2 Months old!

Grrrrr.... Blogger isn't letting me separate different points and running it all together no matter how many times I edit to correct it.... sorry if this blog looks messy, but it won't let me fix it!!!

Since she's sleeping... see above!

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I can do this quickly :o) We've been having a rough few days here in Lewis Land... started off with Kat having diarrhea for 2 days, then switching off to cranky, listless, and irritable for another 2 days. We suspect she may be teething, but we aren't sure. It's way early for that, but from what we gather not unheard of! We'll be bringing it up at her 2 month checkup on Monday.

So our little one has been here 2 whole months now! It feels like longer :o) What do we know about her so far?

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~She's gotten over her hatred of baths, we figured out her main problem with the baths was the hammock bathtub thing, once she's actually IN the water rather than over it, she loves them! She recently discovered that if she kicks her legs hard enough it makes splashes, and she loves that.

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~She's also decided that naked really isn't so bad! When we change her now she smiles and coos at us instead of turning that lovely shade of magenta and screaming. She also spends her diaper changes talking to the stickers of Beavis and Butthead on the side of Tim's computer... I kid you not! She gives a HUGE grin everytime she sees them! We're thinking it's because they're so brightly colored against the black background of the PC box.

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~She's really really strong, especially for her age. She holds her head up and steady like a champ, and looks all around all the time. She's been doing that for weeks now. She also likes to play the up and down game... basically standing up and sitting down while Mommy said "Up and Down!"... funny enough when she hears Up... she pushes with her legs because it's time to stand up! She can pull herself upright holding onto your hands and stand on her own feet as long as she's balanced. Holding her own weight is not a problem at all for her. She can sit assisted already for short periods of time as well, but likes standing better.

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~She rolled over (back to tummy) the first time yesterday. Granted it was during a full scale temper tantrum, so I'm not sure we can really count it because it was accidental, but she still did it. We'll wait to see when she starts doing it intentionally... lol

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~She looks like a tiny little elf up to no good when she grins... 'nuff said!

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~ She is cooing a lot and trying hard to mimic sounds! When you talk to her she screws her face up concentrating, then starts moving her mouth trying to imitate. So far she's got down Dadadada, and Mamamama (though that only happens when she's crying lol), and just the other day we heard her say Kakakakakaka (which is her mimicking me saying Kat over and over again) .... she's a genius! (Shhhh, every mom thinks that- it's mean to point out otherwise LOL)

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~She's gotten really fascinated with Daddy the last few weeks. Whereever he is she's trying really hard to watch him! Even when nursing, which makes for some awkward poses!

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~She's sleeping (almost) through the night! On a good night, normally she'll go down around 10:30 and sleep until about 3:30-4am so 5-5.5 hours at a stretch! After that she'll nap for 2 hour stretches until Mom decides to roll out of bed.

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~She's basically a sweet and cuddly little thing. She's extremely loving and really enjoys lots and lots of human contact. That being said, she's got a temper on her when she's hungry/sleepy/otherwise irritated.... she goes from smiles to screams at the drop of a hat. Luckily we get more smiles than screams, but that's mostly because Mommy knows when the screams are coming and intercepts lots of them early!

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I've learned we sort of unintentionally practice something called Attachment Parenting... not to the letter of course, but it's the closest label for our sort of natural parenting style... and it's working very well! If I notice she's starting to get upset I intervene before the meltdown starts and try to fix the problem. I basically feed her when she's hungry, hold her as much as she wants when she's upset, put her down when she wants it, and let her sleep when she's tired. Crazy huh? I keep getting lectured I'm letting her get spoiled.... but I've sniffed her and she's still perfectly fresh!! *evil grin*...

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Attachment Parenting also advocates co-sleeping (check!) in the bassinet in the bedroom actually counts as co-sleeping, breastfeeding (check!), baby wearing (check!).... the only deviations with us are the whole medical thing... I was all about the drugged birth, don't regret my c-section, if she'd been a boy she'd have been circumsized, and we're definitely vaccinating her according to schedule. I trust my doctor (who really encourages us to keep her as happy as possible by whatever means and assures us she cannot be spoiled when she's this little) and I believe in medical technology. At home, we totally practice the idea of compassionate and connected parenting (because that's just how we are normally anyway)... but I also believe it's my job to keep her as healthy as possible and would be derelict in my duty by skipping her vaccinations. I've gotten some steam over that from some crunchier moms that me.... and that's fine too. You raise your kid, I'll raise mine LOL....

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Or better yet, you eat your granola.... and I'll eat mine.... tee hee....