The Clary Family: May 2016

I'm totally awful and forgot to do James' two month update so this is his official two/three month update!

Size

At his 2 month check up James weighed 11 lbs 0 oz (15%). He was 25.5 inches long (95%). His head was 15 inches (15%). He's my tall skinny boy! I wonder where he gets it from?? I don't know what his measurements are now though... I'm guessing he's around 12 lbs now. And I swear he gets taller every single day. He is wearing 0-3 month and 3 month clothes. The onesies are starting to get small on him, but the pants all look huge!! Silly boy! He is officially in size 2 diapers. He's getting so big!

Sleeping

Sleep is still a struggle, but it's getting better very slowly. He will sleep anywhere between 2-5 hours of continuous sleep at night. Then he either attacks his face with his hands and wakes himself up or wants his binkie so I have to either hold his hands down or keep putting his binkie in. If I'm lucky he'll go 10-30 minutes in between these little wake up sessions. This lasts for a couple of hours and then he wants to be held. So I take him upstairs and we cuddle on the couch and I attempt to sleep. Luckily he's not eating at night anymore so I can get a little more sleep than I was before. He takes 4-5 naps a day and they usually last 30 minutes. I am trying to teach him to take 2 longer naps during the day, but it's a work in progress. He takes naps in his crib, but still sleeps with mommy and daddy in his cradle at night. This won't last much longer though because he's getting too big for his cradle!

Eating

James loves to eat! When he gets hungry you know it immediately because he starts screaming and snorting. He's mommy's little piggy! He eats about every 3 hours during the day. Sometimes less and sometimes more. I love that bonding time with my baby! Now that I'm done with school, I let him take as long as he wants to eat unless I have somewhere to be. So feeding sessions sometimes take an hour. I'm ok with it though because I love the cuddle time! He will eat formula if I'm gone or if we are somewhere where I can't feed him.

Likes

He used to love rolling from his back to his tummy, but doesn't do it so much anymore.

Cuddling!

Standing up

Being up by our shoulder

Licking his hands

His bumbo and the word bumbo

Playing and laughing with us

Dislikes

Laying down. He is constantly trying to sit up. Even when he's sitting up he tries to sit forward even more!

Bath time! He screams bloody murder almost every single time!

Being left alone even for a second

Miscellaneous

James officially rolled over on March 30th just before he was 2 months old. He rolled from his back to his tummy, but can't figure out how to roll back over. He has pretty much stopped rolling though. I think he is saying "Been there, done that. Time to move on to walking!"

He was so good during his 2 month shots. He screamed while getting them which of course broke mommy's heart, but stopped as soon as I picked him up. He was fussy that night and had a fever for a couple of days, but that's it! YAY!

James drools constantly and is always soaking wet. We've started putting bibs on him to help keep him dry. I call him the drool monster!

We blessed him on May 1st. Another post to follow about that!

We love this little angel baby so much! I seriously believe he is the cutest baby in the whole wide

world! I can't imagine my life without him!

I have a billion of pictures of this cutie so I'll try to not overwhelm this post with too many of them!