we've seen glimpses of voluntary smiles. Nothing worth writing about yet, though. (2) you're joking, right? [video link] (3) yes, but not consistently. If you catch him in the right mood, though, he's just about as talkative as they come.
As for other things, he is still not sleeping through the night any more than the previous milestone entry. Asleep around 10pm, up for a quick feeding around 3:30am, then up again to start his day around 6. At six weeks old, he got us all excited when he started skipping that 3:30 meal and sleeping straight 'til 5-something... but after about a week, the early bird feeding crept back into his routine and we were back to sleeping in shifts. Bummer.
Speaking of sleep, we never did mention where he sleeps. For one, he never did sleep in the bed with us. Personally, I can't figure out how those other parents chance the prospect of rolling over with babies in the bed... V and I are not "still sleepers" and so that's way too scary of a thought to me. Aside from that, we're also not big on starting habits that we'll later have to fight to break (hence no pacifier either). So with that the evolution was...
Week 1... mostly in the hospital
Week 2... Bassinet in mom and dad's room at the foot of the bed
Week 3... Independence! When he was in the room with us, Justin was waking me up with every little hiccup, gurgle or position shift that he made... meanwhile, V's narcolepcy kept her sleeping like a baby). I think I got about 52 minutes of REM sleep that entire week... So one day the bassinet mysteriously disappeared from our room (insert evil grin) and reappeared in the baby's room (hey, I didn't paint that room for nothing!). Mommy had withdrawal symptoms for 3 more days, but daddy suddenly began to sleep with a smile on his face.
At that point, it was also pretty obvious that Justin preferred to sleep on his stomach... but we had to hold off on making that routine for obvious safety reasons. For now though, we give him the privilege if we're up and around to keep a close enough eye on him. When does sleep on this stomach, it's lights out for a nice amount of time.
Week 4... From the bassinet to the crib... and he's been there ever since. And as quickly as he outgrew the bassinet, I'm guessing that we may end up with a toddler bed sooner than we anticipated.
Good grief. This boy needs to get a job.
2 months
• Vocalizes: gurgles and coos
• Follows objects across field of vision
• Notices his hands
• Holds head up for short periods
(1) yep, he's coo'ing a lot lately [video link] (2) yes, working on his hand-eye coordination [video link] (3) yes (4) yes, long periods actually.
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3 months
• Recognizes your face and scent
• Follows objects across field of vision
• Notices his hands
• Visually tracks moving objects
(1) yes (2) yes (3) yes (4) He' s a little slow with the head movement, but he'll try to keep up with you
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4 months
• Smiles, laughs
• Can bear weight on legs
• Coos when you talk to him
(1) no... that would be cool though. Definitely no laughing yet, but we've seen glimpses of voluntary smiles. Nothing worth writing about yet, though. (2) you're joking, right? [video link] (3) yes, but not consistently. If you catch him in the right mood, though, he's just about as talkative as they come.
As for other things, he is still not sleeping through the night any more than the previous milestone entry. Asleep around 10pm, up for a quick feeding around 3:30am, then up again to start his day around 6. At six weeks old, he got us all excited when he started skipping that 3:30 meal and sleeping straight 'til 5-something... but after about a week, the early bird feeding crept back into his routine and we were back to sleeping in shifts. Bummer.
Speaking of sleep, we never did mention where he sleeps. For one, he never did sleep in the bed with us. Personally, I can't figure out how those other parents chance the prospect of rolling over with babies in the bed... V and I are not "still sleepers" and so that's way too scary of a thought to me. Aside from that, we're also not big on starting habits that we'll later have to fight to break (hence no pacifier either). So with that the evolution was...
Week 1... mostly in the hospital
Week 2... Bassinet in mom and dad's room at the foot of the bed
Week 3... Independence! When he was in the room with us, Justin was waking me up with every little hiccup, gurgle or position shift that he made... meanwhile, V's narcolepcy kept her sleeping like a baby). I think I got about 52 minutes of REM sleep that entire week... So one day the bassinet mysteriously disappeared from our room (insert evil grin) and reappeared in the baby's room (hey, I didn't paint that room for nothing!). Mommy had withdrawal symptoms for 3 more days, but daddy suddenly began to sleep with a smile on his face.
At that point, it was also pretty obvious that Justin preferred to sleep on his stomach... but we had to hold off on making that routine for obvious safety reasons. For now though, we give him the privilege if we're up and around to keep a close enough eye on him. When does sleep on this stomach, it's lights out for a nice amount of time.
Week 4... From the bassinet to the crib... and he's been there ever since. And as quickly as he outgrew the bassinet, I'm guessing that we may end up with a toddler bed sooner than we anticipated.
Good grief. This boy needs to get a job.
1 comment:
After going through all of the pictures, I can't believe how much Justin is able to hold his head up and sit up. He's only 2 months old. He seems like such a big boy. I keep trying to remember the baby stage. It seems like it didn't last too long. Better enjoy while you can. Justin is on the move!
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