As unbelievable as it may seem, our little baby boy is 2 months old! On Sunday the 21st, he officially turned 2 months old and we rang in the day with singing Happy Birthday. As cliche as it sounds... man how time flies.
Monday the 22nd marked Nathan's 2 month appointment. For this visit we were joined by my sister Lindsay, as she was in town visiting her new nephew. Nathan weighed in at 12 lbs, 2 oz as he is eating like a little monster. He measured 22 inches. His percentiles are increasing gradually as his weight and height are now in the 50th percentiles. He did great at the doctor and everything checked out as perfectly as can be. He received 5 immunizations that day with 4 of them being shots and 1 being a oral (liquid) one. The nice thing about infants getting shots is they can't anticipate the pain so they cry when the needle hits and shortly thereafter. Plus they can't hold it against you. Nathan was such a pro! I guess he figured after circumcision and tongue clipping, shots would be nothing... or at least I made peace with it that way. He was a little cranky that night but slept a bunch.
Nathan is still sleeping great. He's pretty much a regular 3-4 hour eater and then at night he is anywhere from 4-7... yes 7! Last week one morning, I woke up and he was in his bed just looking around. He hadn't eaten in 7 hours. I got him up and brought him in the living room. He sat in the recliner and just continued looking around. I knew he was hungry but waited very patiently for his food. That incident has happened only once but there's hope!
I visited with the lactation consultant again last week and together we decided for me to continue doing what I'm doing... that is pumping about 75% of his food and supplementing the rest with formula. The hour I saw her ended up being highly therapeutic and I am eternally grateful to her. She helped me feel comfortable with the decision I have made and helped me see that I am doing the absolute best I can. Much of raising Nathan is to be confident in the choices I have made for myself and my baby because in the end, the only person that knows my situation is me. She told me that it is still possible to teach Nathan to nurse however at his age, the only way to accomplish it is to withhold food all day until he would decide to nurse. That was the method used when she successfully got a 9 week old baby on the breast. After much thought and deliberation, I decided to stick with what I am doing now. Baby 2 will be different as I now know how difficult breastfeeding is and to seek out help within the 1st week if there are any problems.
Kisses and coos,
Toni and Nathan
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