2 Months Old! Can you believe it??

We went to the doctor this afternoon for Brecken's two-month check-up. It's ridiculous to think that two months have already gone by!! He's growing by the minute, looks great, and has potentially already lost that "preemie" status he was born with!

Here are the two month stats for our little all-star:

Weight: 11 pounds 1 ounce (More than doubled since his birth weight of 4 pounds 13 ounces)! This also puts him in the 50th percentile of other kids that were born full term, which is awesome! Our doctor said that this is one of the milestones that preemies have to reach in order to lose their preemie status... Yippee!

Length: 21 3/4" (Born at 19")... He's only in the 10th percentile in length.

Brecken had his 2-month vaccines today which meant one medicine by mouth (he seemed to enjoy that), and then 4 shots. He actually slept through the first two, but woke up and screamed for the third, and was then back asleep by the fourth. The nurse said in all her years giving vaccines, she has never had a baby sleep through the shots. He clearly has a high pain tolerance, and was rewarded with some cool camoflauge bandaids when it was all said and done. He did great!

He continues to eat 6 ounces at a time, with an occasional 8 ounce, which is a LOT for his age. Our doctor assured us that this would plateau eventually and he would slow it down a little. I joke that he'll be drinking out of a 2 liter bottle soon! He is holding his head up on his own for several seconds at a time, enjoying tummy time, responding to voices (especially his mommy's!), making eye contact, and seems to be on par or only slightly behind with several of the developmental milestones for his age. Every child is different, so who is to say what's "normal" anyway?!

On a sad note, we ended up at Urgent Care on Saturday because B had yellow gunk leaking out of his left ear. As it turns out, he had a ruptured ear infection :( So sad. I actually cried in the doctor's office after he told us the news. Hahaha.... Yes, yes, I'm laughing at myself now, but it was devastating to hear that my little helpless baby was anything but perfect at the time!!! He is on an antibiotic and our doctor gave us some drops to start today. I didn't even know a baby this young could get an ear infection and I am so hoping and praying that it is a one-time thing and not something that will be reocurring. Poor little guy :(

To celebrate his actual 2 month birthday (which was yesterday), Brecken decided to have a "poo party," LITERALLY. Mom and Brecken had a morning of blow-outs (and no, I don't mean candles), with the last one resulting in some leakage in the hallway. Just as Hanzel and Gretel left their breadcrumbs, B left his markings all the way down the hall. He was halfway through a bottle at the time of the eruption, so maybe he just wanted to make sure I remembered how to get back to his bottle?? Either way, YUCK.

Over the past few months, I have gotten several of the same questions... The first of which is "How does it feel to be standing?" Now, I know the people asking me this question have a fairly good idea that I prefer a world of mobility to that of bed rest, but what I don't know is how to articulate just how GOOD it feels to NOT be in bed anymore! I couldn't be happier to have the days of bed rest behind me. Although I remember them vividly and don't think I'll ever completely forget, each time I look at little Brecken, they do become a more distant memory :)

The second question is "How does it feel to be a Mom?" Again, this is a hard one to articulate. I usually respond by saying AWESOME as I look at my little bundle and smile. For it's when someone asks me this question that I actually stop and think "Hey, I AM a Mom." Somehow the sleepless nights, crying fits, and tireless hours spent in the NICU are all forgotten when this question gets asked of me and all I can think about is how precious this little person is.

I sometimes feel like I am the most powerful woman in the world, squeezing so much into my day! There are days when I not only care for my newborn, but do several loads of laundry, clean the house, do a little scrapbooking, have dinner on the table when Eric gets home (I know he's reading this right now thinking, "Wait, what night was this????"). I said SOMETIMES, not always :) On the flipside of this all-empowering-woman feeling are the days when my greatest accomplishment is taking a shower. Doesn't seem like much to brag about considering it's a 5-minute feet of accomplishment that most people do daily without thinking, but I think all new moms can relate. It's on those days that I ask myself the same questions.... Didn't he JUST eat? How many more dirty diapers can there be? How is it THAT time already? And then, before I know it, the day is gone and I have accomplished nothing. It all evens out I guess and hopefully as he develops more of a routine we'll get things figured out.

Below are a few pictures taken over the weekend....

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Grandma & Grandpa Walker with the kids and grandkids

Great Grandma Cloutier with the grandkids

Two Months Old

Daddy and Brecken

Tummy Time