Hi there all my fellow readers! I am typing away from our newest addition the iPad keyboard in hopes of being able to bring you content on a more consistent basis. With a new baby it seems hard for me to sit down at the computer. I mean I want to stare at her while shes sleeping instead of a computer screen, but in life there must be balance. I can now stare at the computer screen and her! Haha.
So you came here to read all about her second month. It was an eventful month and also one of a little stress. So lets begin. When we last left off we had discovered that lil miss had a dairy intolerance, so that left me with the choice to either cut dairy and soy protein out of my diet completely or begin giving her formula. There was this hole in my heart about deciding what was best for her. I didnt want to stop breastfeeding because it is the best way for her to feed, But if my milk was making her sick I didn't want that either. So I buckled down and really started label reading. Most sit down restaurants and fast food restaurants are out. Most packaged food is out. Basically its like being on a paleo diet....as I discovered scoping out Pinterest for recipes that didnt have dairy in them. I have learned all the terminology for different words that means "milk" and "soy" and trust me.....its a big list. Do I feel any better healthwise? Not really.....it's obvious that I don't have an allergy to it, plus I still crave cheese big time. But if its for my child I am going to do it! Around week five we started to show signs of reflux. She would throw up her feed after a large wet burp and it started to become consistent. We discovered this on our first ever trip. We went to visit D's grandparents in Nevada and made a special trip into Lake Tahoe. She loved being up there.....hated the elevation, which we had prepared for. Poor baby girl wailed coming through Mammoth Mountain 8,000 ft level. We also had a scare of what I thought was a yeast infection....little did I know that it was just normal discharge....color me embarrased! Once home from the trip the vomiting became more consistent especially when I would feed her on both breasts. I determined that she just must be over eating and that was the cause. A couple of days later and we had vomiting with screaming while at the breast and now this momma was concerned. Another trip into the peds office and we were diagnosed with infant reflux and colic on top of the intolerance. Poor baby girl! We were put on a new antacid, Prevacid, and a whole new baby was born. She was always a good tempered baby, but with many fussy episodes. After figuring out how to take the medicine, we had a gorgeous happy, smiling, cooing, almost laughing baby and my heart sang with joy!
Around six weeks she discovered her hands and they are constantly in her mouth. She tries with all her might to fit her whole fist in there. She had a competition with her uncle to see who would win, but his teeth got in the way. She still hates her car seat, probably because she gets really hot in it. I took out the infant insert and that helped a little, but laying a lightweight cotton blanket underneath her to protect her body from the polyester lining helped the most. She loves it when I sing to her. We sing nursery rhymes and disney songs. She coos and tries to sing along with me. Her favorite song at the moment is Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid. Daddy is excited because he intends to take her on that ride in December when we make a trip to the Happiest Place on Earth. He wants her to know every song for that ride....silly! Were working on the tummy time. She still hates being placed on her tummy but will stay on it for longer periods. She has taken an interest in toys being dangled over her head and will follow them with her eyes and sometimes will bat at them. She LOVES staring at the ceiling fans. She watches them go round and gives the biggest grins! She can hold her head up for a really long time, and very rarely do we get a bobble. She continues to amaze me each day with how much she changes.
Monthly Stats:
Weight: 10 lbs 10 ozs (43%)
Height: 22.25" (44%)
Head: 15.74" (80%)
Last Month Stats:
Weight: 7 lbs 12 oz (14%)
Height: 21" (77%)
Head: 14.25" (56%)
Eat: We are still exclusivley breast feeding. During the day we go for about 2.5 to 3 hours in between each feeding. I am trying to stay on one side unless she still seems hungry then I will offer the other breast. She is still gaining well and since I started pumping I know that I can get a minimum of 3 ounces out of one side alone, so that tells me shes getting what she needs.
Sleep: Naps are still a bear. I discovered that she likes her first nap in her swing around 11am, sometimes it's 20 minutes, sometimes its an hour and a half. Then around 2-3pm she gets put down again. Hopefully (unlike today) she will fall asleep on our bed with the help of a pacifier and she will sleep anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours. Sometimes I get a nap in with her as well this time also. If she has a short nap then she normally falls asleep between 6 and 7pm. We are really sticking to a bedtime routine and it has really helped getting her to go to sleep. At 8pm she is fed, then is given a bath, and then we read two to four little books. Most times she falls asleep during the books, but in the case when she doesn't we rock her or lie her on the bed with her pacifier until she falls asleep. She then gets a dream feed around 11pm and will stay asleep until 1:30-2 on a regular basis and then will be up somewhere between 4 and 5am to eat again. If the sun is in our window she usually stirs and I will pull her into bed with me until about 9am. I will usually feed her back to sleep around 7am to guarantee that I will get to 9am.
Diapers: We officially transitioned into size ones around 7 weeks. We were trying to utilize all of the newborn size, but there were too many blowouts happening so we just switched to save our sanity and her poor booty. We still love the Huggies, but the Pampers Swaddlers are better in the larger size so that will give us another option too. According to my app we changed 261 diapers, with an all time whopping total of 629 diapers.....and probably a ton more wipes!
Milestones to date:
Bringing her home: July 2nd (1 day old)
First Bath: July 4th (3 days old)
First Holiday: Independence Day (3 days old)
Held Up Head: July 11th (1 week old)
Lost Belly Button: (8 days old)
First Walk (2 weeks old)
First Smile: (3 weeks old)
First Trip: Lake Tahoe/Carson City (5 weeks old)
Found her hands: (6 weeks old)
First Swim: (6 Weeks old)
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