Rikuto Turns 2 Months Old

Rikuto is two months old today, and I was over at BabyCenter.com reading up on what to expect this month. Here’s the gist of it:

Week 1:

Rikuto should be able to recognize colors, rather than just seeing things in two tones or depending on brightness. They recommend we break out the stuffed animals, soft balls and plastic cookie cutters! He should also be able to differentiate familiar voices and will probably watch our mouths move as we speak.

Week 2:

Bring on the drool. It’s time to attach a bib and watch Rikuto put anything he can find into his mouth. Interestingly, baby drool contains disease-preventing proteins so it’s okay to pick up things he drools over, apparently. As for sleep, Rikuto should be sleeping for longer chunks of time, maybe 5-6 hours if we’re lucky! Finally, while he won’t be able to roll over completely yet, he should start to roll onto his sides. Rock ‘n Roll Rikuto!

Week 3:

By the third week of Month 3, he should be moving in a less jerky fashion, and when lying on his front, he’ll start to push off with his legs. I don’t think they mean he’ll be hopping around like a frog, but it should be fun to watch all the same. We’ll also need to set up a bedtime routine, which might include rocking him, singing a song, reading a bedtime story, cuddling a teddy bear or something, and saying goodnight. When he’s awake, he should be more open to other people and be able to make friends. He won’t be saying “Hi mate, the name’s Rikuto, fancy a beer?”, but he will hopefully open his arms and smile when he sees someone he likes.

Week 4:

Four weeks from now, we can expect Rikuto to be obsessed by his hands and fingers, and will be sucking on his digits most of the time. This will also be the time when he starts to lift his head. Right now, his neck isn’t strong enough to support his (huge) head, but he should respond to some neck-strengthening exercises in a few weeks time. He loves his dummy so I’ll probably dangle it just above his lips! Finally, he will be very receptive to language, so this is the best time for us to ramp up the reading and get him accustomed to his bilingual environment.

It’s been quite educational reading through the development pages over at BabyCenter.com, and this isn’t even a sponsored post! Now I can’t wait to see how much of this Rikuto accomplishes. Of course, if he’s a little behind schedule, I’ll be taking away his dummy again! 🙂

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