Ava Update

I guess it's been a month since I last posted. Time sure does fly now! I can't believe baby Ava is already over 2 months old and I'm more than halfway done with my leave from work. How can that possibly be???

Ava is doing great. She is really thriving and developing a little personality - although she can be somewhat stubborn! She's fussy a lot less than before, but definitely still has her moments! I think it's better mostly because now she usually goes to bed between 8 and 9, whereas before it was between 10 and 11. And she was always fussy in the evenings. So now it's getting easier. And she'll sit contently in her swing or bouncy seat for periods up to 30 minutes or so now when she's awake. That helps out too. I feel like I have a little more of a life now.

Her evening sleeps are going great. She's up to 7 - 9 1/2 hours in the first stretch. I actually prefer her to wake up at 4 or 5, because then she'll go back to sleep for a few hours. She slept from 8:30 to 6:00 the other night, but was ready to be awake for the day when she woke up since the sun was starting to come out. She's a good little night sleeper! Not so much so during the day - she only has cat naps and one "good" nap that lasts from 1 1/2 to 3 hours.

Her doctor's appointment was last Tuesday. I was worried about the shots, but no need to. She was already crying from something else during the appointment, so when they stuck the needles in, she just continued to cry. And her cry didn't change to a more painful one - it was the same, normal cry. And she calmed down almost immediately afterwards. No fever later, had a great night's sleep - so all was good. I was so worried about pulling the little band-aids off her legs and left them on for two days. Finally on Thursday I saw that they were not loosening at all, so I pulled them off - no reaction at all. She didn't even notice.

She is now 10 pounds, 12 ounces (she was 7 lbs, 15 oz at 2 weeks) and is 23 inches. She's definitely not getting her height from me! She's in the 75% percentile. She has a very long, lean torso. Some of her 0-3 month clothes are too tight, so she's already wearing some 3-6 month clothes. They are baggy around the legs and arms, but the length fits (as long as it is not pants). My baby is getting so big!

That's my update. Sorry I haven't posted much!