The Wilson Family: mattie

Two month, two months! How in the world is my sweet newborn already two months?!? Every monthly post always starts with the same awe and shock that yet another month has passed.

Stats:

10lbs. 11oz. - 50%

23" long - 75%

Eats - nurses every 3-4 hours; takes a 3oz bottle

Sleeps - 6-8 hour stretches at night, and fights falling asleep for naps and bedtime.

Sleeps best when swaddled, tight:)

Mattie Jayne has really started to chunk up and I absolutely love her rolls. Speaking of rolls, she has mastered rolling from her belly to her back. It won't be be long before she's rolling from her back to belly either. It is rather shocking just how strong she is, especially her head control.

Mattie's sleep has stayed pretty consistent. She goes down for the night around 8PM and wakes sometime between 7-8 hours later and goes back down for at least 4 more hours. I seriously cannot complain about her once a night feeding, but I'm more than ready for a full night stretch! My nieces may have my overly anxious about going 12-hours...but momma's got to dream!

Nursing is totally second nature, so all is going well on that end. Pumping sucks, but it's just part of the territory of exclusively breast-feeding. Mattie takes her bottle just fine, even cold, just like her brother.

The smiles, coo's and bubbles started pretty much on her two month birthday and haven't stopped.

We found an awesome nanny, so Mattie is getting into a little routine at home. I miss her (and Jackson) so incredibly much during the day it makes my heart hurt. Mattie loves to be outside and will ride in her stroller all day and night. Bath time is everyone's favorite time. She has also found the TV and cracks herself up during Jackson's episodes of Dino Dan...I think she's scheming up her plan for princesses to replace dinos;)

With these smiles, I am sure it won't take long for big brother to relinquish the remote!

When Mattie was exactly two weeks old, her umbilical cord finally fell off and it was time for her first real bath! Poor thing has some greasy hair, so momma had been giving her daily sponge baths while anxiously waiting the moment I could get her squeaky clean:) So, the moment I heard her cord hit the hardwood floor I started to fill her tub!

Just like her big brother, Mattie absolutely loves bath time. Her fist bath was in her little tub at the sink, but her favorite is to soak with me in my tub. She will float and look around forever. It amazes how I can just hold my hand under her head and her body stays afloat. Jackson loves bath time with his sister too.

Mattie is a strong girl and can roll herself over and kick herself into some crazy positions. Because of this, bath time in her little tub normally ends with her trying to completely submerge herself. This girl will keep us on our toes:)

Our bitty girl, all clean on her two-week birthday:)