2 months old

Ok, so this post is a few days old (John was 2 months old on Thursday and it's now Saturday), but, well, we've been busy.

Here is a picture of our beautiful boy taken today - the sun decided to make an appearance in a spectacular way for the first day of spring - makes a nice change from the rainy, windy, overcast weather we have been having lately. I took John down to the Wittunga Botanic Gardens which are not far from our house (within walking distance) so that he could enjoy the outdoors, watch the trees and hear the birds. I've been wanting to do it for ages but the weather has been against us, so I was glad that we were able to go today - I'm sure it was good for both of us.

I've noticed that John has learned to do quite a few new things over the last month.

1. He has learned how to stretch. When he wakes up from a sleep he loves to stretch his arms way over his head and arch his back like he has had the best sleep ever (even if it has only been a 5 minute dose). It is way cute.

2. He has learned how to grab things - he's still learning total co-ordination but it is fun trying to watch him hold his pacifier and put it back in his mouth when it slips out - he doesn't have much luck though as somehow he manages to get his hands under the rim and then catapults it away from himself. He also likes to grab my clothes when he is feeding as if he's trying to pull himself closer. He's much better and opening and closing his hands this month than he was last month. The only problem with this new skill he is developing, is that he is still developing it, which means lots of scratches on his face. This morning I noticed this new scratch near his eye :(

3. He has learned how to smile, and even though I've talked about it before, it makes me so happy to see his sweet smiling face.

4. He has started gurgling and grunting and making lots more noises. He doesn't really cry when he wakes up anymore (although he does cry at other times), he just makes small noises to get my attention.

5. He has started sucking his fingers - not his fist, his actual fingers. He likes his index finger the most.

John still doesn't have a regular sleeping pattern. He did go about 2 weeks having a long 5 hour sleep at night on a regular basis, but this last week, he's back to 2-3 hours max. Such short sleep sessions makes mum a bit grumpy :( hopefully it's just a growth spurt and we'll have long sleeps again soon.