Today our sweet little girl is 2 months old. Already?? Wow. She is getting so big and is such a little sweetheart. She really only cries when she is hungry, tired or uncomfortable and it is such a faint cry you really don't even know she is upset. She isn't staying up for much longer than an hour these days, but has a great appetite and the cutest smile (when we can get her to smile). We are feeding her every 2.5 hours right now in an effort to get her to sleep through the night. She gets a bottle around 8:00 at night and has gone until 5:00 in the morning before needing another one (but right now that is not typical - hopefully it will be soon!). She likes getting baths and generally has one every other day (otherwise her hair gets really greasy). Speaking of hair, I have nicknamed her 'Fuzzy' because it sticks straight up at the crown and is absolutely ADORABLE!!!!.
She has had an eventful couple of days. On Thursday I took her into the doctor because she had a fever and they drew blood (little needle into her little arm - painful to watch) and gave her a catheter to get a urine sample. She was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection and given two injections of antibiotic; one in each of her thighs. Given her age and the bacteria found in her urine, they wanted to keep a close eye on her and had me make an appointment for Friday where they gave her two more injections of antibiotic and another appointment for Saturday where they again gave her two more injections. She was finally cleared for an oral antibiotic and will be on it for the next 8 days. It has made her a little fussier than normal, but understandable given her discomfort. I am not sure if it is because of the infection and medicine, but we are having a hard time reading her. She wakes up crying in the middle of her naps and as of late just seems unhappy. It is hard on Ryan and I because Cael was such an easy baby to read. We will figure it out and I am pretty sure that we will see a different little girl once she is feeling better.
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