2 Months Old

Mason is 2 months old today, and I can't even believe it! He has changed so much in just a month. He smiles all the time, he stays awake more during the day, and usually sleeps longer at night. He really is a good baby, only crying when he has gas or he is hungry. Gas pains are still an issue, so mylicon is still in our lives, but hopefully that will end soon. We don't go to the Doctor until next week, so I will update his stats then. For now, I will leave you with the things I have learned this month:
*You go to target for toothpaste & laundry detergent, but come out with 2 outfits for the baby, diapers, wipes, batteries for the swing, and any other fun baby items you just have to have- BUT NO TOOTHPASTE or LAUNDRY DETERGENT!
*Your friends & family must now talk to the baby on the phone when they call you- so surprisingly you get less phone calls
*You realize you are not talking to another parent when you start talking about your babies pooping patterns or gas, and they are looking at you like you are nuts
*Now that you are a parent, you don’t think twice about wiping your friends children’s butts, noses, or anything else that may have grossed you out before
*You put a lot of effort in finding the baby the perfect outfit to wear, and when you get yourself dressed, you don’t even realize the shirt you are leaving the house in has baby puke on it
*The baby might like something one day, and hate it the next- so you learn to just roll with the punches
*You never realized how loud a restaurant or a mall is until you had a sleeping baby. Also, you tend to hang out less with friends who don’t have kids because they just don’t understand the concept of being quiet while baby is sleeping or why you just can’t go to dinner at 9pm anymore
*People like to ask you, with a SMILE on their face “Does the baby cry a lot? I bet he never sleeps, right?” Look- just because you had a terrible experience with your children, doesn’t mean that I did! For the record, Mason only cries when he is hungry or has gas, and he goes to bed between 7-8pm, sleeps 4-5 hours, wakes up to eat/change diaper, goes back to sleep for 3 hours, eat/change diaper, then sleeps for 2.5-3 more hours. SO YES, I do get sleep!
*At 2 months old, you have now mastered the snaps on the baby clothes, but you have now came across outfits with buttons! Really, buttons? Are you kidding me?!
*Also at 2 months, you have started really going through the babies room & finding stuff you had purchased or you received at your baby shower, and you think- “Why the hell did I need/want this?”
*You’ve never noticed the baby aisle at Publix until now
*You see a $1 off coupon for pampers wipes & get excited, and a $5 off coupon for formula- you do a little dance!
*If the baby has a wet diaper, and you are in a hurry, it’s “ok” if you don’t use a wipe. (I’m saying like 1 out of 75 diaper changes- not all the time- and don’t sit there reading this and say “I always use a wipe”- don’t kid yourself and don’t judge me!)

I will add more pictures in the web album in a couple days, so please check back!