2 Months Old

Cooling off in the bath

Sleeping like a frog on Daddy

Brenden is 2 months old today! He now weighs 14 lbs, 12 oz, which puts him in the 97% percentile!

We survived the heat, and it's now cooling off. It reached 104 on Wednesday, so I tried taking Brenden to the movies. Big mistake. Brenden was asleep when we got to the theatre, so I found a good seat where I could sit next to his stroller. He was still napping away as I unloaded everything we would need for the next 2 hours. I sat down, breathed a sigh of relief at being in the cool theatre, and then the previews started. The first preview must have been for a suspenseful thriller, because each ear-rattling boom was followed by nerve-wracking, foreboding music. It freaked me out a little bit, and Brenden snapped awake, eyes big as saucers. I immediately jumped up and started frantically throwing things back in the stroller. He was so terrified, I felt awful. He started crying as I raced out of the theatre.

Luckily I got a refund, but then we were stuck going back to the mall. I was sick of the place, and this time it was totally packed. We had to wait in line to use a changing table, and later in the afternoon I couldn't find anywhere to sit down to nurse. There were families everywhere, kids sprawled out on the floor playing cards. Thursday was supposed to be almost as bad, so on my way to pick Adam up from work I stopped in a Best Western to see about getting a room. The lobby was packed with people on edge from the heat. It was chaotic, and when I went to approach the desk a man jumped in front of me and said, "I was next." I think he was actually there first, but I was surprised that he jumped in front of me and Brenden. Usually people have been really friendly and helpful both when I was pregnant and when I have Brenden, but I guess he'd had enough of the heat too. Thankfully when we got up to the desk we got the very last room.

The hotel was wonderful. After Adam went to work on Thursday Brenden and I spent all day in the room with the drapes closed and the AC cranking. After such exhausting, hot days, it was great to nap all day in a place that was cool, dark, and quiet. We slept so well that I had a crazy nightmare Thursday night. My hand touched Adam's leg in the middle of the night, and for some reason I thought it was Brenden under the covers. (I am really paranoid about Brenden's face being covered.) Still half asleep, I sat up and started ripping at the covers. When I finally got my hands under the covers, I tried to lift "Brenden," but Adam's leg weighs a little more than 14 lbs, so I really started to panic. It was like one of those nightmares where your feet are like lead and you can't run from the monster. At that point Adam woke up and asked what I was doing, and I finally woke up and realized Brenden was sleeping soundly in his bassinet. Adam thought it was hilarious that I was trying to lift his leg like a baby.

We're supposed to be back in the 70's this week! Adam and I are both off this week, and then next week I'm headed back to work. The pediatrician made me feel guilty about going back to work. I feel a little guilty myself, but I'm trying to have a positive attitude about it. We're doing what works for our family, and I'm focusing on quality over quantity in terms of time I spend with Brenden. He'll have plenty of love and attention from both of us. Plus we found a bottle that he'll take from Adam, so now I don't have to worry about him going on a hunger strike.