And then there were two ...: 2 month checkup

1/17/09 - 4 weeks

2/7/09 - 7 weeks

As you can see, Shane is growing like crazy! I still find myself thinking he's so tiny - and really he is - but he has grown so much in the last 8 weeks. But, as all of the moms out there know, our children are always little in our eyes. I had a conversation with Brendan yesterday that to me he should still be the size of Shane and it's hard for me to realize that he's 10. I almost made myself cry because we were talking about how when Shane is 10, Brendan will be away at college. Why must they grow so fast?

Yesterday was Shane's 2 month checkup. He now weighs 12 pounds even and is 23 inches long - which puts him in the 50th percentile for both height and weight. He discovered another baby in the mirror ... but was only briefly interested.

Shane was far to busy being entertained by his big brother who came along for moral support to play with the baby in the mirror.

Yesterday Shane got the first of many rounds of shots and he seemed to handle them a lot better than mommy did. I forget just how stressful it is to have to be involved in the shot process ... you know it's for the best but it's never fun to actually allow someone to inflict pain on your child. We had to wait a little longer in the room than I'd hoped and Shane was hungry and fussy. Then add on the pain from the 3 shots and he was one mad little guy. Poor big brother was ready for lunch and mom was just ready for a nap! We stuck around a little longer at the doctor's office to nurse and calm down Shane. Thankfully Shane zonked out in the car and slept through lunch which meant Brendan and I were able to have a nice lunch where I could focus on him alone - I think he was ready for some one-on-one mom time.This afternoon Shane was playing on the floor with his floor mat. We've had little success with Shane keeping himself entertained on it so today I folded a towel in thirds and made a small pillow for him - he liked that! He also liked the monkey hanging from the tree and he held quite a conversation with him.