
Baby Marcus is 2 months old
At 2 months, he weighs about 6 kg and is almost double his birth weight
He is still very much on his 2 hours feeding schedule
however, he is able to stretch his feeding time to 4 hours if he is in deep sleep
This usually happens if he is
- in his car seat in the car and the car is moving
- in his car seat in the stroller and the stroller is moving
- in the night

So far, he drinks from the bottle and from me
We let him try formula just so that he won’t end up like his brother who drinks NOTHING but breastmilk
He rejects the pacifier and has discovered his fist
We were hoping that he will eventually learn to soothe himself by feasting on his fist
Marcus makes all sorts of noise when trying to poo
We suspect he is as colicky as his brother
Because he is breastfed, he poos a lot and I mean A LOT, many times we end up having to bath him because the diaper leaked !

He is happiest in the morning
Usually cranky in the afternoon and evening
He is still unable to sleep through the night but he seem to be able to differentiate between day and night
He wakes up once or twice for his feed at night but is able to go back to sleep faster than in the day

He has rather strong neck muscle for a newborn
We suspect it is due to the amount of beef I consumed when I was pregnant with him
At less than a week old, he was able to push his head up and turn it when he was put on his tummy
One of his favourite sleeping position is tummy down position and because of his strong neck muscle we are quite comfortable putting him in this position
He loves to kick and locks his knee when you hold him upright, as if trying to stand
He loves to bath and the sound of splashing water calms him down

Unlike his elder brother, Marcus likes to smile
He likes to be near people
He smiles when you look into his eyes and talk to him
He smiles when he gets a diaper change

This little chap has kept our family busy lately
Before I had him, I couldn’t imagine life with another baby who looks like Malcolm
Now, I realized that no matter how much he may resemble his elder brother
He is every bit himself
Specially Uniquely Him
and he is just sooo adorably cute
and I can’t imagine life without him
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