crew | two months

How is it possible that we already have a two month old?! Without a doubt, these have been the best two months of our lives with our sweet little man.

weight: 15.2 lbs!

length: we'll find out at his two month appt. coming up in the next week

clothes: 3 months, but quickly growing!

diapers: size 1 in Pampers and wearing OS cloth

hair color: light brown

eye color: dark blue

nicknames: crew baby, crew man, crewster, C, crewseph (nickname from his daddy), crew boo

likes: baths, riding in the car, talking to you, smiling, being able to look around and see what's going on

dislikes: Will & I both thought on this and couldn't really think of anything! The only thing he seems to dislike sometimes is his pacifier. A lot of the times he makes a face when we try to give it to him or makes a gagging noise. That's fine with me! He also hates hiccups. Other than that, he's SO easy-going!

Crew has become so vocal this week. It is so much fun to sit and talk to him and listen to him try and talk back. I can't get enough! We are still falling more in love each time we get him to smile too! We've noticed him being able to follow things with his eyes now. We were at my parents' this week and he would watch Uncle Colin wherever he went!

Crew's been sleeping pretty good at night by waking up every 3.5-4 hours. He's' had occasional spurts where he'll sleep a little longer than 4 hours, but it's not frequent. We usually try and give him a bottle at his midnight feeding so that we know he's full when he's finished and he'll sleep longer. He's taking up to 5 oz. with a bottle now. It's so funny when you are feeding him and try and pull the bottle out of his mouth. He will grunt like you've made him so mad! Little man likes to eat!

Crew got a little cold this week and it was so sad. It broke my heart to hear him snorting trying to breathe. There were a few times that we just had to hold him upright on our chest for him to sleep just so he could breathe and get some rest. We invested in the Nosefrida and it's worked better than the bulb. Surprisingly, he just grins when we use the 'snotsucker' on him! 

Crew got dedicated this week also. It was such a sweet day and we were so glad our family could be there. We missed Uncle Matt, Aunt Jeana and Uncle Micah though!

He is wearing 3 month clothes, but I don't know how much longer he'll be in them. He's getting SO big. With some clothes, we have issues with the arms or legs being too short for him. He's his mother's son! I've ALWAYS had that problem. I lovvvve all of his fat rolls!

We moved him to his crib to sleep this week. It's gone ok so far. Sometimes we still let him sleep part of the night in his glider in the living room. He's totally over the Rock n' Play though. I think maybe he's just too big to be comfortable in it now.

Look at that little ham in skinny jeans! Those pants are some of my favorite from H&M. They're 6 month pants and really only fit him in the waste because of his cloth diaper (and big belly!). They're still way too long.

Crew's personality is showing through more and more each day. We LOVE talking to him and listening to him try to talk back. All his coo's and noises are just the sweetest thing ever. We are soaking it up!

We're still breastfeeding and it's going great. If you had told me about 5-6 weeks ago that I would actually enjoy it, I wouldn't have believed you. The pain is gone and he eats like a champ. Obviously. He's 14 lbs! We occasionally supplement with formula if we are going to be out for a while just because I feel like I can't keep up with him with pumping enough extra. He always wants to eat, but we are working on spreading out his feedings to every four hours. He goes anywhere from 2.5-3 hours now. If there's a period of time where I don't nurse him and he gets a bottle instead, I actually really miss him and miss that bonding time. He's such a sweetheart. He's gotten to where he's always holding me or holding my shirt when he nurses and I love that. I love feeling needed.

On his 7 week birthday, he slept the best he has ever slept. He went from 9:30 - 3:30 (6 hours!!) and then slept another 4 hours after that. Basically he just skipped that midnight feeding and it was great to have uninterrupted sleep! After Thanksgiving we are going to begin sleep training him. It's recommended not to sleep train until he is 8 weeks old so once we are home from traveling we will start. We read "Twelve Hours' Sleep by Twelve Weeks Old" as recommended by a friend who had success with the sleep training method and are anxious to get it started. I will let you know how it goes!

We started cloth diapering this week. We still only do it during the day, but put him in disposables at night since he goes longer in between changes. It's going great so far. I felt so intimidated by cloth before we started it "full time." One day Crew and I were at home by ourselves and decided to jump right in. I don't know why it was so intimidating, it's just as easy as disposables...and so much cuter!

Crew did great this week traveling to Muddy, IL. He slept the entire 4 hours there and back. He's so good in the car. He got to meet his third great grandma and the rest of the Kassner family up there. We also got to see Uncle Matt & Aunt Jeana for Thanksgiving too.

He's been getting better with sleeping and stretching time between feedings. His longest stretch of sleep at night is 6 hours. He also slept 6 hours during the day on Thanksgiving because he was so worn out from traveling. He goes anywhere from 3-4 hours between eating typically.

At night he still sleeps better/longer in his glider than he does his crib so we usually just let him stay in it. We'd both rather sleep longer so I'm not too concerned with where he's getting his rest right now.

Sweet Crew,
You have lightened our lives like we never imagined possible. We are amazed with you more and more each day. You are such a good baby. You are the perfect baby. You really never cry, only the occasional grunting and fussing. You are always smiling...especially when someone is talking to you and you try your hardest to talk back to us. You are so, so loved by everyone who knows you. We can't wait for our first Christmas with you!
Love, your Mom and Dad