2 Months With Sweet McKenna

Wow, time is flying by with our little angel.  McKenna turned two months old on Saturday!  Now that we're starting to brave taking her out, we get comments all the time about how tiny she is and people think McKenna is only a few weeks old.  I find myself getting protective and want people to realize how much she's grown and that she's not tiny enough to be a newborn.  I guess technically she is tiny enough to be a newborn since she now weighs a little over 8 lbs but she's much bigger than the 5 lbs 7.5 oz she weighed when she was born!  When I tell people she was born at 36 weeks and 5 days, I get the oh she was a preemie comments, that makes sense!  Again I feel myself wanting to correct and say no she was near term, only two days from being full term!  Near term is the phrase used for babies that come at 36 weeks.  Of course none of this matters.  Our sweet McKenna is getting bigger and stronger every day and her Mom and Dad can sure tell she's a growing girl. 

McKenna has changed so much over the past month!  Since my last post, we've tried two different reflux meds and have stuck with Zantac for now.  It has helped McKenna's tummy feel a lot better.  We started physical therapy three weeks ago for McKenna's torticollis.  Her head tilts to the right consistently, probably a result of being in a favorite position in utero; She was always on my left side.  I was thrilled to hear the physical therapist say last week that she's not sure if McKenna has a true torticollis because she's progressed so quickly.  The tight muscle on the right side of her neck is completely stretched out now and we're hoping the head tilt will stop when she gets more neck control.  McKenna is now more aware of her environment and loves looking at faces!  She gets so excited when Daddy gets home in the evening.  She's probably glad to have a new face to look at instead of Mommy's!  She will track our faces and even some toys when she's in the mood now.  She's started to smile more consistently, especially in the morning.  I think she smiles at Daddy more than Mommy!  We were struggling with nap time for a while but we've started a routine of swaddling and white noise which has helped immensely.  We've always swaddled McKenna at nighttime but weren't doing it during the day since she was napping in the swing or bouncy seat.  Because of the positioning our physical therapist has prescribed, we've started putting McKenna in her crib for naps.  She loves to nap in her crib!  We swaddle her up, turn on her ocean waves, give her a paci and she normally falls asleep after awhile.  She's even started to have more quiet awake time when going down for a nap and after she wakes.  She also quietly sits, for a short period of time, in her bouncy seat or swing watching her bird mobile or looking out at the trees outside!  Diaper changes are actually fun for McKenna now too!  She screamed and screamed at diaper changing time for the first month and a half but now she smiles, watches your face if you're changing her, or just happily looks around!  On her two month birthday, she mostly slept through the night!  She fussed a little from 4 am to 6am but soothed herself back to sleep.  She repeated this the next night but needed a paci to go back to sleep.  Unfortunately she woke back up last night at 2am and wouldn't settle until she nursed.  So...we're not sure if she's quite ready to sleep through the night but we're hopeful since she's done it twice now.  Every day with our little girl is such a joy!  It's so fun to see her grow and change before our eyes!  Being a Mom is definitely the hardest job I've ever had but it's the best job I've ever had too.  I've posted some pictures that we've taken over the month.  It's amazing to see how much she's matured over the last few weeks.  Enjoy!!

Having fun with Grammie and Grandma! 

Cuddles with Grandaddy

One of my many faces

I love it when Grandaddy sings and dances with me!

Daddy opening his first Father's Day gifts from McKenna!  This will be the perfect book for them to read together at bedtime when she's a little older!

Grandaddy showing off McKenna's Father's day gift from her!

Father's Day

I love my Daddy!

Cuddles with Grandma!

Meeting Auntie Kamiren for the first time!

Cuddles with Grandpa!

Opening more gifts from Auntie Kamiren and Grammie!

This shows McKenna holding onto her taggie toy, something new she's started doing the last few weeks.  This also shows the neck support made out of one of Deric's old socks that the Physical Therapist told us to make.  We get funny comments all the time about the sock support when we're out and about. 

This really shows how much McKenna has grown!  She likes facing out now at times during the day but still prefers snuggling up on a warm shoulder. 

More snuggles with Auntie Kamiren while showing off her cute outfit from Harold and Barbara

So excited to see Daddy!

Giving Daddy a big smile

She really fills out her swing now!

2 months old!

She really looks like Deric in this pic! 

Fascinated with the bird mobile on the swing

When looking for baby pic poses, I saw this idea and wanted to do it when she was first born but we forgot.  I finally got my engagement ring back on the other day and it reminded me to take this sweet picture.  I think it turned out beautifully!  

McKenna is enjoying looking out the window while sitting in her bouncy seat