DEAR little Em,
In a wink of an eye you are already two months old.
Right now, I am amazed at how sweet and easy you are.
From seven weeks, you started sleeping long stretches through the night. On average, you were sleeping 6 hours, waking up only once a night for a feed. You hit the (sleep)sack about 8pm, wake up at 2am to refuel, and then immediately fall back asleep till 8am.
You don't fuss or cry, except when you are hungry or overtired. Oh! But you do often protest when we change your diaper - especially at night - as I don't think you like your bottom being mopped with cold water.
I had a bit of a crisis with your feeds at the 4/5 week mark. I couldn't seem to keep up with your ferocious appetite. You were guzzling 120mls of milk every three hours - waaaay more than a baby your age should have been drinking.
Things got so bad that I bought a tin of formula (E.V.I.L) but I held out for your 6 week visit to Dr Belinda so I could discuss how to proceed. However, when we got there, Dr Belinda said you had signs of eczema and that you might be allergic to cow's milk!
For two weeks I had to cut out dairy, shellfish, nuts and egg to see if your skin improved. Luckily alcohol and caffeine were not on the list!
Thankfully it did.
I have since reintroduced dairy into my diet but am still avoiding everything else on the list. Little spots still mark your face so I really hope you aren't allergic to dairy as that would make life very difficult!
Anyway, the tin of formula remains in the drawer.
And so I continued struggling to keep you well fed. Dr B said you were probably going through an extended growth spurt. You weighed in at a hefty 5.5 kg at 6 weeks, well up from your birth weight of 3.08kg.
Things have since calmed down, as have I. Your intake is more manageable now. The only thing is I am still producing milk at the rate you were drinking at so our freezer is full of milk. I think right now I have 30 120ml packs of frozen milk ready for your consumption!
So we're coasting. I can even go away for a long weekend with my stash!
All that milk has made you super squishy and cuddly. I love snuggling with you plus you have an intoxicating sweet baby smell... yummy!
You've started cooing and responding when we "talk" to you. You have also begun to laugh (silently) and smile more often.
Your big sister just adores you and if we didn't stop her would be constantly smothering you with kisses and big hugs. Fortunately for you, we have taught her to kiss only your body and feet to limit the spread of playschool germs. Everyone else - even the grandparents - have been told to curb their affections and not kiss you anywhere near your face (on Dr Grandfather's orders - not mine!).
So for now, it's only mama who secretly smothers you!
