2 Months Old

Happy to be two months old today!

I've already had to move the straps up two notches.

Tummy time!

Sarah is two months old today, and what a month it has been!  Instead of sleeping better, she was sleeping worse, and instead of eating better, she has been eating worse.  Sigh.  Despite these issues, she is growing, growing, growing.  We haven't had our official two month check up yet with the doctor, but we weighed her at home the other day and it seems that she's around 13 lbs already.  I don't know how this compares to other babies of the same age, but she was only 7 lbs when she was born, so she's almost two times as big!  My arms, wrists, and back are also starting to hurt a lot more because she always needs to be held to go to sleep and she is heavy!  The "cry it out" method is a bit  difficult to do when Noah is trying to sleep...I have to figure out some solution to this problem.  I miss the days when she was just a little 7 lb peanut.

Sarah has had a lot of reflux problems, and after a few weeks of cutting out certain foods with no real improvement, we recently started giving her some medication for it.  It's only been a few days so far, but I think it's helping.  I think the main reason why she was having a hard time sleeping was because of the reflux.  I think it was waking her up all the time so she was never really getting good rest, or waking up too early from naps, and therefore was cranky most of the time that she was awake.  So I'm hoping that things will only get better from here and that the Zantac will continue to work its magic.  I've also finally been paying better attention to Sarah's nursing & sleeping times so there's a little more structure to her days now, which may also be helping with the previous crankiness.  I think I was just a bit too overwhelmed the first month and my goal every day was just to make it until 5:30 (when Peter came home...haha).  Things are settling down now and I think we're all falling into more of a daily, semi-predictable routine.  When I have to nap Sarah, I ask Noah, "Sarah needs to take a nappy now, so what does that mean?" and he says, "Be quiet."  Unfortunately, now Sarah and Noah's nap are just about exactly the opposite.  Just as Sarah's waking up from her second nap, it's time for Noah to go down for a nap, and just as Noah's waking up from his nap, Sarah needs to nap again.  I get to spend a lot of time just with Noah, which is nice, but no more napping for mommy! 

Despite spending a lot of time in the carseat and car, Sarah has been getting pretty good at tummy time.  I think she may actually enjoy being on her tummy more than her back.  Sometimes tummy time just ends in her taking a nap on the mat. 

Overall, Sarah is growing and healthy and when she isn't cranky, she's becoming more social.  She is smiling more and will often coo in response when we talk or sing to her.  I haven't really been able to fully appreciate her development day to day, but now that she's becoming more interactive and I'm getting the hang of being a mom of two, I hope that I'll be more attentive so that I can truly cherish these moments.  When Noah was this age, I sometimes would look at how little he was and think about how he'd never be that little again, and just like that I would start crying.  I always tell Peter that I'm going to cry at every graduation, even Kindergarten!  So, I need to slow down a bit, because before I know it, Sarah will be walking and running.