ivan jude - week 9

Ivan started this week off by finishing up a growth spurt.  We had a lot of fun things planned for the weekend, but they all involved his ability to take a bottle.  Luckily, Friday arrived, and his growth spurt was over.  My wonderful husband took over Friday night and let me get out for a girl's night.  And after a week long growth spurt, I needed it.  I really was spoiled for my birthday because I also got the next morning off to get my haircut and have time to do whatever!  My whatever involved a little shopping - a new shirt and decor for the house and an Young Living Essential Oils party!  The day was full of new possibilities.

That afternoon, my parents came over to watch the boys while Jason and I went to Arkansas for my birthday date.

Ivan was a champ the entire day, but I'm not going to lie.  After almost a full day of not snuggling, I was very anxious to get home and nurse him that night.  Absence makes the heart grow fonder.  It was a very nice refresh for this 28-year-old Mama.

Ivan's been doing pretty good on his reflux medicine this week, but what I seem to be noticing now is that he is very sensitive to what I eat.  I have to watch it pretty closely or we both suffer the consequences later.

He's noticing his hands more and more and does a great job sticking them into his mouth while awake and playing.  He's still swaddled for sleeping, so no finger sucking yet.  And he still refuses a pacifier.  His night time sleep just keeps improving.  There isn't anymore constant grunting and he sleeps pretty soundly.  He's averaging about 6 hour stretches at this point, but I'm hoping soon we'll get closer to 8 hours.  Wouldn't that be nice?

He had his 2 month check-up on Wednesday.  The doctor said he looked perfect!  He's still a chunky guy weighing 13 lbs 7 oz and 23 1/4 inches long.  He definitely has both his brothers beat at this age.   He took his shots like a champ too.  And luckily they haven't seemed to affect him.

He definitely resembles his brothers but is starting to look more and more distinctly Ivan.

Today we were all able to get outside and enjoy the nice weather!  I would love it to feel like this year round.  Where do I need to move to make that happen??