This is my Max. He is now 2 months and 3 weeks old. He is doing really well and growing fast! I find it amusing how time slows down the weeks before birth and then speeds up once they are born!
I've had 6 kids and with each one comes a new personality to discover. I have been enjoying getting to know my little guy. Once he was born and put into my arms, he seemed very content and took to nursing like a champ! The second day, however was a different story. He went from being content to not content! He kept crying and crying and when he didn't want to nurse, I tried carrying him in all different positions, changing diapers, walking him, etc...all my bag of tricks of soothing a baby were empty - I wanted to put him back into my belly. When he did stop crying and took to nursing and fell asleep - he was just exhausted and so was I! I started to worry. I kept thinking there was something wrong. I didn't recall it being this difficult the first 5 times - perhaps, Anne but I shrugged that off because of being a first-time mom.
I kept asking about colicky babies from all these mothers with experience. I started reading about it on Babycenter.com. I started preparing myself! However, as time went by Max turned into a baby that could be soothed by just being held or nursed. THIS, I'm familiar with. Max still leans on the side of crying a bit more than what I'm used to, but I'll take it. Bring it on!
Max is now smiling a lot. I can just sit in front of him forever just trying to make him smile because it just melts my heart... and keeps him from crying ;-). Anne and I spend time every day just trying to get his first giggle out of him which just happened the other day. It was a short but definite giggle! Wee hoo!
Max is my biggest baby so far. He is growing fast, but we'll see if he will continue this trend or slow down and take more the Patterson trend which is dwindling off the growth chart somewhere in the 5th percentile?
Max is thriving! I look forward to watching him grow and learn!
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