It is hard to believe another month has passed since Bennett joined our family! He is really the perfect baby and we are all so happy with our family of 5. My only complaint is how fast his newborn days are flying by. It almost seems unfair how quickly my teeny, squishly little newborn has turned into a chubby, smiling, cooing baby.
The major milestone this last month has been Benny starting to smile. He is always very smiley in the morning and he loves to smile at certain sounds we make. Mac loooooves to make him smile and is almost always successful at getting a sweet grin out of him by saying, "Coooooo!" in a high pitched voice.
Benny is still my rock star sleeper, and I couldn't be happier about it! He has started sleeping anywhere from 6-8 hours in his first stretch of sleep when I put him to bed at night. He is in a swaddle/sleepsack combo and sleeps in his cosleeper right by my side of the bed.
He has settled himself into a very predictable routine, which has made life with 3 pretty easy. He wakes up and nurses at about 7:30, which gives me time before that to get myself and the boys ready for the day. He then falls asleep on our way to taking the boys to school, either in the wrap or in the stroller.
During the day Benny nurses every 3 hours like clockwork. He is awake for about an hour after he eats and then he is ready to fall asleep again. He naps the longest in a wrap, and it allows me to actually get things done, so for now that is where he naps 90% of the time.
I absolutely love having him snuggled up against me. Wearing him in a wrap is one of my very favorite things and I am in no hurry for him to grow out of wanting to be worn so much!
He isn't the biggest fan of spending time anywhere but in someone's arms, but we are starting to work up to longer stretches (10 minutes) where he will hang out in his chair or bouncy seat or on a blanket on the floor.
Benny loves being in the water and getting a bath, but HATES it when he has to get out and get dried off and dressed.
I finally got enough motivation to switch over to cloth diapers when we are at home. I have been able to stay on top of laundry (the amount of laundry that 3 kids produce is crazy!) and to keep things easy, I am doing disposables when we are gone from the house for longer stretches of time. Benny loves laying on his changing table and we usually stretch diaper chages out quite a bit when we are at home because he loves to lay there with his diaper off and coo at the white shelves on the wall.
Benny had his 2 month check up and weighs 12 lbs 9 oz (60th %) and is 23 1/2 inches long (75th %). His head is 41.5 cm (99th %). He seems positively enormous to me.
James and Mac continue to be the best big brothers we could ask for. They love that he is awake a little bit more and still love holding him and snuggling him. Mac is always the first to jump up to try to help if Benny is crying. He will bring him a pacifier, bounce his seat, sing him songs, or give him hugs and he is actually pretty good at calming him down until I can get to him. James almost always asks to hold Benny before bed each night.
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The boys actually love getting their pictures taken with Benny, which has allowed me to get a lot of cute brother pictures. Mac especially loves it when they match. He will often run to hug Benny cheek to cheek and tell me, "Take a picture of these cute faces!"
When I was pregnant, the thought of bedtime with 3 kids was what worried me the most. We have it pretty well figured out, and I have even managed it by myself a few times when Tim hasn't been home.
As sad as I am that Benny is growing so quickly, it is also a lot of fun to see him get older and develop a little personality. He has all 4 of us wrapped around his little finger and is showered with more snuggles and kisses each day than he probably knows what to do with. We have had such a wonderful 2 months getting to know our sweet baby!
