The Lederman Kitchen

Charlie turned 2 months on June 22nd.  This month started out very rough for us, and for Charlie, but ended in a much better and happier place.  2 month couch photo The short version is: we had a few really rough weeks where Charlie was really fussy and unhappy most of the time while he was awake.  After several calls with his pediatrician, we started him on medication for reflux.  Since then, he has become a new baby.  Now he is really happy, smiles all the time and is much calmer after eating.     His record sleep so far was a 6 hour stretch, but he has only done that once.  We usually only get 4.5 hours for the long stretch.  He certainly is big enough to be sleeping longer...he weighed 11lbs 5oz at his 2 month doctors appointment.  I made the mistake of looking back to see how Sydney was sleeping at 2 months .  We now realize what an easy baby she was......

Sydney turned 2 months last Saturday!  It's amazing how much she grew and changed from the beginning to the end of the month.  She has gone from newborn diapers to size 1 diapers, and is quickly growing out of her newborn clothes too. Two month photo shoot At her 2 month check-up, she weighed 9.5 pounds - which is 3.5 pounds more than when we brought her home from the hospital. She is now smiling and cooing a lot, which is the best.  She also loves to sit facing out, so she can see what's going on around her.  She is a pretty good sleeper (knock on wood) - currently she is going down around 8:30 and sleeping until 4am.  Occasionally, we do get a little off schedule, she is a baby after all.  She goes right back to sleep after she eats at 4. By far, the most common comment I get about Sydney is "She is so alert" followed by "What big, beautiful eyes". Brian spent his first nights away from Sydney when he flew to Hawaii to officiate som...