In my last George update I was anxiously awaiting his 6 week mark because I assumed he would take after his older kin and sleep through the night. I was sorely mistaken. I don't know if it's because he doesn't have as much of a routine and they did or if he's just a mama's boy who needs to snuggle all night long. It's been hard to get him on a routine as we are constantly in the car running errands or carpooling the kiddos to and from school.
I can't complain though. George is dreamy. He might not sleep a full six hours during the night yet but when we are nursing at 4 a.m. he will look up at me and in his raspy little voice start cooing about his dreams. I am totally smitten by this little man. I only wish I had more time to just snuggle and enjoy him with out older sibling chaos looming in our midst.
At his 2 month check-up George weighed just over 12 pounds. He's 56th percentile and 19th for height. Short and pudgy. A regular Georgie Porge. He's very squishy and I love squeezing and kissing those cheeks. I was told that breast milk gets creamier with each child and in George's case, I guess it has. He's getting milkshakes 8 times a day. You'd be chubby too!
George has started delighting us all with little coos and big smiles. Just after eating he'll look up at me and give me the biggest grin. "Thanks for the milkshake Mom." He isn't one of those babies that has to be held all the time. If he's been fed hel kicks his legs on a blanket for a while. I think he likes looking at the ceiling fans. He also loves being held in the Bjorn front pack. He doesn't mind walks in the stroller. We've gone to pick Sadieup from school a few times and he was a champ! However, he HATES driving in the car. It takes forever to calm him down enough to sleep so we usually hear shrills from the little man until we get home to find him drenched in sweat and red in the face. He's not afraid to show some emotion:-)
I forgot how much babies clinch their fists. Every time I try to open his hand I'll find big balls of lint in between each finger. I try to bath him more frequently just to get rid of the smell his clammy fists make. G loves to chew on his fists, even if they're smelly. I don't want a thumb sucker but he seems to really enjoy his fingers. I try to stick a binky in his mouth when I see him going for the fist but he loves it and self soothes himself that way. 
Jack loves it when we bath George because he gets to play in the sink with his favorite toy...water! Normally Jack is pretty oblivious to George. He'll often times get angry when I give G a rattle that once belonged to him or swaddle him in a blanket J thinks is his.
He's pretty tough. Although I haven't witnessed this myself, Chase and the kids both swear they saw him roll over. He's also getting pretty good at squirming out of his swaddle and apparently out of his swing too. One night while I was reading books to Sadie (Chase was at the church with Jack), I heard a shrilling cry from George downstairs. I thought for sure he was asleep because he always sleeps in his swing. When I raced into the bathroom I saw my sweet little George face first on the tile floor!!!!!!!!!!!! I just about had a heart attack. I don't know how he got out of that cradle swing with that tight swaddle around his arms and legs but I will NEVER put him in there without his seat belt ever again. I guess he's growing muscles faster than I thought he would. Luckily he didn't even have a scratch and after catching his breath, he gave me some sweet little coos and smiles. Phew!!
Other than a few qualms, Jack seems to really like George. He asked to hold him for the first time this month. He hasn't been too interested in doing this before and I didn't want to force it. I knew J would want to hold G one day, especially after seeing how much Sadie loves holding him. Anything Sadie loves, Jack loves too:-)
As I mentioned before, George isn't much of a sleeper, at least for long periods of time. For a while we had him sleeping in his boppy pillow, swaddled and on his side. He was in our room and we moved him into our bathroom for less noise during the night. We decided that the boppy pillow was both unsafe and a "sleep prop" so we took it away and made him sleep on his back cold turkey. He was not pleased about that. If I can't get him to sleep in his crib during the day I will swaddle him and put him in the swing. This is also a "sleep prop" but sometimes Mom doesn't care because she's desperate and needs to get stuff done without a baby hanging in her arms. 
Jack loves it when we bath George because he gets to play in the sink with his favorite toy...water! Normally Jack is pretty oblivious to George. He'll often times get angry when I give G a rattle that once belonged to him or swaddle him in a blanket J thinks is his.
He's pretty tough. Although I haven't witnessed this myself, Chase and the kids both swear they saw him roll over. He's also getting pretty good at squirming out of his swaddle and apparently out of his swing too. One night while I was reading books to Sadie (Chase was at the church with Jack), I heard a shrilling cry from George downstairs. I thought for sure he was asleep because he always sleeps in his swing. When I raced into the bathroom I saw my sweet little George face first on the tile floor!!!!!!!!!!!! I just about had a heart attack. I don't know how he got out of that cradle swing with that tight swaddle around his arms and legs but I will NEVER put him in there without his seat belt ever again. I guess he's growing muscles faster than I thought he would. Luckily he didn't even have a scratch and after catching his breath, he gave me some sweet little coos and smiles. Phew!!
Other than a few qualms, Jack seems to really like George. He asked to hold him for the first time this month. He hasn't been too interested in doing this before and I didn't want to force it. I knew J would want to hold G one day, especially after seeing how much Sadie loves holding him. Anything Sadie loves, Jack loves too:-)
George loves to be around people. If I'm in the room when he's in the swing, he'll crank his neck to look at me. He doesn't mind hanging out on the floor with some toys as long as he knows someone is around. My mom says he's like her cat Walter. Just wants to be part of the party and don't even think about leaving him out of the spotlight. 
He really loves Sadie. He lets her hold him forever and will sometimes just fall asleep in her arms while they sit on the couch together. It's really sweet how much she enjoys having him around...even though he's not a girl:-)
He really loves Sadie. He lets her hold him forever and will sometimes just fall asleep in her arms while they sit on the couch together. It's really sweet how much she enjoys having him around...even though he's not a girl:-)
As I mentioned before, George isn't much of a sleeper, at least for long periods of time. For a while we had him sleeping in his boppy pillow, swaddled and on his side. He was in our room and we moved him into our bathroom for less noise during the night. We decided that the boppy pillow was both unsafe and a "sleep prop" so we took it away and made him sleep on his back cold turkey. He was not pleased about that. If I can't get him to sleep in his crib during the day I will swaddle him and put him in the swing. This is also a "sleep prop" but sometimes Mom doesn't care because she's desperate and needs to get stuff done without a baby hanging in her arms. 
For a while I couldn't get him to sleep at all in his crib during the day but lately he's been getting better. He'll usually only give me 30 minutes in his crib and will then give me another hour in his swing...if I'm lucky. Now we have made the drastic move of putting him in the office so we can sleep a little better. He makes this sound that resembles a squeaky door. It keep us both up at night so the office will be his room for the time being. Let's hope his 3 month post will say he's sleeping 8 hours every night because I could sleep a full 24 hours if he'd let me:-) Quite a delight, our little George and we love him to pieces!!
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