It Is WELLS With My Soul : The Babe is 2 Months Old!

Where has the time gone? Blakely Mae is 2 months old!

Yep, she smiles ALL the time now!

Yep, we still don't have the best head control, so we went for the sweet "lean to the side" look.

Lots of other accomplishments too!

It has been a busy month for the Beemer! She is growing and learning and really starting to get used to the world outside the womb. Here are some highlights! I mean, I really could go on and on bragging about this girl of mine!

Dr. Appointment
We went to the doctor today for Blakely's 2 month appointment and I must say it went a lot better than her 2 week appointment! However, we did have to make a call into to Dr. Hilary last Tuesday because after not going to the lactation group where I was weighing her each week for three weeks (she was doing so well that I thought we could stop going) I went back last Tuesday (6/11/13) and in the three weeks that we had missed, little girl had only gained 10 oz, which is about 3 oz per week, where ideally we would like her to gain 4-7 oz per week. Positive side is she is still gaining and not losing, just a little under the low side of the comfortable weight gain. Also, while there we did a weigh, feed, weigh feeding to see how much she was getting during a normal feeding and she only gained 2 oz where as an ideal feed at her age should be 3-4 oz. The lactation specialist thought that there might be something wrong with my supply and when we called Dr. Hilary she agreed and has put me on a medicine that has increased my supply significantly. I am happy to say that on Tuesday Blakely had gained 7.5 oz since the previous Tuesday and at the weigh feed weigh feeding that day she gained 4 oz! Whoever said breast feeding is easy and should come naturally is smoking some kind of crazy person crack...it is hard work, but we are determined to make it work! I think the problem all stems from when she was in the NICU. Most NICU babies aren't breastfeeding as a way of nutrition, its only for learning to suck and bonding purposes, so they only had me feed her every 3 hours and if she was in the room with me she would have been feeding more like every 1-2 hours. Since she was not demanding as often, my supply didn't build up adequately and we have been playing catch up ever since!
Note to self: next time....pump the heck out of myself in the hospital to build that supply!

Stats at 2 Month Apppointment

Height: 22.5" (55th percentile)
I think she is going to be a tall one like her Mom and Dad!

Weight: 9lbs 7.5 oz (12th percentile)
Yes, she's a little one. No, the doctor isn't concerned :)
I get hounded about this a lot, even by strangers. And with all the work we have done to get my supply up, its a bit of a touchy subject. When it comes down to it, I have prayed for years my kids would be skinny like their daddy and not have weight issues like their momma. Well, God answered my prayer obviously :)

Head Circumfrence: I can't remember this one :)
But, it still looks flipping huge to me. Its cause she is going to be genius!

SHOTS! Little girl also got 3 shots at the Doctor's office.
She took it like a champ. She only cried while it was happening and the moment I picked her up she stopped and fell asleep. She slept and cuddled for the rest of the day. Laying her down at night was the first time since the shots she was not being held by me, Noah, or Aunt Karissa. Minus the time spent in the car on the the way home from the appointment, because well, that is illegal and a child endangerment charged would be frowned upon in my profession as an early childhood educator.

Insert picture that I should of taken of Beemer and her Aunt Karissa. Thanks Kissa for going with us, I couldn't have done it on my own!

Sizes
She is still wearing newborn clothes at this point. However, the 0-3 clothes aren't too far away, which is good because she has a TON of cute 0-3 month summer outfits!!!

Social
She is getting better about letting others hold her. Still loves to suck on fingers but is now taking a pacifer from people besides Mommy and Daddy which makes it easier to pass her off. She is smiling ALL the time which is so much fun! We have even heard what think is a giggle or two!

On The Move
She is still rather stationary. However, she can now see 12 feet in front of her, instead of just 12 inches. She is starting to bat at things in front of her and semi-track people and items in front of her. She will turn her head to look in the direction of noises and voices.

Food
Still just momma's milk :)

Sleep
She is an a-m-a-z-i-n-g sleeper! With the help of the book Baby Wise we have developed a good bedtime routine where we give her a bath and lotion her up with night time lotion and then Noah's reads her a book and then a devotion from a baby devotional book and then one of us prays while I nurse her to sleep. She loves to be swaddled like a burrito and lately she barely even fusses when she lays down. We put her down around 9:45-10:15 pm and she will sleep til 8 or 9 am with one or two feedings between 3:30-4:00 am and 6:00-7:00 am. This has made it easy for mommy and daddy to start doing the workout INSANITY together each night and then mommy takes a shower and pumps before bed. Mommy needs to get better about sleeping when baby sleeps. Instead of doing things like writing a blog posting at 12:45 am :)

Likes:
She like her mommy and is kind of a momma's girl. But I am ok with that, it makes me feel kind of good that she knows who I am and relaxes instantly when she is in my arms

She likes to lay under her play gym for 5-10 minute max. All goes downhill at minute 11 :)

Loves her swing!

Loves her portable soundmaker, and so does mommy! If she is crying in the car, I turn that thing on and bam....quiet baby!

Dislikes:
Dirty and Wet Diapers. She lets you know the moment it happens. (FYI: she is in cloth diapers now, and mommy is LOVING IT!)

Being Hungry. There is no warning, her hunger cry screams "I am hungry and I was hungry 5 minutes ago!"

Tummy Time....therefore mommy is really bad about doing enough of it. But Dr. Hilary said no worries her head looks good and her head control is developmentally appropriate.

We love this little girl so much. And thank God daily for her presence in our lives!