Rowan's Two Month Update

Rowan is two months old today and is changing very quickly. Here is what we have learned about little Rowan this month. He isn't a big fan of being cuddled, much to my dismay. At least once a day Rowan will be super crabby, arching his back, flailing his little arms. After trying everything in the book I realize that he just doesn't want to be held. This is usually when he is tired, my favorite time to cuddle little babies. Rowan likes to put himself to sleep, just put him in his bed, with a pacifier and a blanket, and he will put himself to sleep. When he wakes up he will kick and play in his crib, with only a few little squeaks here and there until he finally lets out a little cry to let us know he is awake in there. On one hand this is a miracle, brought on by a lack of time to cuddle him to sleep with his crazy brother demanding lots of attention in his first few weeks. On the other hand it  makes me sad that I don't get to sing and cuddle him very much. On the off chance he falls asleep while I'm holding him I rarely set him down, so I do get some sleepy boy cuddles in here and there.

With that being said he does like to stand up on our laps and sit up with some help from mommy or daddy. He can hold his head up much better now, still a little wobbly, but he can hold it up all by himself for long periods of time. He has a love hate relationship with his gym. He either has a blast, giggling, cooing, and smiling away in it for long stretches of time or looses his mind upon being set down. He spends plenty of time both his chairs and is very content in them right up to the point that he isn't and then he makes it very clear he is done with chair time!

This week he has been working hard on finding his hands. He is getting very close to succeeding in this task, making us wonder whether he will turn into a little thumb sucker or remain a binki baby. I'm fine with either as long as something helps him get to sleep. Speaking of sleep I'm reluctant to say that Rowan is quite the sleeper. There I said it, dooming us I'm sure, but it has to be documented. For the past couple weeks his schedule has been that he takes a power nap right around the time Zane goes to bed, 7:30 to 8ish. Then he wakes up for some more play time, sans his crazy brother screaming in his face. He usually falls back to sleep for good between nine and ten. He wakes up again between 1am -3am and then not again until, what I consider morning, 5:30 to 6 a.m. That is when Zane wakes up anyway so it works out nicely. I hope I haven't jinxed this lovely schedule by publishing it here. Now if his brother would only sleep through the night we would have it made, but that is a story for another day.

His brother adores him and keeps pretty close tabs on him at all times. We are working on Zane not screaming in his face and trying to convince him that he can talk to Rowan from farther than one inch away from his face. So far he isn't believing this and only talks/yells at his face, usually nose to nose with Rowan. He checks on him when he is crying, letting me know he is crying in his room if I don't here him. We are also trying to keep Zane from standing over Rowan when he is playing on the floor or in his gym. There has only been one incident of a slight tumble, with Zane being much more upset about the whole thing than Rowan. Zane loves helping with Rowan's bath, taking his bottle's to the sink, giving him his binki, and any other helper task I give him. Zane is still adjusting to the whole situation, with some days being better than others, but it's going pretty much exactly how I thought it would go. Frustrating at times, but I know that these two boys will be best friends soon and all these struggles will be worth it.

This month Rowan celebrated his first Easter!

This is how Rowan spends a lot of his time. Here he is enjoying, his rather hot, first trip to the Zoo.

Looks wise Rowan continues to look strikingly like his older brother, but is growing into his own little face. I think his head isn't as round as Zane's, giving him a little bit different look. His eyes continue to lighten up, but I don't think they will be as bright as his brother's. The jury is still out on his hair color, currently it's an adorable strawberry blonde, but still no curls, much to his Grammi's dismay. He is getting a little chunky, and is in 3-6 month clothes. I think his little feet are big for his age. They are scrunched in his jammie's but everything else fits fine. This month we have also had to move up to bigger socks after his little ones kept falling off and getting lost.

Mostly we are loving the new member of our family. His smiles brighten our days and his little face is just the cutest thing ever. We are still working out some kinks, but I am feeling much more comfortable going places with both of them and we are settling into a new routine all around, just in time for me to head back to work next month, mixing it all up again. I am dreading it, but am trying to remember it is only two days a week, and I do enjoy everyone I work with, so I'm sure we will all survive. Over the past two months our newest family member has racked up some adorable nicknames, to go with brother's nickname of Zaney boy and Zaneable Zin. Rowan currently goes by Ro, Ro Dizz, Ro Dizzle, Ro Ro, and Zane's original nickname for him, squeaker, thanks to his squeaking when he wakes up. " Hey squeaker" said in a two year old's voice is just about the cutest thing ever.

Now for his two month photo shoot that we did today. I decided to add his sheep into his photos for a buddy and size reference. He is too adorable and getting soo big, way too fast. Here are some of the many faces of Ro.