Blake's 2nd Month

Blake's 2nd month was full of growing up. The theme for this month is "He finally woke up!!" Blake seriously one day decided to be like a "normal" newborn babe. Not surprisingly-it was around his actual due date.

Taylor loved watching Blake make his funny arm movements. This was a favorite because he looked like a ballerina.

Nicole so desperately wants Blake to fall asleep on her like he does on Daddy. But, Nicole can not sit still. She is constantly wiggling...and Blake can't settle down.

Blake's new Favorites:
snuggling, bright colors, light coming through the windows, shadows, black and white tiny square pictures, feet uncovered (he sometimes kicks, and kicks until his feet are uncovered - and once they are, he will settle into sleep), he loves his hands by his face when he is sleeping and eating

Blake grunts and grunts and moves all over the place to get comfortable. Sometimes he lets out a loud cry before he falls asleep. Sometimes he lets out a HUGE burp before he falls asleep.

Blake's eyes are starting to become so alert. His eyes get so BIG when he looks at something.

When he was 7 weeks old, he slept through the night!! Crazy..you slept from 10:30pm -5:30am. It was probably because of the synagis RSV prevention shot. It was a fluke thing, but I greatly appreciated a good night sleep.

The girls crack up at his silly sounds. Their favorites are when he buzzes his lips and sounds like a horse, and when he is to sneeze but doesn't . It is so cute because he sighs after his "almost" sneeze.

Blake's Least Favorite Things
He hates having his feet rubbed or touched and hates being cold. When you put him in the bath, he starts to almost hyperventilate because he gets so cold. He also grabs his hair a lot and cries because he can't figure out how to let it go.
This month he was diagnosed with acid reflux, and this makes him really sad. You could actually hear the gurgling of acid in his throat. Poor little guy, would grunt and grunt - he just seemed so uncomfortable. He hates taking his medicine and whenever he lays on his back, watch out because it is messy!! It is so sad because he cries and cries when the really acidic stuff comes out. In fact, there were numerous nights that Warren had to sleep with him because his stomach hurt so bad. After a few bad nights, I finally decided to stop giving him one supplemental bottle of formula and guess what - he was so much better. The combination of acid reflux meds and no more formula helped out a ton!!

Blake's most alert time is between 2-6am because he is so uncomfortable. But during the day, he still sleeps a ton and pretty comfortably. When he is awake - he is grunting, being held, kicking, being bounced, swinging, having his tummy rubbed, and occasionally I see a little twinkle in his eyes like he wants to smile.

Seriously, these bright eyes just melt my heart!! Love him!!