Well, I’ve come to terms with the fact that blogging is just not my jam. I always have great intentions to sit down and post, but somehow I always find myself weeks behind schedule. When I was pregnant I envisioned doing a blog post each month about our baby, and here I am ten weeks later with NO blog post yet. BUT, I figure it’s better late than never. The other thing I’ve learned since having a baby is that TIME FLIES. These past ten weeks have gone SO fast.
(Note that I’m writing this more for myself so that I can look back and remember all of these sweet moments and milestones with my girl as the months go by so I won’t be offended if you just want to skim through and look at the darling pictures instead.)
Here we go …
Month One Recap
Our first month with our sweet girl went so unbelievably fast. Juno was born on December 3rd, we went home with her on December 5th and we spent the first month adjusting to parenthood. Brandon was home for the majority of this first month, which was so nice. We definitely didn’t take that for granted and it was so nice to be able to tag-team and figure out parenting together, especially because for the first couple of weeks I had to triple feed and it was exhausting — it was so nice that Brandon could do the bottle feeding part of the triple feeding. We loved just staring at our baby girl and watching all of her different faces and expressions as she slept in our arms. She was the tiniest little peanut and Brandon and I would fight over who would hold her.
Juno was 6 lbs 3 oz when she was born, got down to 5 lbs 10 oz when we left the hospital and then was back up to 6 lbs 5 oz at her 2 week appointment. At 4 weeks old, she weighed 7 lbs 1 oz. She was in the fifth percentile for height and weight all month long. Juno’s newborn diapers and clothes were big on her for the first few weeks, but she eventually grew into them throughout the month. We started tummy-time right away and by Juno’s 2nd week she would hold her head up for short bursts at a time while on her belly and at 3 1/2 weeks she rolled over from her tummy to her back for the first time.
Juno absolutely hated being changed and/or naked during month one. She has some LOUD lungs and we’d get to hear them at their finest with every diaper change, every bath, and every time we got her naked. Since we didn’t know we were having a girl, it was so fun to receive girl clothes and gifts from family and friends during these first few weeks! Brandon and I would find ourselves saying about twenty times a day, “I can’t believe we have a baby girl.”
Month one was full of baby snuggles, lots of staring at Juno’s beautiful face, and holding our baby girl. I often burst into tears this first month simply because I loved her so much and I couldn’t handle it. (The hormones are REAL after having a baby). During her first month, Juno got to have her first Christmas [which was supposed to be her due date] and turned 4 weeks old on New Years Eve.
Pics From Month One
Month Two Recap
Juno’s second month may have gone even faster than her first. I honestly can’t believe that she’s 2 1/2 months old right now. How? How did that happen? Month two we continued to adjust to parenthood and I had my first go at mommying all on my own. Brandon went back to work so from 7:00-4:00 I had to learn how to manage on my own. Many days Brandon would come home and ask me what I did all day and I’d reply that I just held our girl all day — held her, fed her, changed her, stared at her, read to her, danced with her, sang to her, prayed over her — that’s about all I did this month and it was perfect.
This month Juno was still wearing newborn diapers and clothes, but she expanded her wardrobe because she got all of her cousin Ellie’s hand me downs. My sister ended up having a boy this time around so we are forever grateful for all the girl hand-me-downs we now get! At 8 weeks old Juno weighed 8 lbs 12 oz. She is 21 & 3/4 inches tall. She’s still in the fifth percentile for height and weight. Juno’s hair started to change from dark brown to a lighter brown with a hint of red (YES, RED! This mama is so excited). She still has her blonde patch of hair on the right side of her head which she’s had since she was born, and I need to know what kind of lash boost this girl is using because her eyelashes are something else.
At just about 5 weeks old, Juno “real” smiled for the first time and seeing her smile was our absolute favorite part of month two. Juno is so much more interested in the world around her now, will follow us with her eyes when we talk to her, smile at us and she began to find her voice — cooing and ooohing all the time. Also at 5 weeks old, Juno celebrated her cousin Ellie’s 2nd birthday and then four days later her twin cousin came into the world. My sister and brother-in-law welcomed Raleigh Emmett into the world and Elliette became a big sister on January 6th. It was so fun to have Juno and Raleigh meet one another after all this time. We love these babies so much.
June Bug still hates getting out of the bath and doesn’t like being cold or naked. She loves being in her carseat either in the car or on a walk and she loves being bounced and rocked. She became an expert roller by 8 weeks old and now tummy-time will only last seconds or a couple of minutes before she’s rolled over onto her back. We have had to stop swaddling her with her arms in because she is moving like crazy and we think she might be close to rolling from her back to her tummy now too (although she hasn’t yet). She now sleeps with her arms straight up in the air all night and it’s so funny. And speaking of sleep, this month we practiced everything we learned from Taking Cara Babies newborn class and Juno’s sleep got to be so much better (depending on the night). This was SUCH a nice improvement because during the first month of June Bug’s life she had her days and nights mixed up and was up a LOT during the night.
I can’t believe that month two came and went so quickly, but I have a feeling that I’ll be saying that every month. As I write this, we are only two weeks away from month three! Slow down pleasseeee. This mama has to go back to work in a few short weeks and she isn’t ready!
two month pics
