The Growing Walnuts: The Greatest Gift

Monday, June 24, 2013

The Greatest Gift

Chan and I had a 6 week appointment with my midwife today and she was surprised at how much he's filled out. The office staff had a lot of fun loving all over him and he put on a great show of talking and some smiles. In just a few more weeks he'll have his 2 month appointment with his pediatrician so we can see how big he's grown. He's good at recognizing my voice now and he perks up when he hears it. We're just assuming he's getting used to Esme's voice since she always right up in his face. I'd once read that the greatest gift you can give your child is a sibling and that's so true for us. Esme has matured soooooooo much since Chan came along and it's brought out all her little mothering instincts. Yesterday while riding in the car Chan started to fuss. Esme reached over and grabbed his hand and said, "Don't worry baby Chan. Mimi's here, Mimi's here." And when she hears him crying in another room she starts running to him saying, "Mimi's coming, Mimi's coming!" Who knew!

Chan will sleep up to 4 hours at night now and I'm hoping it'll continue to stretch out in the next few weeks so that he's sleeping through by the time I go back to work. His daytime naps are more sporadic depending on what we're doing for the day. Overall though he's still a very relaxed and easy baby. He really likes his tummy time and even taking naps on his stomach instead of his back. He also enjoys his pacifier when he's fussy. Otherwise he uses me as his human pacifier and that gets old pretty quick. I've been able to pump a fair amount of milk so far just in case but nowhere near as much as when Esme was an infant.

We've been enjoying the summer weather here in Washington and even got a trip to the beach in with cousins Shyla, Luke & Tabby. We went in the afternoon and Esme had a blast in the sand. And luckily we were able to keep all the sand away from baby Chan.