Time Flies at Two Months!

My baby girl turned two months on Sunday; it seems like I just brought her home. But I have to admit that things have gotten a lot easier in the past few weeks. With babies come adjustment, and change can be hard at times, even if it is a good change. I have mastered doing most skills, including eating and brushing my teeth with one hand, change a diaper in no time flat in the dark while half-sleeping, and rising for the day anywhere between 4 and 6 am has become increasingly familiar. I may be a tad grumpy on the 4 am (or 3:45 am) days, but I know they are limited. Right now we are trying to establish a routine. We are getting the nighttime routine down pat. Between 6:30 and 7:00, we go for a relaxing bath, lotion up and pj's, then swaddle. This is Hayden's cue that it's time to sleep soon. She eats and usually falls asleep there or with a little encouragement by rocking. This week I've started writing down her naps and feedings. She hasn't been napping well; or what is considered napping well. She's napping for only 45 minutes, which is a short nap only lasting one sleep cycle. Apparently this is a common occurrence as her sleep habits are changing, so we are working on that as well. At two months she is officially in her three month clothing, so there is much more variety as far as style goes these days! Tomorrow we go in for her two month shots. I am NOT looking forward to this at all. Her screaming cry at her newborn screening was hard enough; I can only imagine what tomorrow is going to bring. There are 6 vaccinations tomorrow (Polio + Hib + DTap + Hep B + PCV + RV), but luckily they can combine them into 2 shots in her leg and one is oral. Oh my poor baby. :( But I told her today that getting a shot is much better than getting sick. If only she could understand that. But I will be a strong mommy and try not to cry too. I will just comfort her the best I can and bring her home for hopefully a good nap and love. Hayden tried apple juice (diluted) for the first time on Sunday also. She has only been having a BM every four days, and last week went 6 days. She usually is fine because this is normal for exclusively breast fed babies. Her bodies is absorbing all the nutrients, leaving very little, if anything, for waste. However, last Friday she seemed inconsolable all day. I had been up with her the majority of the night and it was only the second time that we both just cried together. You can come to a loss when you don't know how to help your baby. It is very rare for breast fed babies to be constipated, and she wasn't, but I think she was getting, how do I say? Backed up. We went to my parents to stay the night Friday and she didn't want much to do with any of us. Saturday morning, the same. Finally I called the doctor and the nurse said to bring her in. They close at noon, so at 11:15 from Sugar Land, we are getting to the doctor's office as fast as we could. The doctor wasn't there, but the nurse gave her a glycerin suppository and we were good from there on out. Whew. It's hard when your baby hurts and I know that's not something that will ever get any easier. Being a mom is an emotional thing. So anyways, the nurse suggested she drink some diluted apple or prune juice to help get her regular again. She isn't really having it. I'm not sure if it is the taste or that it's cold, and she's used to drinking body temperature liquid. I'm sure it's both. But, we will just keep trying. Well, nap time is nearly at a close, so I must leave ya'll here. Just a quick update on what we've been up to and some pictures. Our little girl is lighting up our lives like we never thought possible!

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