What's Jayden Been Up To?

Here's Jayden at a Pool Playdate! Clearly, he's having a fabulous time. Not. I don't understand him sometimes. I wish I would have been on cool playdates when I was little. Oh well.

This is one of Jayden's favorite things to do. He got this mower for his birthday and he loves to use it. Of course, I picked it because we are tight on indoor space so I figured that he could have an outdoor toy. He does use it inside, but he intentionally hurts Rio with it. He chases Rio around the table with it and sometimes rams it into Rio. Jayden is lucky that Rio is an easy going dog.

I often catch Jayden in Maya's crib. Here he is climbing up to get a better look at Maya. I wonder if I will catch him in the crib with Maya when I transition her to her crib at night?

This is my prize shot. This is the exact look on Jayden's face when he's either about to do somthing he shouldn't do on purpose or when he's just done something he knows he shouldn't do. I can't even believe that I managed to capture it on this shot, but as you can see he was holding Maya for this shot and purposely let go of his left arm and she slipped and banged into the crib rail. I snapped the picture and then realized what he'd done. I said, "Jayden!" and he smiled. Very nice!

Comparison Shots

Just for the sake of comparison, here is Maya at one month old.

Here is Maya at two months old.

Well, can you see much difference in her?

Maya Turns Two Months Old!

Today, Maya turned two months old. I don’t know where the time goes. Maya is so pretty and getting so big. She’s already starting to outgrow some of her clothes and sadly, she has some items with the tags still on them. Nursing is going well. I did have a scare a couple of days ago when I noticed that my milk supply was dwindling. I started to drink more water and pump more frequently and now my milk is back up again. Thank goodness. I love to nurse Maya and I know it’s so great for her. Maya still wakes to nurse in the middle of the night, but once in a blue moon, she’ll sleep for several hours and give me much needed rest. But she’s such a good baby. Occasionally, I’ll give her a bottle and she takes it very well. She also uses a pacifier. She’ll latch onto anything. When I try to kiss her, she’ll turn towards me and try to latch onto my face.

Maya has had an exciting month. She got a heat rash which took weeks to heal. It started looking like patches of dry skin and then it started to blister. Then it turned into what looked like severe acne all over her face, scalp, ears, and shoulders. Once the blisters started to heal, she got better. It’s all but gone now, but she has some scarring around her neck. Around the same time that the rash started to heal, she started to get a bit of cradle cap. Jayden had it too, but with Jayden it went away much faster. I am having a harder time with Maya, but I’m not worried. I’m sure she’ll be just fine in no time. Maya had another unfortunate milestone, I have to admit. On Mother’s Day, I turned my back on her and Jayden for just a moment and Jayden attempted to carry her. You can probably guess what happened next. She fell onto the floor. Luckily, he did a good job of trying to hold onto her and the floor was carpeted so there were no major injuries!

Maya now coos and communicates with me all the time. I love to hear her little sounds. She also smiles when we play with her and responds to Jayden’s sweet kisses. Maya spends quite a bit of time awake and interacting with Mommy. And Daddy is spending more time with her as well. In fact, Daddy got a dose of alone time with Jayden and Maya while I ran over to a dental appointment the other day. He did very well. Maya loves her swing, but doesn’t like her bassinet all that much. She sleeps in it at night, but she won’t tolerate it during the day. I try her in her crib every now and again, but she usually spits up there. I’d like to put her in the play yard, but terrified of what Jayden might conjure up. I’ll wait a while for that.

My maternity leave is almost over. I can’t believe my time with Maya is running out. One more month to go and then it’s back to work. I’m not sure what I am going to do. I don’t think my sitter wants to take charge of a baby. I’ll have to discuss that with her. I am thinking of going back to work 2 days a week instead of 3 so that she doesn’t have to go to daycare just yet, but I’ll have to discuss that with my boss. Oh well, time enough for that later! For now, I am just enjoying my time with the kids!