OK I'm making a serious effort for this post to be all about Nathan, and not Gwen's reaction to Nathan. Poor second kid always gets compared to the first, I'm hoping I can avoid that....
So I know I didn't write a 1 month post, but I'll just try to cover everything here. First, let me say that breastfeeding [comparatively speaking]...oh crap there I go again.... has been a piece of cake. I had some pain in the first week (and the uterine cramping the first 3 days UGH!), but nothing I couldn't handle. I was very happy about this because I really questioned whether I was going to be able to do it again if the first 2 weeks were anything like I remembered. Well, now we're into the third month and it's going great!
At around 3 weeks we had one night in particular that we questioned if we'd make it through. Nathan was up the ENTIRE night wanting to nurse constantly, but then choking and crying, and his breathing was very shallow and labored. It was so bad that we called the on-call Dr and she had us bring him in the next morning. Physically, he was fine so she thought it could be reflux.....OR.....the dreaded "C" word. Yes, COLIC. AHHHHHHH!!! No parent ever wants to hear that word. Luckily, it turned out to be an isolated event. We held off on the reflux meds and although he spits up more than any child I've ever seen, I'm pretty sure he doesn't have reflux. And although he can be a bit fussy when he wants to be, he most certainly does not have colic (phew).
Nights have been going great. He's still in our room in the pack n' play because he'll eventually be sharing a room with Gwen, and she sleeps so well that we haven't wanted to make the move yet. For the last few weeks he's been sleeping anywhere between 5.5 - 7 hours, and one night he slept 8!! Hallelujah! I'm pretty sure this is all due to the swaddle (which is something we never did before). He was moving around a lot, and we thought he was keeping himself up because of it. He seems to instantly relax when I swaddle him.
The boy is growing like a weed. Most people are shocked when I tell them his age because he looks older. Here are his stats:
Birth:
7lbs 10oz, 21in
2 wks:
8lbs 7oz, 22 in
2 mo:
11lbs 15oz, 23 in
At his 2 month appt, the Dr told me that he's above the 90th percentile for both height and weight. Grow baby, grow!
In the past few weeks, he has been super smiley, talkative, and responsive to us. The Dr told us that he's very "flirty" for a 2 month old. I think he's going to be a very animated little guy and I'm really looking forward to watching his personality develop.
Here he is, happy as can be, at 2 months old:
Oh I love him! it sounds like things are going really well so far, that is wonderful. I didn't swaddle Nicholas until almost month 3 when we got desperate and it worked like a charm! :)
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