Annie is 2 months old!
I know! Tell me about it, next
thing I know she’ll be turning 18…
We sure think she is the ‘bees knees’ and the ‘cat’s
pajamas’! Good gravy, do we think she is
cute stuff!
This month’s milestones are smiling, coos, and has found her
hand and focuses on it. She is now up
to 11 lbs and nearly 23 inches long. And
an extra bonus for Mom is she is fitting into her cute clothes now.
She is still an amazing eater. At the beginning of this month though, we did
change how we feed her. She was throwing
up after each nursing session, and I’m not talking just a little spit up, it
was a lot and it really upset her stomach.
We found thru trial and error that she had such a strong latch that we
needed to slow down the flow. So I went
exclusively to pumping and nursing thru bottles and it solved the problem. It stinks because it’s so time
consuming! I pump every 3 hours and when
I’m on my own during the days I have to sneak it in when she is sleeping which
can be difficult to plan.
Right now, I’m still pumping enough for her daily intake so
I hate to stop the process sooner than 6 months but at the same time, when I go
back to work, I don’t want it to take away from our time together in the
evenings either so we’ll see how things go… I can’t believe the PRESSURE that
society puts on mom’s now of days to breastfeed, it’s ridiculous. I feel there is a lot of judgment if you
don’t breastfeed and feel there are also strong opinions about exclusively
pumping. Folks need to chill. I personally feel a stronger bond nursing her
thru a bottle then directly from me because it requires one hand on the bottle
and one hand on her so I focus on her more than when I was nursing directly I
had her propped up and I was on Facebook the entire time, I didn’t feel any
‘bonding’ from directly nursing her since I preoccupied myself on Facebook
during her feedings. And why do people
ask “are you breastfeeding?” it’s such a weird question to ask anyways. Who knew it could be SUCH a topic!?!!! I don’t mind chatting about it with other new
moms, but that’s it.
Annie is officially sleeping clear thru the night! Hip Hip Hooray! Amazingly I have yet experience sleep
deprivation, she has always done well in this department. Thru my maternity leave, I woke up Sunday
thru Thurs with her and Aaron handled Friday and Saturdays. 9 out of 10 times it was a quick feeding and
back to bed in 30-45 minutes and only once a night. Aaron probably got the 2 worse nights thus
far. But he also was turning on all the
lights, singing and talking to her whereas I go in with the lights dimmed, feed
and don’t say one word. I’m not about
play time at 2 am. I think Aaron has caught on to my method
now. The only thing that sucks, although
she is sleeping thru the night, I still have to get up and pump. I only get up once during the night
though. Oh, how I hate pumping! It seems like every time I turn around, it’s
time to pump.
So she is a good sleeper so we have the all-around perfectly
happy baby, right? Well…. She is super fussy, a few weeks in a row she
would basically cry nonstop from 6 pm to 10 pm.
It was exhausting. I don’t
believe in just leaving her to cry it out so I would hold her, reposition her,
change her diaper constantly, cluster feed, swaddle, shush, swing, play,
administer gripe water… NOTHING and I mean NOTHING worked. The swaddle and shush worked the best of them
all. At her 2 month appointment, our
Pediatrician put her on baby Zantac, he thinks she has silent reflux. Poor baby girl! Things have definitely improved over the last
few weeks but she still has quite a few fussy moments. I cannot wait until we get past this. It feels very helpless as a mom to not be
able to do anything to comfort your baby.
I know what you are thinking,
colic. I kinda resent that word. To me, it has so many negative connotations
attached to it that I hate to use it to describe my own baby. So maybe I’m in denial and need to admit I
have a colicky baby. On the plus side,
I read that babies with colic tend to be a lot more outgoing and are over
achievers in life so take that all you who have non-colicky babies!
Annie is super strong!
I knew this before she was born, kicking the crap out of me. But we actually got confirmation of this at
her 2 month appointment. The
Pediatrician was very surprised by her strength and commented that her head
control and strength is what he would normally see in a 4 month old. We are pretty certain she will be an Olympic
Gymnast. Literally a mile from our house
is the training center that Shawn Johnson and Gabby Douglas trained at. You betcha we plan on enrolling her over
there as soon as she is old enough to start.
Both Aaron and I agree that we aren’t going to push our dreams on her but
I really hope she loves gymnastics!
Aaron and I have managed to have several date nights out minus
baby and one date day with Annie in tow.
Our goal is to not stop ‘life’ just because we have a baby. I’ve even been to the movies twice this
month, btw… The Other Woman is hilarious!
It’s a must see movie.
My maternity leave is officially over. {Sad face}
We did a few hours of daycare last week to ease into things and that
went very well. At first the plan was to
do 2 full days of daycare but then I chickened out and couldn’t give up two
full days with my baby so we did half days.
My 9.5 weeks with Annie has gone entirely too fast. *SIGH*
But 2 months at home with my baby girl has been quite blissful!
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