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John Hayden is 3 months old today, so here's an update about him:
--He now weighs 16 lbs. 3 oz. That was with clothes on at a sick visit the other day, so it's probably officially a few ounces less since they weigh them without clothes at their well visits. (He has a cold/congestion. I took him in because I thought he might have an ear infection, but he was good.) They didn't measure him, so I'm not sure how long he is now. He'll get measured at his 4 month check-up.
--He's eating 6 oz. every 3 hours and is satisfied, so I imagine we'll stay at this number for a little while. He gets to start cereal next month, so we might not have to increase it since we'll be introducing solids soon.
--He wears size 2 diapers (we'll probably be in size 3 by the end of the month) and some 3-6 month clothing and some 6 month clothing. (He's mostly been wearing onesies--since he's so hot natured--and his 3 month ones are getting a little snug and the 6 month ones are a tad loose but fitting great. It's almost time to put the 3 month ones away. He's wearing 3-6 month pajamas and they have growing room.)
--He is a great nighttime sleeper and other than this past weekend when he started getting sick and didn't sleep well, he mostly sleeps through the night and has been for the past few weeks. Yay for the return of uninterrupted sleep! He's still not an awesome napper, but it doesn't bother me since he sleeps good at night!
--He smiles a ton and chuckles a little. Still no big belly laughs, though. He loves his little blankie, is an occassional thumb sucker, and is getting better at batting at his toys and not missing them. He has pretty good head control, but still a little wobbly, and he can hold his head up at a 90 degree angle when on his tummy, but he really HATES tummy time still. (He tolerates it if you lay him on his tummy on the boppy pillow.) He has started holding his hands together and I caught him looking at one of them the other day, but I don't think he's quite figured out what they are yet. (It's so cute when they start staring at them like "What are these things?"! He'll be doing that soon.) He loves for you to sing songs that require motions and move his arms and legs, such as "Head & Shoulders," "Hokey Pokey," and "If You're Happy and You Know It." He also loves for you to play peek-a-boo with him with his blankie. That is sure to get big smiles! He will definitely coo and talk to you a lot if you start talking to him. And, if you lay him on the floor on a blanket, he'll try to watch TV. (He especially liked the American Idol auditions, bless his heart!)
--He's been in daycare a month now and is doing well. The Type A person in me loves the fact that they send home a little sheet every day with the times he ate, slept, if he cried and how much, etc. I love that! Last week Matt had the flu (and was in quarantine, which was successful since we didn't get it!) and so I had to play single mom all week. Matt usually takes Juliette and John Hayden to school and daycare and picks them up, but I had to do it all week, and I really enjoyed being able to see him in the daycare setting more. Didn't really enjoy the craziness of getting us ready in the mornings and the bedtime routine, though!

Here are a few pictures:

His blankie

Sucking his thumb

His favorite place to nap!

Those cute chubby cheeks and pretty blue eyes!

And a comparison of how much he has grown in a month:

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John Hayden is 2 months old today, so here's a little update about him:

--At his 8 week check-up the other day, he weighed 13 lbs. 10 oz. and is 23.5 in. long. That puts him in the 95th percentile for weight and the 90th percentile for height. He's a big boy!

--Five was the magic number of ounces, as he finally starting going every 3 hours between feedings once we moved up to that number. This week we've actually started offering him 6 oz. sometimes since he has been a little fussy after some feedings. He's probably only eating the full 6 oz. two or three times a day, though.

--He wears size 2 diapers (we just moved up to that size this week) and 3 month clothing. (Some of his 3 month stuff doesn't have any growing room left, so I'm sure we'll be moving up to 6 month clothing in some brands soon.)

--He is sleeping great at night. He typically only wakes up once around 2 or 3 and goes right back to sleep after his bottle. He slept through the night the other day and it was wonderful, but he hasn't done it again. (And I really think it was because he had had his shots that day and we had given him some Tylenol earlier.) He still isn't a great napper. Still cat naps a lot in our arms and will wake up if you put him done. He won't go to sleep during the day unless he is being held or he is in the car. I know he knows how to put himself to sleep, because he'll wake up sometimes at night and make noises for a little bit but then will go back to sleep. It seems to be that the only time we can get him to take a decent nap without being held is if he falls asleep in the car and we just leave him in the car seat when we bring him in. I feel bad sending him to daycare like that, but I'm sure they're used to it (and just our luck he'll sleep for them...isn't that typically how it goes?). I remember Juliette didn't really get on a good napping schedule until after she went to daycare, though, so I'm not worried about it.

--He has become such a happy baby, spending at least 10-15 minutes at a time in his bouncy seat or on his playmat being content. He coos some and says "aahh" and "uuhh" and smiles A LOT. It's so easy to get a smile out of him now and I think he's close to laughing. He looks like he is about to and his breathing increases like he is, but he can't get the sound out yet. We can't wait to hear him laugh! He also bats at the toys on his bouncy seat now and is trying to blow raspberries. (He can't quite do it, but he tries. I think it might be a little early for that, but I do it to him all the time, so I guess he's trying to mimic me.)

--His favorite place in the house is on his changing table. He loves laying there and having you talk to him!

--Juliette has really taken a big interest in him this month. She'll read to him, talk to him, show him toys, and even asked if she could help dress him and change his diaper the other day. She also thinks she knows more than Matt now about how to comfort him since the last two times she held him, she was able to get him to sleep. The day after the second time, she said, "Maybe Daddy should just let me deal with him." :) Earlier in December, I left Matt alone with John Hayden for the first time to go to my women's Bible study Christmas party. Juliette, observing how "difficult" it is for Matt to comfort John Hayden, said to me before I left, "Can you just call them and tell them that Daddy isn't good with babies and have them cancel it." She also is all the time trying to tell Matt how to take care of John Hayden, such as "give him his paci" or "he doesn't need to burp, give him his bottle back." She definitely keeps us laughing!

And now for a few pictures:

Above are pictures of both Juliette and John Hayden on the day of their 8 week shots. Juliette weighed 9 lbs. 8 oz. and was 23 in. at 8 weeks just to give you a comparison. (No, I don't remember that, I pulled out her calendar from her first year to see how long she was. I already knew she weighed less.)

And here's a little side-by-side comparison to see how much he has changed since last month. He looks so different to me!

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John Hayden is 1 month old today, so here's a little update about him:

--He weighs around 10 pounds now, which is the 50th percentile for weight (so he's right where he should be)

--He eats 4 oz. every 2ish hours during the day and every 3-4 hours at night. He'll go 3 hours during the day if he's sleeping. This week he has started going around 2 1/2 hours during the day between feedings some, so hopefully, he'll get to 3 hours during the day soon. (Juliette started out eating every 3 hours, so it's crazy to me that he has such a big appetite!)

--He wears size 1 diapers, and he can still wear some of his newborn size clothing and some 0-3 and 3 month clothing, but they are big on him. (Some of his 3 month stuff completely swallows him.)

--He sleeps good at night (we typically get around 7ish chopped up hours of sleep and he typically only wakes up twice), but he's not a very good daytime sleeper. He cat naps A LOT and usually doesn't take a lengthy nap until late afternoon (probably because he's so tired) unless we have been out and then he will sleep pretty much wherever we go.

--He has started being content and awake more, which I love. He'll sit in his bouncy seat and look at the animals and listen to the music or lay on his activity mat and kick and look at the different toys for about 10 minutes at a time. He's started saying "aahh" when he's happy and making the occasional cooing sounds. We've also caught a few random smiles, but nothing consistent and we can't get him to smile for us yet. We can't wait until he is actually smiling back at us!

--He is content during bath time, but hasn't really started loving it yet. And, he now is finally happy when you change his diaper and undress him (unless it's the middle of the night and he has no patience for his diaper being changed before he gets his bottle).

Here are some pictures of his first bath (when he was 2 1/2 weeks old):

And, I can't forget big sister in this update. Juliette will talk to him and play with him when he is awake. If he is crying (and we're not holding him), she'll go stick the pacifier in his mouth. If he spits up while sitting in his bouncy seat and I'm not looking, she'll get the burp cloth and wipe it up, and she still thinks he's adorable!

I'll close this post with something she said last night while I was bathing John Hayden in reference to the male anatomy that made me laugh: "I'm glad we had a boy, so I can see how their booties work!"

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