william: two months old.

kiddosmotherhood

Dec 31

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little william buddy is going to be 10 weeks old on monday. but he turned two months old on christmas eve, and we shall celebrate his two-monthness, no matter how late it might be!let's get straight to it, shall we?we have been enjoying the heck out of this amazing little boy the past few weeks. something happened around the 8-week mark, i'm not sure what it was. he seems to have grown into himself a little maybe? he is more at ease on his own, he enjoys laying on his playmat and playing with george the giraffe (also a favorite of his sister). he falls asleep a bit easier, still fights it like his life depends on not going to sleep, but the fights are a little shorter now. and best of all: he loves the sleep sack swaddle at night. praise sweet baby Jesus!we've been getting into a little more of a routine since the 8-week mark too. you go to bed every night around 9pm, and usually (I SAID USUALLY I'M NOT GETTING COCKY UNIVERSE) gives me about 6-7 hours of him sleeping. so he eats around 3am, then again at about 6am, and will normally go back to sleep until about 8am. i get his sister ready when she gets up around 7:30am, and then he hangs out for about an hour before he eats. he now can do three hour stretches between eating, which feels so freeing to me as the source of his food. he is terrible at naps like his sister, unless i'm wearing him, so depending on our day, he usually gets a couple 45 minute naps, and then one really long afternoon nap because he has exhausted himself, or he'll sleep on me for a couple two hour long naps and then another hour or so in the evening to tide him over. he's honestly so happy that it hasn't really bothered me that his naps are so sporadic right now...the little man is happy to just be with us when he's awake!i can't believe that i'm over halfway done with my maternity leave. i go back february 13, and i'm already certain that it's going to go by way too fast and i'm going to wake up and it's going to be time to go to work again. and that might kill me. because this mom of two thing is way, way harder than i ever thought it would be. there are more days than not that i don't get out of my pajamas, and many more days that i am much too crabby with Mister Man because i'm overtired. but the good days are full of so much good that it's going to be hard to leave this sweet life of no schedules or long work days or missing my babies.little william: thank you for being such a perfect addition to our family. you cannot begin to understand how amazing it has been to watch you grow in just these last couple months. your dad, your sister and i can't wait to see how much more fun we get to have with you as you grow.