Daddies & Diapers

I love a dad who changes diapers! Before I started my maternity leave, the ladies I work with were telling me stories of how hard it is to have a baby and that husbands don't really help much. Every afternoon I would hear tales of how their husbands would only hold their babies when they were quiet and the minute they started crying or had a dirty diaper, they would hand them back over to mom. Even if mom was cooking dinner. Or doing laundry. Or cooking dinner AND doing laundry at the same time. I kept telling them that no, my husband isn't like that. I was sure he would be a very hands on dad and would help as much as possible.

Although, I have to admit, they got to me.

Doubt started to creep in and I worried that I would have to do everything myself and I would fail miserably. It was a waste of time. Worrying, that is. Mike is a wonderful dad and helps more than I could have imagined. I could give you a list of the things he does to help (diapers, middle of night feedings, grocery shopping when I don't feel like it) but I think one word could sum it all up:  Initiative. That is what sets him apart from a lot of dads I've seen. He doesn't wait for me to ask him to do something, he just does it.
He is truly my partner in this baby crying, pooping, burping, cooing, phase of life.

2 Months

Baylee, at two months you:

• weigh 9 pounds 6 1/2 ounces and are 21 3/4 inches long
• are sleeping 7-8 hours through the night
• are eating 4-5 ounces of Enfamil Prosobee Formula
• just graduated out of newborn diapers to size 1 but are still in newborn sized clothes
• can hold your head up for brief periods
• are rolling over from back to front but not front to back
• fall asleep in your crib listening to rainforest sounds and staring at the "B"s on your wall most of the time, but your favorite place to fall asleep is in your daddy's arms.
• prefer to be moving and get mad when you are sitting still. You love being in your swing for this very reason!
• have discovered your voice and are full of squeaks and squeals
• suck on your hands and fingers. You will even pull your out your pacifier so that you can suck on your fingers
• are very special and we love you more and more each day!