A Second 2nd Month

We just celebrated a second month with Little N. The first month was rather difficult – I’m not going to lie. We suffered through colic, reflux, and just a generally seemingly painful, unhappy baby time. After 6 1/2 weeks of thinking he was just a fussy baby and everything would work itself out, I finally decided he was miserable, and things were not normal. He started Zantac at 7 weeks, and I am now on a strict, dairy-free diet. Within 48 hours of making these changes, his temperament drastically improved. I take back anything I ever said about food sensitivities in breastmilk and fussy babies – I guess you just don’t know until you live it.

Digestive issues aside, N. is a happy, growing, and active two-month old. He weighed in at 11 lbs., 9 oz. (29th %ile), only 4 oz. less than his big brother, and he is 23 1/2 inches long (68th %ile), a half inch longer than A. He made it through his first shots with 10 minutes of excessive screaming and extra cuddling from Mommy and then slept most of the rest of the day. I am enjoying getting to know our precious baby boy #2 and am trying not to count down the time we have until I go back to work (4 1/2 more weeks). He is now smiling, cooing, tracking well and making good eye contact with us, and he kicks his little, skinny legs constantly. And, drum roll please, he sleeps 8 hours at night and has been doing so since 5 weeks! That leaves us more energy to chase around Little A. who is now almost three – yikes!