Finger licking goodness

Evan has been after his hands since day one. Before he had control of his arms, instead of bringing his hand to his mouth, he'd try to catch his hand with his mouth. I still have trouble nursing him sometimes cuz he has a natural tendency to want to suck his hand instead. He used to stuff an entire fist in his mouth, but aim was not that great, so would often get frustrated. Now he's graduated to individual fingers, index finger being the favorite. We can often hear him smacking away eating his fingers like they're covered with bbq sauce. He's also started staring at his own hands, probably thinking to himself "wow, can't believe I'm controlling these things".

Tuesday was Evan's 3 month birthday and James put together the exersaucer again for him to play with. He loved it and stayed in there for at least 15 minutes. I was just thinking to myself "wow, exersaucer is the best toy ever". But at closer look, he wasn't looking at the exersaucer, he was just playing with his hands.

Getting some exercise

Evan is finally enjoying tummy time more now and was happy looking around in his crib for a record 10 minutes today. He does not enjoy sleeping/resting on his tummy, so whenever he runs out of energy holding his head up I'll have to pick him up.

He's got pretty strong legs though and loves bouncing on my lap. Too bad bouncers are considered unsafe now. He would've loved bouncing in one.

Gotta keep the stroller moving

Last Tuesday was our 7 year (Shanghai) wedding anniversary, and we thought we'd be brave and go out to dinner with the two kids. Evan slept in his stroller the whole time, but to keep him asleep I had to leave the restaurant 3 times. He seems to sense whenever the stroller stops rolling, so I'm often eating with one hand and pushing the stroller back and forth with the other. But straight back and forth is sometimes not could enough. Evan prefers a slight curve to the left or right in addition to the back and forth. Luckily our stroller does this naturally (what used to be a "bug" is all of a sudden a "feature")

Two months

Stats
Weight: 13 lbs (80%)
Height: 23 3/4 inches (80%)
Head circumference: 40 cm (50%)

Evan is getting big fast. He's outgrown most of the 3m clothes now. 6m and even 9m bodysuits don't look that big on him. Even though he doesn't look like a newborn anymore, he still sleeps most of the time like a newborn. The longest that he's slept in a single stretch is 6hrs at night, which I'm grateful for. He's loving the papasan still and that's where he sleeps most of the time all swaddled up. He definitely wakes up easier when he's in his crib. Some (unlucky) days I'd have 3 failures in a row of him waking up as soon as I lay him down in the crib.

Still dislikes tummy time and usually cries as soon as I flip him onto his belly. Though today we did get a brief moment when he lifted his head and looked around on his little gym.

He definitely recognized mommy now. Makes me feel special but also means it's harder for somebody else to hold him. He doesn't seem to like new faces.

Lots of puking. My shirt seems to be constantly stained with milk. Sometimes Evan will have a sad expression on his face after a big puke, as if he knows he just wasted some precious milk.

His favorite object is this pink and green drawing of a caterpillar that turns into a butterfly that Nathan made in class once. I pinned it next to his changing pad and he'll often "talk" to it. Whenever Evan makes a sound, Nathan will think he's talking to him "弟弟宝宝说话".

Evan still tends to fall asleep a lot during breastfeeding. He does this whole body stretch right after a feed, with back arching, both arms in the air, legs curled up, and eyes closed but eye brows raised with a complete look of satisfaction on his face. I haven't been able to capture it on camera yet but that is one of my most favorite moments with Evan, so I take a mental picture every time.