9 Week Update - 2 Months

9 Week Picture

Its amazing how much fun a 9 week old can really be.  Shane and I are enjoying every second of it.  Addison loves giggle time with mommy and daddy.  Usually we will prop her up on a pillow and face her.  All we have to do is make faces and talk to her and she gets the greatest kick out of it!  She will open her mouth really big like she's trying to talk and then let out a HUGE smile... and her little legs will kick nonstop in excitement.  I will try to get a video of her on here in the next week or so.

Milestones:

The POO and PEE of it all:  Everyone tells you that you'll go through diapers like Obama goes through money, but you're never really prepared for how many you actually go through.  Currently, we are burning through about 80-100 per week.  Some days are much heavier than others, but it seems like every time we turn around, we're having to add diapers to the Wal-Mart list. PHEW!

Sleeping:  My cousin gave me a book called "the sleep solution".  The writer claims to be able to train your baby to sleep 12 hours a night.  Shane and I have decided to give it a whirl despite Addie's already great sleep schedule (6-9 hrs per night broken up by only one feeding).  We just started step one this week, which is, get baby to eat 6 oz. every 4 hours during the day without "snacks" in between.  Before this week, she was eating about 4-4.5oz. at each feeding in addition to several "snacks" in the afternoon.  So far this week, the most she has eaten in one sitting is 5.25oz and she doesn't quite seem ready to break the snacking in the late afternoons.  It's a work in progress, but we'll keep you posted as to how it's working.

Growing:  Addison has outgrown so many of her clothes!  In the beginning, we had more clothes than we knew what to do with.  Every week though, we have to "retire" several outfits that don't fit anymore.  Also... someone needs to SLAP the clothes manufacturers!  We've got 6 month outfits that are the same size as the newborn clothes!  I've seen "0-3mo." outfits that would fit a potato and "0-3mo." outfits that would fit a toddler!  What's the deal???

More Pictures from week 9: