2.5 Months

The most exciting thing that happened this week was that Madelyn slept for 7.5 hrs straight once! She is a very happy baby and is usually pretty content, but lately she has been getting fussy in the early evenings. It seems like it might be a mild case of Colic, but we are not sure. She is doing great holding her head up and will grab items and hold them but is not quite sure what she is supposed to do with them yet. Her clogged tear duct is looking a lot better, and we think it has resolved. Even though she is too little to enjoy it yet we were going to go to the zoo this weekend, but a cold front came through and it was too cold & wet, so we had to postpone that. I can't wait for it to warm up a bit so we can start doing things on the weekend as a little family!

Oh, The Indignity....

Today I took Madelyn to her 2 month appointment, which went well. She is now 10 lbs 7 oz and 21.5 inches long, which means she has gained 3.5 lbs and grown a whopping 3 inches in 2 months!! Those stats put her right at the 50th percentile for both height & weight which the doctor said is perfect. I am very happy that we finally got independent verification that she is perfect like we already knew! :-) She got 2 shots and one liquid vaccine - she hated all of them! It was heartbreaking to see her little pouty face and the tears! After the 2 shots in her legs, her face turned purple and she started to scream and was holding her breath - I had to pick her up and remind her to breathe! Needless to say, she was NOT a happy camper! Unfortunately for her, they did not have one of the vaccines that she needs in stock, so she will have to get that one at her 9 month appointment.
The doctor is also referring her out to an opthomologist for her clogged tear duct. The doctor said they will most likely not do anything until she is at least 1 year old, but she wants Madelyn to be on the opthomologists radar since her eye does not appear to be getting any better. Other than that, everything went great!

2 Months Old!

This past week was a pretty hard one...I had to go back to work and it was rough leaving Madelyn. I really miss her when I am at work and can't wait to get home to hold her! It is also hard to get a routine down and get back into the swing of things at work. I never imagined the amount of love that I now know a parent feels for their child. It is an amazing & overwhelming feeling at times. Overall the week went pretty smooth though and today we took her to get her two month portraits taken. They came out great!! Now I just need to go buy a bunch of frames :-)

Madelyn is doing better every day as far as holding up her head on her own. She is very alert and loves to listen to music - especially Lady Gaga...I think it was because I used to listen to Poker Face in the car when I was pregnant! So far she has slept for 7 hours straight in the night twice, which gives us a light at the end of the tunnel to look forward to. One cute thing that happened this week was that Madelyn was in her swing and was crying - the dog heard her and took her favorite ball and gently put it in the swing next to Madelyn's head. Waldo likes to chew on that ball when she is nervous, so it was as if she was saying "here, take this, it always helps me feel better". It was a sweet gesture on the dogs part, but that ball is nasty! I am taking Madelyn to her 2 month appointment on Tuesday and will update the blog after that appointment. Dan will not be able to go with us since he is going to Del Rio for work.