Chunky Monkey

Isaac had his 2 month check up on Friday. He weighed 15 pounds, 11 oz and was 24 inches tall. (He gained almost 5 pounds in a month!) That puts him in the 97th percentile for weight and 90th for height. I know I keep writing about the growth chart stats, but when your other baby took over 2 years to get on the darn chart, it's pretty amazing to now have one at the top! In a room of 100 two-month olds, only 3 would be heavier than Isaac! Then I look at my little peanut, Caleb. In a room of 100 two-year olds, more than 97 of them would weigh more than him! Talk about the extremes! His ped continues to assure me that he's not eating too much, especially since he's eating breast milk.
Isaac has a mild case of torticollis. We have to start doing some neck-stretching exercises with him everyday, which he doesn't like very much. Hopefully it won't get to the point where he needs physical therapy. His ped isn't too concerned about it at this point, although his head is starting to get a little flat in one area (which is making me crazy!). No matter how many times I reposition him, he always ends up facing the way he prefers. He might have a touch of the "Teisl stubbornness" that his dad and brother have:)
He's really starting to be a lot of fun. He's never in a bad mood unless he's hungry (or getting his neck stretched). He goes to bed and wakes up "talking" and smiling. He'll "talk" to anything. Us, Caleb, his toys, the wall, himself in a mirror...it's too cute! I swear he already knows how to say "Hi!!" Caleb never "cooed" or "talked" when he was a baby. It's so much fun to have conversations with Isaac. He'll "talk" and then let us respond and then talk again. Even Caleb has joined in the fun a few times. Although most of the time it ends with Caleb hitting him since he doesn't like it when Isaac smiles at him for some reason.
Caleb has been pushing his limits more than ever. He's becoming best friends with the "time-out" chair. He has started to yell "two meenuts!" when we are taking him to sit on it. (He has to sit there for 2 minutes) Joel and I have to try so hard not to laugh at him. Time-outs seem to be working for him because he stops doing the behavior that got him there in the first place. The problem is, he then finds another way to be naughty! He's very jealous of Isaac and does everything he can, good or bad, to get our attention. I am going to sign him up for gymnastics lessons this summer in hopes that he can learn how to follow directions and how to have patience from someone else. He clearly does not want to learn these things from me!

Isaac talking to the animals on his play mat: