Two Months!

Well I did it again.  I'm horribly late in this week's post, but here we go anyway.  G was officially two months old on Leap Day!  We had his 2 month well-baby check up that morning.  The pediatrician checked him all out and said he looks great!  He is growing like a weed and his stats keep increasing at a great pace.  He was 12lbs, 22in long and his head was 15 in around now.  Unfortunately the appointment wasn't all fun...of course it also consisted in his first round of immunizations :o(  He was such a trooper though.  He got a total of three sticks, two in the right leg and one in the left.  Thankfully the nurses did the first stick at the same time so the whole process would go as quickly as possible.  His little eyeballs opened up wider than I've ever seen as soon as they stuck him, his face got beet red and then came the wail.  Poor little buddy :o(  They did the last shot and he was already crying so I don't think he really noticed it because he was too busy reacting to the first ones.  haha!  As soon as they were finished I was able to pick him up and snuggle him and he calmed down.  Once I got him all dressed we went out to the waiting room, he ate and then fell asleep.  He slept on my chest most of the afternoon.  If I put him down he'd cry and wimper, so in order to make him feel better we snuggled most of the day.  It's not like it took a whole lot of convincing to get me to agree.  :o)  He's definitely a world champion snuggler!  His poor little legs were so sore the rest of the day.  After waking up from his initial nap I changed his diaper, which normally he enjoys.  Lying on the changing table and wiggling all over is one of his favorite things to do.  Not that day.  Poor little guy just laid there and cried and cried and cried.  Whenever I had to move his legs he'd just cry harder.  I finally broke down and gave him a bit of Tylenol which basically just wiped him out so he could sleep some more.  That night wasn't too horrible, but we were definitely up and down a little more than usual.  At 5am he got more Tylenol and that put him out for a few more hours.  More sleep for Griffin and more sleep for Mommy!  Thankfully the day after he was much better and had returned to his happy little self :o) 

On Friday we went to visit G's babysitter.  Since I start back to work on Monday we took all of his things over to her house so they would be there and ready; less to take on the first day.  It will be hard enough as it is!  I showed her our typical nap time routine, and put him down for a nap while we were there.  Of course he didn't sleep very long, but hopefully he gets used to the new place quickly and doesn't have too much trouble napping.  We had a little playdate with the babysitter's son who is 5 months older than G, so they could start getting used to being together, then it was time to go home.  He was worn out from the busy afternoon and of course fell asleep as soon as we got home. 

We also got to take our first trip to the After-hours Peds office at one of the hospitals in town.  After crying and fussing and being nothing like his usual happy, bubbly self I finally called our pediatrician's office and talked to the nurse on call.  G really is not a fussy baby at all.  If he's fussy and crying he's usually hungry or tired.  We tried all the usual things to try and make him calm down and sleep but nothing worked very well.  Just when we'd get him to sleep and lay him down, he'd wake up crying 20 minutes later.  Once we reached the point where neither of us had any idea what else to do, then we called the doctor.  Of course he fell asleep before we left and slept in the car, his longest nap of the day.  We get to the ped's office and he's smiling and laughing at the nurse.  I'm sure she's thinking these crazy first time parents...this kid is fine!  The doctor comes in and small world, he is our usual pediatrician's brother.  I described the events of the day to him and he tells us it sounds like reflux.  We're wondered about reflux for a while, but it was never bad enough to really do anything about it.  He has started to spit up more often than he used to, and he said the waking up screaming after only a little while lying down is a classic reflux symptom.   We've now elevated the mattress in his crib on one end, have started putting rice cereal into his bottles, and he's napping either in a swing or propped up on a Boppy pillow.  Hopefully all of these things will help and he won't need any kind of reflux meds.  It is something he'll eventually outgrow, but it's definitely a pain right now!  I shouldn't complain though, it could be much worse. 

I've been trying to make the weekend last as long as possible, but unfortunately it seems to be going faster than normal.  My last week at home went faster than any week I can ever remember.  I feel like I went to bed Monday night and woke up and somehow instead of it being Tuesday it was Sunday and my last day at home with my little guy.  I know he is going to be well cared for, but it doesn't make leaving him any easier.  I've only been away from him for about 5 hours total since he was born.  To almost double that amount of time the first day is not an easy thing to stomach.  I never used to think I'd be happy staying home all the time.  I always thought I'd get bored and need something to do, but now that it's time to go back I'm singing a different tune.  Hopefully the first week goes well.  He will have no problem I'm sure.  I, on the other hand, will probably be counting down the seconds until the day is over and I get to see my baby again.  Stay tuned for the report once the first week is completed!

To end this post on a MUCH happier note than all my bellyaching over going back to work...here are some of the pics from this week and G's big 2 month bday :o)

Pre-immunization...

How we spent the afternoon post-immunizations.

My happy baby

Two months old!