2nd Month

Swe-cha is 2 months old today and it's been quite a journey, he never ceases to amaze us as there is something new every day.

Feeding-wise, he still eats and sleeps every 3 hours but he has teased us a few times by going for 4 hrs in between feedings. We're really looking forward to the day when he finally settles on a longer in-between-feeding cycle.

Some milestones:

He oohs and aaahhs a lot now and is even more interactive than ever. One time, Mommy thought she heard him say "help" and another time, Daddy thought he heard him say "apple". He seems to have inherited his Mommy's mouth and his Daddy's lungs because he's very talkative and when he screams ? It's deafening. One time, he shouted directly into Mommy's ear and... let's just say that mommy wasn't too happy about it.

Mommy and Daddy got him a mobile and though he ignored it the first few days - much to Mommy's chagrin and hinayang, haha! - he loves it now. He gets so excited when we turn it on for him. Daddy thinks that the bear is his favorite because he claims to have seen him follow the bear around with his eyes.

He gives more visual cues now. For example, if he's hungry, he brings his fists to his mouth and licks them. It's a signal for Mommy to start preparing his milk and by the time that he's ready to start feeding, he'll give a shout "ahh!". Give him the milk bottle and he's a happy baby.

He watched his first video on 2/21. We've been playing baby einstein and brainy baby videos on and off for a few weeks and he's never paid any attention to them, he just listens to the music & the sounds. But on the night of 2/21, Mommy sat him down in front of the screen and played the video and he got excited by the yellow rubber duckies and the toy clowns on the Brainy baby video.

Mommy tried sitting him up on his bumbo (a gift from Tita Che and Tito Manny) and look, he's able to support his head up longer now. It won't be long before he can comfortably stay in a sitting position for longer periods of time.

Oh, and by the way, if you see a lot of pictures of Swe-cha in the same outfit as he has on the picture to the left in the next few months, please don't worry that he might not growing bigger or that he might be growing smaller because he is growing like a weed and he has already outgrown these clothes in the newborn size and the 0-3 month sizes fit him just right now. It's just that there weren't a lot of other designs when these outfits went on sale and well... Mommy & Daddy just couldn't resist.

Swe-cha also has his preferences now. There have been times in the past few weeks when he would cry incessantly and make Mommy & Daddy guess as to what could possibly pacify him.

Milk ? Diaper change ? Sponge bath ? Bath ? Soothie pacifier ? Swing ? Bouncer ? The list never ends and unfortunately, the answer is always the last thing you try, right ? It just the way that these things go.

Anyway, on the night of the opening of the Winter Olympics, Swe-cha made his wishes known by crying and screaming. It wasn't until Mommy brought him down to the living room, turned on the TV and played the opening ceremonies again (still on Tivo, thank goodness!) that he calmed down. Looks like we have a strong-willed baby here who knows what he wants and isn't afraid to ask for it *smile*.

Our pedia appointment is coming up in a few days and we'll be getting our first set of vaccinations. Swe-cha is oblivious (of course) and mommy is anxious and hoping that Swe-Cha will breeze through this w/o a lot of fuss.

... and until our next updates, we'll just hang in here and chill.

More of Swe-cha's 2nd month photos in our Multiply album.