2 Months Old

Can it be true that our sweet Lily Kate is 2 months old? Part of me, the tired part, says yes, it is but the other part cannot believe it! It has been a busy 2 months for her! We take her to the doctor next week so I will have to update her "stats" then. Since she was about 4 weeks old Lily has been having major tummy issues. I will spare you the details but some of the milder ones include major gas, bloody stools and a very unhappy baby (and parents). After a few calls to a good friend who happens to be a pediatric nurse practitioner, online research and a trip to see her own doctor, we have discovered that Lily has a milk allergy. Yuck! What this means for me is that I cannot eat any dairy ... any. Did you know there is dairy in basically everything? A few days after I went "dairy free" Lily Kate became a completely different child. She is happy and healthy and sleeping well...finally. I miss eating some things but Rhonald and I are big believers in breastfeeding and well, after I saw how much better she became, it was all worth it! Since Lily is feeling better we are finally able to lay her down (it was a rough few weeks for all of us) and she has started to "play" with her toys. This girl loves her play gym...LOVES IT! And she is a pretty big fan of her baby swing as well. She has really started cooing and smiling a ton which completely melts our hearts. She will have a full conversation with you and tries to mimick the sounds that she hears. She loves to watch faces and movement (aka Cole). Lily Kate would be happy to be talked to 24/7 and still loves to be held. Lily takes about 4 naps a day and is eating every 3 hours. She still wakes up one time a night to nurse and then goes right back to sleep. In the morning, if I lay her down for a nap while she is awake she will fall fast asleep on her own but by night time she is ready to be rocked to sleep. Her normal bedtime is around 8 and then I wake her up for the day around 7. She is such a joy and we love and adore her so much! Cole still loves to show her off and introduce her to people. He is a great big brother to her and I know they will grow up to be great friends (and I am sure they will get in their share of trouble as well).