two months old

 averie is two months old today.  where did last month go?  didn't i just write about her turning a month old?  right, right.  this is what happens when you age.  time moves at super speed and before we know it we'll be at her wedding or something.  okay, well not quite, but seriously don't know what happened to october.?.?

averie is showing us bits and pieces of her personality and what she's all about.  i have to admit she is a bit high maintenance.  definitely gets that from her mama.  what can i say, sometimes we just need a little more attention.  i can already tell that she'll be a head strong girl and there may be some epic battle of the wills in our future.  karma is coming, i can feel it.  that being said she is finally a happy girl.  and i say finally because right around six weeks we took averie to see a chiropractor.  and i kid you not, when we left she was a different baby.  let me explain.

in the beginning averie seemed to be a pretty fussy baby.  this is in comparison to her brother, who was a totally laid back super easy non-fussy baby.  in reality she wasn't isn't all that fussy.  i just don't and didn't have a reference for fussiness.  i struggled a lot at the beginning with her.  a lot.  she wouldn't settle, particularly at night.  she was super gassy and would frequently spit up her meals throughout her night time feeds.  this would lead to a lot of crying, from both of us, and as a result both her and i weren't getting much sleep.  i was starting to turn into a meltdown mommy.  i never really thought about what could be causing her upset tummy, other than beginning to cut things out of my diet.  tomatoes do a number on her.  who knew that something like that could affect breast milk so drastically?  anyways, rob sees a chiropractor and has for years.  he mentioned what was going with averie and his chiropractor gave him a list of chiropractors that work with babies and children in the city.  i had never really thought about how could chiro help her?  why would i?  at this point i was willing to try anything.  and good thing i was.  got her in to see a very highly recommended doctor and found the cause for averie's unhappiness.  she was in discomfort.  i say discomfort because pain doesn't seem like the right word.  she had a very tight muscle on the right side of her neck and turns out this muscle has the nerve that regulates things in a person's body, like breathing and how much acid the stomach produces, etc.  once the dr. forrester massaged this area and released the muscle a bit averie was different.  she was calm.  she was smiling and cooing and giggling.  i hadn't really realized that these things weren't happening until they happened.  liam was doing all of them by about four weeks and i didn't clue in when averie didn't.  she is a happy, comfortable, smiling, giggling, talkative baby girl.  and i am no longer a meltdown mommy.

 along with going to a few chiro appointments averie's had a fairly busy month.  here are some of her highlights this month.

two month highlights

averie had her first photo shoot, she was five weeks old

 (can't wait to see the photos, hoping to get them this week)

weighed 9 lbs. 2 oz. at her six week check up

attended her second wedding, partied until midnight

caught her first cold, this one totally sucks!

wearing zero to three month clothing ... and they finally fit

doesn't like tummy time, but we do it anyway

smiles and watches liam all the time, she adores her big brother

loves being in her swing and would sleep there all day if i let her

loves it when i sing to her, especially the itsy bitsy spider

(also is the only thing that calms her down while getting into her car seat)

hates her car seat

hasn't lost any of her hair, i think it's going to stay ... and it's dark

she takes a bottle, bring on the pump

she is becoming more and more interactive with all of us

loves staring at the tree on her wall behind her crib

loves bath time and is starting to kick and splash

had her first seven hour sleep between feedings, has happened twice

has her two month vaccinations next week

(not looking forward to these)

i'm really looking forward to seeing the baby girl that emerges this month.  she's getting to a really fun stage of baby-ness.  i'm not all for the newborn stage.  i much prefer this stage and what lies ahead.  they just get so much more fun as they get older.

happy two months baby girl

we love you