Baby Gator: 10 weeks and a 2 month check up

Last week Olive got to hang out with her Grandma Teddie. It was my last week of school, which made it our last week of revolving grandparents. Having the grandparents here was better than I could have ever imagined. Olive loves her grandparents, and now has a very special connection with each one of them.

This week her ability to entertain herself improved. As I type she is laying on her back having a full conversation with the fan. She has been that way for the last 10 minutes, and it doesn't appear that she is going to stop anytime soon. She is also interacting more with her toys. I finally figured out what stuffed animals are for; she loves them. All I have to do is hold them up and wiggle them in front of her and she smiles.

She continues to track people as they walk around the room, she lifts her head a lot. Even when she is laying on her back she will lift her head up off the ground. She likes to sit up, or stand. But she's also happy to lay on her back as long as there are things around to entertain her. She's more content to sit still now, which is nice. She will sit in someone's lap for longer periods, and doesn't need to be constantly bounced. She especially likes sitting in her Grandpa's lap. She also discovered her hands this week. She likes to put them together, and kind of dry-wash them. She looks like she is plotting something big, but hasn't shared what it is with the rest of us yet. By the way she is still talking to the fan.

Overall she seems calmer and happier this week. She is getting easier and easier to keep happy. Her sleeping has even gotten better. She usually sleeps for one 4-5 hour stretch at night, wakes up to feed for 30 min and then goes back to sleep for 4 or so hours. Now that I am off of school and won't wake her up to feed her before I leave for work it will be interesting to see how much she will sleep.

Today was her 2 month doctor's appointment. She now weighs 13lb 10.5oz (90-95 percentile), 24 3/4 in (>95 percentile), and her head is 16in around (95-98 percentile). They don't measure her hair growth, but I can tell you it grows like a weed. It's getting so long in the back that I think we might be entering mullet territory pretty soon. The doctor is very pleased with her progress. Olive, loves the doctor's office. She loves laying on the exam table, last time we were there and this time, she just lays there in her diaper babbling to herself and kicking her feet. The only part she didn't love was the shots, but I breastfed her right afterward and she calmed down pretty quickly. She just stopped talking to the fan so I better post some pictures, and get off of here.