10 weeks

Roman is now 10 weeks old. Whew! At his 2 month appointment the other day he weighed in at 13 lbs 4 oz and is now 23" long. Yey! He's still eating every 2 1/2 hours during the day and sleeps a solid 9 hours at night. This week we've made it our goal to get him to sleep earlier than midnight, and so far we've been successful! It's actually gone a lot easier than I anticipated. Every night we try to put him down 15-30 minutes earlier. Last night we got him to sleep at 10:40. Score! I'm not sure I want to put him down earlier than 10 though as I do like to get a bit of sleep in the morning and would prefer him not waking before 7AM. At this time in Sophie's life she was sleeping from 8PM-6:30AM, woke to eat, then slept another couple of hours. No such luck here, but hopefully it will be similar to that soon. He can't stay up more than 1 1/2 hours during the day, and he gets tired at exactly that time, like clockwork. He will then sleep for about 45 minutes, wake to eat. And repeat.

It's been so cold out lately that often we are forced to be stuck inside all day. It just doesn't seem worth it to me to bundle everyone up and take them out for a short while when it's 20 degrees outside. Especially since Roman is just getting over RSV and now Sophie has also developed a cold. But being inside is driving us all a little stir crazy to say the least. I can't help thinking if it were Summer we'd be out and about all day. It seems so far away. Sigh.

My maternity leave ends on February 1st. I wanted to take more time but was advised against it by my manager. More for my benefit. So on the 1st I will work from home the first few weeks, then start going into the office 3 days a week and work at home 2. I'm not sure how I'm going to juggle it all. As it is I'm busy from the minute I wake to the minute I sleep. I don't see how I'm going to squeeze a full work day in with it all. I may have to have my nanny come while I'm home to help out with things. But still, nursing Roman every 2 hours is a lot. I'm hoping the feedings will be more spaced out soon. I'm really dreading February.

David was home the week between Christmas and New Years as his company gives everyone that week off. Such a nice perk. Unfortunately between me getting some sort of flu and the freezing cold weather we weren't able to accomplish much nor get outside. Still, having him home was such a huge help. It was also much less lonely that it is when I'm home alone. We were able to have several friend come by for visits which was nice. I look forward to having some adult conversations as I'm with the kids all day long and just need that break!

Sophie is doing well with adjusting to Roman. She still always asks me to come play in her room when I'm feeding him, but understands when I'm telling her I'll be there in a few minutes. She still has a bit of trouble watching David hold Roman though. And always insists I feed him when he does. Too funny!