Anna: Two Months

 
Today, our sweet Anna is two months old.  She is the most amazing baby in the house for sure, and she is tied with her sister for most amazing baby of all time.  She is almost always calm, and she is just this sweet, sweet child.

At two months, Anna is:

• Smiling very frequently
• Just beginning to coo and make other talking noises
• Eating all the time
• Almost double her birth weight
• Wearing 6-months clothes
• Pretty unhappy in her car seat if she's awake
• Spitting up a lot after most meals
• Occasionally sleeping for 5-hour stretches at night (but mostly averaging 3-4 hours)
• Still enjoying bath time
• Very patient with her sister, who wants to kiss her and hold her and poke her in the eyes
• Excellent at following things with her eyes
• Beginning to learn to interact with her environment

Yesterday, I had Anna in her monkey bouncer in the kitchen while I was cooking.  I looked down at her, and I noticed she was swatting at a toy that was hanging in front of her.  She kept reaching out her left hand and hitting the toy and watching it move.  As soon as it stopped swinging, she would reach out for it again.  I'm pretty sure this means that she's advanced.  I mean, how many two-month old children understand the basic principal of action and reaction?  With this early understanding of Newton's third law, I think it's a safe bet that Anna will be a physicist.  She is amazing.