Our Baby is 2 Months Old!

Yesterday (October 20) was Isaac’s 2 month birthday! I was going to post but then remembered we had a doctor’s appointment today and I thought I would wait to give you the vitals!

The last month has been a lot of fun and has flown by! We have enjoyed getting to know our little man and introducing him to the world. Parenting really is a learning experience. We had our first set of vaccinations today and thankfully he did really well. Of course he cried when they poked and prodded him but he has been a content little boy the rest of the evening. At the appointment he was measuring 24 inches long and 12.4 lbs. We were happy with that considering we had a rough go the first few weeks. Ben and I have really noticed how big he is getting this last week. It seems like he sprouted over night.

Well, here are some milestones, or items that we have learned about our son over the last month.

1. We had some serious bouts of projectile vomiting. For awhile I thought that I (Tricia) was doing something because I seemed to be the one always taking a shower in regurgitated formula but it turned out that Ben got his fair share of showerings too. Thankfully this has subsided the last week or so.

2. Ben suggested about a week ago that we stop sleeping him in his car seat (which we were doing to help with the spitting up). It seemed like when he was gassy he couldn’t work out the gas by kicking his legs when he was in the seat. And Ben was worried about his posture. . .So we made the transition to sleeping on his back in his bed. Of course, this has caused a change in sleep patterns. We were getting at least one 5-6 hour stretch and now we are back to getting up every 4 hours. Still not bad but we are looking forward to the long stretches again! However, his spitting up and gassiness has really improved so it appears that Ben’s suggestion was a good one.

3. He hasn’t really been smiling a whole lot. They say they start smiling socially between 4-8 weeks but we aren’t too worried, it will come. He actually has started more smiling the last couple of days which is turning out to be fun. He really is pretty ticklish too. Ben particularly likes to tickle his lips which usually gets him smiling (probably because he anticipates there may be food coming soon).

4. I can’t resist him when he wears these pj’s! I can’t remember who exactly got these for him but they drive me crazy! He looks and feels like a giant teddy bear. A cute cuddly teddy bear with an adorable cute kissable face. And when he does his little whimper while in these pj’s I practically melt into the floor. I think he knows that he can get away with most anything when he is wearing them!

5. He is holding his head up a lot more these days. He loves to look around. And like most babies he stares at bright lights. Some days I worry that about his eyesight. Is it really good for him to be staring at those bright lights?

For more pictures check out the 2nd month gallery! Clicking on the pictures give you details.

Until next month. . .