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Now two
months, Kate is doing so well! She is definitely growing, and we’ve already had
to put away the newborn clothes. It was harder than I thought it would be
packing away those cute, little outfits – I was definitely an emotional wreck.
It’s been fun learning watching her
personality develop. I definitely think she is going to be a social butterfly
because she loves to be up and with us. Her favorite activity is staring at
faces, she smiles so big that I think any day now she’s going to give us the
biggest laugh. It’s so much fun talking
to her and seeing her smile back. She’s starting to make noises back at us too.
We took our
first family mini-vacation and she was such a delight. She slept the whole
drive there and back, never gave us any trouble going to bed at night and was happy to tag along when we went. It was really fun to get away and have some
quality family time.
We’re still
adjusting to life with a baby and being a family of four. The hardest adjustment
came about a month ago; I noticed that my sweet baby became a crying, gassy
mess and she developed a rash on her cheeks that looked like eczema. My first thought
was colic. For the next few days, one of us was always crying. It
was tough, I remember calling Tom at work one day because she looked so
miserable and I was at a complete loss. After a few days, I started writing
down everything I ate to see if maybe something I was eating was bothering her.
After eliminating and reintroducing different foods, I found that she was
having a hard time with the dairy in my diet.
I’ve eliminated dairy as best I can (I had no idea dairy was in
practically everything we eat) and she is doing so much better. It’s definitely
hard because now that I can’t have milk or cheese, I crave them but it’s worth it to have a
happy baby. Hopefully
this won’t last too long.
2 Month Old
Stats:
- Weight – 8 pounds, 9 ounces
- Length – 22 inches
- Milestones – Starting to coo and make noises when we talk to her.
- Favorite Toy – Bouncy seat, she loves to sit up and be close to us.
- Favorite Activity – Staring at faces and having people talk to her.
