2 Month Check Up...

Grady had his 2 month check up with Dr. Riley today. Let me just tell ya...getting shots is the pits! I hated watching his little face go from smiling and happy to completely traumatized! He turned red as a tomato, open mouth, tongue out, crying without breathing until the third shot was over. I fed him almost immediately and he was soothed and got over it quickly. Thank you God! I really almost cried watching him cry. It was awful. I guess I should be thankful that I'm the only one of the two of us who will remember this traumatic event.

Anyway...he is certainly a growing boy! He now weighs 10 lbs, 13.5 oz. (28 percentile), 23.5 inches long (66%), and his head circumference is 39.5 cm (36%). He's on the small side, but the doc is looking for an upward curve for Grady, not in relation necessarily to the other 99 babies.

Dr. Riley put it to me this way: A 2 year old is expected to gain 3 lbs. and 3 inches in 1 year. Grady gained 3 lbs and 4 inches in 6 weeks! Doc says that is superb! I'll tell you right now, I'm going to enjoy these days when I can still manage to carry the car seat with him in it! He is helping to build my arm muscles already.

Anyway...he's doing well, even after his first round of vaccines. He's been a little sleepier than normal today, but I can't really complain about that. Better sleepy than fussy is my motto for Dr. visits.

Here are a few more pics from the past week.

Grady is 2 months old!

Wrinkles

Aren't these the cutest forehead wrinkles you have ever seen? Grady's little wrinkles happen anytime he looks up. They make his forehead extra fun to kiss.



I'm realizing that I need to start getting Jon to take more pictures of me with Grady. You'd think I never hold him!

Our First Good Family Picture

Naps...

I wish someone had told me that getting an 8 week old to know that he needs to take naps would be so difficult. I think this has been the most challenging part of being a mom. He does fine at night, but I think if I can get him to sleep well during the day, he'll sleep through the night in the next few weeks....and isn't that every new mom's goal?

I was reading somewhere that babies develop brain cells and a larger capacity for learning new things while they are sleeping. If they aren't getting adequate sleep throughout the day, then when they are awake they will be too worn out to really learn and meet their milestones.

I had a little heart-to-heart with Grady the other night and told him all of this information. I'm pretty sure our little talk convinced him! I also called my friend Jenny two days in a row asking for napping advice. I needed mommy counseling. Thanks to her advice, and my little talk with Grady, he is doing much better, and getting better every day. I'm so glad!

I'm hoping that soon I can say that he loves naps!

This is the verse that I've been praying over Grady since he was born. I pray that he would be completely dependent on the Lord to know what his next step is at every point in his life. It is truly a privilege to be his momma!

"Show me the right path, O Lord;
point out the road for me to follow.

Lead me by your truth and teach me,
for you are the God who saves me.
All day long I put my hope in you."

Psalm 25:4-5

The Many Expressions of Grady Daniel...