It's Official: Jayden is BIG!

Saturday was Jayden's two-month birthday - so crazy that he's been in our lives for that long already.  Time really does fly, and so many things change.  Jayden has started following us (and our voices) as we move around the room, he smiles at us and at toys and he is more interactive.  He has also discovered his tongue and tends to drool on a regular basis, which means I finally get to use the 46 bibs that we have!

We went to the doctor today for Jayden's two month checkup.  All good news - he is 25" long (in the 97th percentile), 13 lbs, 3 ozs (80th percentile) and his head is 41 cm in circumference (75th percentile).  Our pediatrician said he is very proportional - if anything just a little skinny, but not in a bad way.  He's clearly gaining weight fine and eating fine.  The pediatrician said he is thriving and doing great - so we just need to keep doing what we're doing.  He said Jayden could roll over at any time (although I think that was more to scare us away from leaving him on any elevated surface unattended - which we don't do, so it's okay), and that he may start going longer between feedings, maybe 6 or 7 hours at a time, instead of the 4 or 4-1/2 or so that we're getting now.  We'll see if that's really true, but I would not be upset if it did happen.  Right now he still wakes up twice every night, between midnight and one and between 3 and 4 am.  I would love more consecutive hours of sleep, but it's not unmanageable right now. 

The sad part about the two month appointment is the shots!  We had to get two shots (one in each thigh) and one oral vaccine.  We'll have to watch him for side effects; so far it seems like he might just be a little more tired than usual (check out the green Snoopy bandaid - this identifies the injection spot that could get red and swollen so that I remember and don't freak out!):

Although, he usually does nap around this time, so we'll see if he stays tired all day or if he wakes up later on.

I know this is a Jayden blog, but just a quick note about our other child: I think Jayden is totally teaching Jasmine how to behave around small children!  Jody and Bard came over on Sunday morning with Kian (their 15-month-old son).  Jasmine growled at him at first - luckily they have a dog too, so it didn't throw Kian off too much - but then she figured out that she needed to be gentle with him and would be careful when walking around him.  She did give him a good slobber bath, but again, luckily Bard, Jody and Kian are used to Kian being slobbered on by a dog, so nobody freaked out.  A good day for everyone, and we were so proud of Jasmine for being such a good dog.  As a side note, it was so good to see Jody and Bard - we only wish we lived nearer to each other...