Baby Matea: Two Month Update - A Beautiful RAWR

I cannot believe Matea is already TWO MONTHS! If you missed her one month update, HERE it is. We went in for her checkup the other day and poor thing got 4 shots! She was not happy about that, but I think I made up for it with the extra cuddles afterwards. Here’s a little update on my itty bitty.

WEIGHT: 12lbs 3oz (69% percentile)
LENGTH: 22.25 inches (38% percentile)
HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE: 15.25 inches (63% percentile)

It’s crazy to look back at photos and see how much she’s changed. She doesn’t even look like the same baby. She is all cheeks and double chin now. I could eat her up!

FEEDING: She is developing well and eating like a champ! Unfortunately, my supply can’t keep up with her needs so I have been supplementing with formula as well. This happened with Marli (totally frustrating!), but I’m not taking it as hard this time around. As long as she’s getting what she needs, I’m a happy mama.

She’s drinking 30-32 oz a day – I usually give her my breast milk during the day and formula in the evening starting at her 8pm feeding. She’s an evening cluster feeder which means she’ll drink every 1.5 hrs or so with her last one at 11pm before she drifts off to bed.

SLEEP: In the daytime, she’ll sleep for about 2-3 hours, but is definitely staying awake for longer periods now especially midday (around 12pm-3pm) and in the evening (around 6pm-ish). I will say she gets super needy in the evening where she wants attention and loves to be held. I tell my hubby it’s because she misses her Daddy 🙂 At least we’re not experiencing the witching hour like we did with Marli! That was hell.

And I’m happy to report that she’s sleeping a solid 5-6 hours a night now and usually wakes up at 530am for her feeding.

I can’t stop gushing over how much Marli loves her sister. She is the absolute sweetest thing and always wants to help me with whatever I need. And she loves taking photos with Matea. This one was one of my favorite outtakes of the girls Easter weekend. They had a little contest to see who could scream the loudest. Ha!

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
We’ve been using the Boppy pillow for tummy time & she’s grown to love it.
The girl is getting rolls on rolls on rolls!
She is SUPER strong – probably even more than her sister.
She can hold rattles when you place them in her hand.

SENSORY/COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
She loves to coo, will watch your facial expressions when you talk to her, and try to “talk” back.
She can follow close objects when they move.
My favorite – she is actively smiling and can recognize my face/voice. Melts my heart!
She is very alert so when she hears a different voice, her eyes get really big and you can tell she’s listening to the sound.
She just discovered her hand and it’s so cute to watch her explore.
She has different crying sounds and let’s just say I think she will be even feistier than her sister (Lord help us!)

Luckily, her skin has calmed down and her hair started growing back. I pulled a couple posts from the archives about baby’s first few months that would be super helpful, especially for new mommies:
Baby After Birth (Part I) | The First Month
Baby After Birth (Part II) | Month #2 and On

Matea’s next appointment will be at 4 months and I’m sure she’s due for more shots. Can’t wait to update you on her progress, but in the mean time, you can follow along on Instagram with little snippets of mom life + mommy style posts. Thanks for reading, mamas!

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Heather @ Simply Save says

April 1, 2016 at 8:05 am

What a cutie! They grow so fast!

Shann says

April 1, 2016 at 4:44 pm

Your girls are both precious! I love their names too. Matea has really changed in one month. Isn’t it crazy? We experienced the witching our with out twins…yikes! Loved the update!

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