9 Weeks

I can't believe that my son is two months old. The time really is flying by. He can push himself up on his arms when he is on his belly and he gets his hips up the air in an attempt to roll over. The previous rolling over has not been duplicated which makes me think its a fluke. He is smiling and laughing a lot more now. He recognizes me and his dad. He follows objects around with his eyes and looks to see where noise is coming from. He is still not sleeping very well but has slept for 5 hours at a time. We are hoping to increase that! He has become far less fussy although there are still times when I'm not sure what to do to console him.

He is eating more too. He is up to 4 ounces now. I am still only able to produce about 1/3 of what he eats so he mostly gets formula. He isn't taking to the breast that well anymore either since he's so used to the bottle. That makes me sad. He did really good on his first plane ride. He didn't cry at all and slept the whole time on the second flight. We are going out of town again so hopefully he'll be good again.

Also, I only have 3 weeks of maternity leave left. I really wish I had a total of 6 months. It will be so hard to leave him. My husband thinks it is good that I am going back to work. He thinks I need the mental stimulation and the money will help out.

He gets his shots tomorrow. I'm worried about him getting them and then having to fly. Hopefully he won't feel too bad afterwards or get a fever.

That's all for now, I'll write more when we get back from the trip.