Our second month with Luke was probably the most challenging. When we brought him home he was generally a quite baby who loved to sleep. We definitely took that for granted as month 2 rolled around. Luke decided that as long as he was awake he was going to be screaming. Not just crying but SCREAMING. I tried different bottles, different food, laying him down more often, keeping him up more. NOTHING helped. Thankfully Andy is wonderful and knows that if I call while he's at work it's got to be important. Thankfully I only called him like that once and he was able to come right home and let me get out. I NEVER thought I would be that mom. I always imagined perfection...perfect baby, perfect mom, perfect life. All I can do now is laugh. Thankfully about this same time Luke was really learning to smile. That definitely made the hard times more bearable. (Thankfully now that he is almost 3 months old this are SO much better! That will have to wait until next weeks post though!)
When we went to the doctor for Luke's 2 month well check his stats were:
23.5 inches long (75%)
12lbs 12oz (50%)
Head Circumference (80%)
Yes, our kid has a big head. Neither of us do though so maybe his body just needs to catch up. At least there is a lot of room in there for a big smart brain! He also got his first full round of shots. Again thankfully Andy came with me and I left the room while they stuck the poor kid. Later that day and the next day we dealt with our first fever. It was so hard to look at our poor baby screaming and crying and looking at you with this look of "please, help me...". Thankfully it passed quickly and he was back to his normal self.
Exciting things that happened this month was our first snow! Andy built Luke a snowman and we got to dress him up in his ADORABLE bear suit. He didn't seem to mind the snow. We think the look on his face was more due to the sunlight. And he LOVED his bear suit!
Other things about Luke in his second month were that he hated baths (his silly umbilical cord didn't fall off until Valentines Day so baths were awful. He loved to smile and cry, loves to ride in the car and loves to sleep in his Halo sleep sack. Seriously if you have a baby that has trouble sleeping you should give one of them a try. It has been a lifesaver! I'm sure there is more but since I am a month late on this past things are blurring together. I'll try to make sure and do his 3 month post next week.
For now here are some pictures of our little guy in his second month:
