Second Month of Blake

October 15th, 2018 to November 15th, 2018

We wanted to do something fun with Grant so we took him bowling and he loved it!  He didn't understand the concept of taking turns so we just let him play for us as well!

When I took Blake in for his appointment to discuss his colic, our doctor noticed his prominent veins in his abdomen.  Initially he wasn't concerned but he called me that night after talking to a GI doctor and thought we need to get an ultrasound.  There is a potential that he has portal hypertension and he wants to rule it out.  We got that done a few days later and thankfully, the results came back normal.  His veins were just noticeable because he was so small with very little fat on him.

Here is a picture to show Blake's veins in his stomach at birth.

This year for Halloween Nana so graciously offered to watch Blake and hand out candy at our house so we could take Grant around the neighborhood.  His favorite thing of all time right now is trains and Thomas, so of course, he dressed up at Thomas!  The cutest Thomas and pumpkin I have ever seen. :)

Blake has been so fussy and colicky since birth.  I have been googling (against my better judgement) his symptoms to see if I cab figure out why he is colicky. I know people say this can be normal for a newborn during the 4th trimester but I just have this mothering instinct that something is wrong.  When he cries he acts like he is in pain.  Finally, I came across a post explaining most of Blake's symptoms to be caused by a tongue tie. I was so excited and could not wait to get into a doctor and see if this would help.  I called and scheduled an appointment with an ENT doctor and got in the next day.  Dr. Stevenson said that he did have a tongue tie.  It can be controversial about cutting the tongue tie but he said he has had his share of nursing struggles with his wife and he feels anything that can help with nursing the better.  

I have gone to two lactation appointments so far to help with nursing Blake.  He cries after I feed him often so I wanted to make sure he was getting enough milk.  Honestly. Blake cries ALL the time so this is another way to rule out the reason for so many tears.  We weighed Blake before and after a feeding and she said he was getting enough milk so that put me at ease.  She gave me a lot of information to help with nursing. 

Blake started smiling this month and it makes my heart so happy to see those smiles.  Our blurry first smile picture!

                                                                                      Another cute smiling Blake picture!

                                                                               And a video of a smile caught on camera :)

Grant has had a little bit of a transition with Blake.  He loves his brother in short spurts.  Because of the addition of Blake to our family, Grant has been acting out at daycare.  We have spoken with the teachers and we know it is due to his new addition to our family.  We are just adding more one on one time with him and lots of love and snuggles!  During one of his moments of rebellion at daycare, Grant started a food fight! While we don't think his behavior is appropriate, we thought this was hilarious!

We celebrated Grant's 2nd birthday with family the weekend before his real birthday.  He loved all the attention! 

Happy Birthday song to Grant! 

He loved opening all his presents! 

We celebrated on Grant's actual birthday with a train ride at the mall and some leftover cake!

At Blakes 2 month appointment he was 11 pounds 5 ounces, 23 inches in height and head circumference of 39 centimeters. It was an eventful month and were hoping for less crying from us all to come!