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During the second month of life, your baby may be settling into a routine. You have both had time to recover from the birth and are getting to know each other well. You might still feel overwhelmed and stressed at times, and that is normal.

Your baby's movements are becoming smoother and less jerky. Although he can hold his head up briefly, he still needs your support. While on her tummy, your baby can probably hold her head up slightly. Continue to lay her on her belly for tummy time throughout the day. Babies like to look at different patterns, colors and textures as their eyesight is improving. Because your baby may be rolling over in one direction, it is imperative that you do not ever leave your little one unattended. Even if she has not rolled over yet, one day she will surprise you!

You will be rewarded for all of your dedication this month with smiles of appreciation. Your baby is beginning to smile socially and likes when you smile back at him. Your baby likes to see you excited and the more you interact with him, the more fun he will be for you. Praise your baby for learning a new skill and show him he makes you proud! Some babies begin to coo-make the same sounds back to him. Play cooing games with your baby to help him develop language skills.

Babies have a strong desire to suck and sometimes feeding does not meet their need. Encourage your baby to suck on a fist, hand or pacifier to learn to soothe themselves. Many babies suck on their thumbs or hands before they are even born. Often times, babies enjoy sucking on pacifiers. Be careful not to overuse them and never tie them aorund the baby's neck.

While crying is totally normal, some babies will develop colic. Colic occurs when a baby continuously cries and can not be comforted. Continue to comfort your baby the best you can and ask for suggestions from the doctor. Medication may be necessary. Accept help from others and take the time for yourself that you deserve and need. While it can be challenging and tiresome, colic usually settles down around 3-4 months. Babies need caregivers to be patient, gentle and attentive.

Babies hands have unclenched and will remain open most of the time now. Encourage your baby to reach for objects and grasp ahold of them. Let your baby experience different sizes, colors and textures to optimize learning.

Your baby will be getting his first series of shots at this time. It is very important that you have your child immunized against serious diseases. Not only is it important for your child's health, it is critical for the well-being of the community. Giving your baby tylenol before he receives his shots will decrease the pain. Vaccines do have some risks and side effects, but are much less severe than the actual disease.

Your baby may be going a bit longer in between feedings. Most breastfed babies can go about 3 hours in between each feeding and bottlefed babies are feeding closer to every 4 hours. You may have been told that if you add solids or cereal to baby's bottle, they will sleep better. This may be tempting, but it should not be done. Breastmilk or formula should be the only source of nutrition at this time. Babies at this age are still to young to start on solids.

Continue to play with your baby and teach her about the world around her. Set her on your lap facing outwards so that she can see more. Talk to your baby, sing to your baby and tell her all about what you are doing. Babies love to listen and this is how they learn. During playtime, sit her so that she is facing you. Stick your tongue out and see what she does. Babble back and forth. Make sure that you read to your baby. Babies do not necessarily care what you read to them, they just like hearing your voice and seeing the brightly colored pictures.

Developmental Milestones 1 Month Old

Physical

• Your baby can hold her head up for short periods of time.
• Some babies can turn their heads from side to side while laying down.
• Babies will hold gazes for longer periods of time.
• Eyes can track objects
• Grasp-your baby is equipped with a reflex that will allow him to grasp ahold of your finger or another small object

Intellectual

• Your baby is discovering that he has hands and feet. Hold her arms above his head and ask , `How big is baby?` You can also count his toes and play this little piggy.
• Your baby may gurgle, coo, grunt and hum to show her feelings. Coo and gurgle back and talk to her face to face.
• Some babies may squeal and laugh.
• Recognizes parents and will calm down when he hears the parents voices.
• Your baby listens to and enjoys music. Use her awake times to stimulate her sensory development. Sing to her and play music. Vary what your baby hears.
• Your baby will start sleeping for longer periods of time during the night and begin to stay awake more during the day.

Emotional

• Your baby is soothed by sucking. Babies need to suck and a pacifier may work wonders in helping your baby calm herself now.
• Shows a preference for parents vs. strangers
• May smile when they see a parent or familiar face

Age Appropriate Toys:

• Rattles
• Shakers and Chimes
• Music toys
• Shiny toys (foil works, too!)
• Unbreakable mirrors
• Mobiles
• Moving toys

Comments:

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MILKYWAY - Sunday, 12 Feb
we had another crying episode last night :( I'm finding that a mix of colic drops and gaviscon and warm water keeps his tummy cramps away. I'm sure he has constipation aswell which is why I give him a few gulps of warm water in a bottle. My daughter was a straightforward text book baby. This little man has so many problems and cries alot...can't work him out! On top of everything I'm getting a cold and cough...everytime I cough he wakes up. I've been in bed all day with a fever - I just want the spring to start now!

MILKYWAY - Sunday, 12 Feb
alliemom - yes! My son squeals with laughter at least once a day in his sleep - he's only smiled once or twice at me whilst awake tough. I also can't wait for him to giggle properly! Jun - hope everything works out x bouch - that is terrible! How incompetent of your doctor. You don't carry on bleeding heavily a month after giving birth!! I really hope it comes away by itself and you don't need a d&c.

love4bb - Sunday, 12 Feb
bouch -that's crazy how ur dr thinks is normal to be bleeding for so long plus the cramping! u should have gone to the ER if it was that bad then u wont have to go thru it for so long. I hope u let your dr know that she should have looked into it instead of putting u off. I hope you get better soon.

love4bb - Sunday, 12 Feb
jun2103- thinking of u n ur lo. hope everything gets better.

love4bb - Sunday, 12 Feb
alliemom - my lo giggles in her sleep too. It is the best thing i have ever witnessed. she giggles so hard that her shoulders were moving up n down. n she is starting to smile when she sees my face. I'm so in love, even tho she keeps me up at night, just one smile or giggles makes it all worth it.

rls- I♥mythreebabies - Saturday, 11 Feb
Jun- I hope you all get back together again soon. X

rls- I♥mythreebabies - Saturday, 11 Feb
Managed a 5:30 and 7:00 so not too bad I supose! I am so looking forward to being able to sleep for more than a 2 hour stretch!!!

bouch318 - Saturday, 11 Feb
hey ladies, i havent posted since i had my daughter in december but i just need to vent. so ever since i gave birth i've been in a lot of pain with cramping. when my daughter was 4 week i called my doctor and she said it was normal. when it came time for my 6 week checkup my doctor couldn't do it because i was still bleeding so much and still cramping. again she said this was normal. so i went in again this past week but i was still bleeding so she couldn't do my exam. i told her i was still having pain so she scheduled an ultrasound for the end of the week. that night i started bleeding REALLY bad and the cramps were awful so thursday morning i called the clinic. my doctor was off that day so another doctor told me i needed to come in right away for an ultrasound. he immediatly found that there was still a piece of placenta in my uterus. he gave me some meds to put me into 'labor' to see if that would make the placenta come out. it was horrible having to deal with the contractions, especially when you know there is no reward of a baby after. so far it hasn't come out and i have to get rechecked monday and may have to get a D&C. i am just so upset with my doctor, because if she would have checked me over when i first called about all this pain 4 WEEKS AGO this could have been taken care of by now. and you would think that me still bleeding 8 weeks after delivery would make her think that something else is wrong!!! so now i'm just hoping i won't have to have surgery this week

jun2103 - Saturday, 11 Feb
Hey everyone. Just an update on all of us. We have had a ROUGH few weeks. Baby Lochlann is doing much better. Hes 13 lbs now and will be 8 weeks old on Monday. Hes such a beatutiful little boy! So in love with him. My boys are loving him so much too. Now on to the rough part. My oldest, Brentlee, has had a rough life so far. We adopted him at birth, and he was born early at 33 weeks. Along with that he has hirschsprungs disease. He was in the NICU for 10 days.Hes had surgery to help correct the hirschsprungs. Then at age 2 he was diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Autism. We have been coping with that for 2 years now. Well the past few months Brentlee has been slowly showing agression and violence towards others and himself. Well its gotten worse over then past 3 weeks, and hes now been admitted into the hospitals phsyciatric ward. Hes there at least a week for observation and to see what needs to happen from there. I feel so terrible and I have spent the past 4 days crying. I know hes in the right place that can help him, but its so hard seeing him like this and being away from him. And not only am I away from him I am away from home, about 2 hours, so i am away from my 2 year old, Liam, and baby Lochlann. Its been extremely rough coping and I feel so lonely. Anyways. I just wanted to update you all on everything. Please keep my Baby Brentlee in your prayers. Hes had it so rough, and the poor little guy just needs a break.... And mommy wants all three of her boys back and together again...

blueboy - Saturday, 11 Feb
Rls sounds like its going well :-). Rubes no plans for Valentines this yr maybe dinner at home. Hope your dh will be out of hospital by then.

rls- I♥mythreebabies - Saturday, 11 Feb
So far the sloping cot moves seems to be working, I'm on the second feed of the night instead of the third or fourth!! 12:30 and now 3:30, now hoping for a 6:30!!! ( yesterday was 11:30, 1:30, 3:30, 5:00, 6:30 ( taking ages to settle between feeds too).

alliemomof3 - Saturday, 11 Feb
Has anyone else's lo laughed in his or her sleep? Today while sleeping in my arms, my lo giggled in her sleep. She of course has not laughed when awake as we are only getting smiles right now when she decides to give us one, some days it is more than others. It was too cute and makes me excited for when she will start giggling when awake. Wonder what she was laughing about in her dream : )

alliemomof3 - Saturday, 11 Feb
love4bb..maybe try changing her diaper to wake her up? I really feel for you as it has to be so hard to have her up most of the night. I have been fortunate with my lo as she has had her days and nights sorted from the beginning other than a few nights that were a little rough at first. We are still waking up to feed every 2 to 2.5 hours, occasionally 3 throughout the night and I am hoping in the next few weeks it spaces out a little more before I go back to work. During the day my lo is typically up for an hour to hour and a half but then sleeps for at least an hour or two in between the wakeful times. Maybe you have a little night owl on your hands!

ukchick - Saturday, 11 Feb
Lol Rubes, typical man. It's funny, I meet up with the girls from my antenatal classes once a week and we decided on Tuesday for next week when someone remembered its Valentines day. I asked if anyone had plans so we could move the day and we all just looked at each other like, yeah right, and said we'd keep it as Tuesday!! I don't think romance or even relations (lol) mix with a month old baby... Maybe (and that's a BIG maybe!!) next year!! I think my lo has hit her 6 week growth spurt a little bit early, she has fed non stop for pretty much 24 hours, last night and today were a nightmare!!

Englishmama(Rubes) - Saturday, 11 Feb
Lol our first V Day (4 years ago), I got a £50 bouquet of 12 red roses (with some white and pink and black roses thrown in) and an 'i love you' balloon. Never got anything else for valentines since lol hopefully he'll be discharged tuesday. I said we'd get take out and resume relations. Not done the deed since november. I wanna jump back into the proverbial game before I forget how to do it! I'm dreading it however.

love4bb - Saturday, 11 Feb
Oh.. n no plans for V-day. Not sure if BF knows is coming. He usually don't do much for me.. lol. I'm so used to it by now. It will throw me off if he actually got or did something for me. hahaha.

love4bb - Saturday, 11 Feb
Well, I got Natalie to stay up for like 30mins before going back to sleep. Im gonna start waking her up every 2 hrs n hoping to keep her up for half to an hr before getting her go back to sleep. i got to do something because not getting sleep at night is driving me mad. Last night I was so tired, i couldn't even get up to feed her. My lovely bf actually took care of her. He warmed up pump milk n fed her for me!!! I slept for a few hrs.. feel so great to sleep. I will try all your advices, thanks all.

Englishmama(Rubes) - Saturday, 11 Feb
I think it was amylynn?? Arun hates baths. Shame he needs so many haha it's not tiring so much as mind numbing. I've had a migrane since day he was born. He's so tired right now. If I add up all today's cat naps, he's probably only slept one hour since 9 am. It's just gone 8 pm now. We lost dummy at about 2 pm and he's not stopped crying since! Really hoping he falls into his deep sleep before 10 so I can watch pan am! (His deep sleep is usually between 9 and 11). I really don't know why he cries so much. What's all you valentines plans??

blueboy - Saturday, 11 Feb
Rubes you're doing a brilliant job, you must be knackered. Just bathed Henry and he didn't scream for a change. Not sure who posted the tip on here but it was to put a warm flannel over his body.... It worked a treat so thank you

Englishmama(Rubes) - Saturday, 11 Feb
Love4bb, have you tried removing layers to wake her up? When Arun's missing a layer he screams bloody murder (more then usual) lol it's lilia's bedtime soon so then i'll have a quick tidy before spending the night feeding, burping and walking around with the baby. Just wanna relax. Hubz assures me I can have as much me time as I want when he's out of hospital so i'll probably disappear for two weeks! :-P

Englishmama(Rubes) - Saturday, 11 Feb
Arun was quite sicky today. I had to fully change and bath him twice. He also hasn't stopped crying, unless he was feeding or had the dummy (which lilia eventually lost) so now i'm screwed lol I raised the mattress with lilia and it helped her gagging/choking at night. Doesn't work for Arun so i'm resigned to the fact He will only sleep in my arms and i'll not have freedom for many months/years! Price of motherhood I guess! I'm lost without that stupid dummy now. Took him ages to take it too. Bummer! My husband's friend and his girlfriend come over every couple of days so I can eat/shower coz Arun has been know to cry all day without a break (therefore I can't always take care of myself). Apparently this is normal. I think the health visitor yanking my chain.

blueboy - Saturday, 11 Feb
Actually rls that's a good point I have raised the head end of the Moses basket too, I don't think my lo is very keen on sleeping flat either.

blueboy - Saturday, 11 Feb
Ps I reverted 2 nights ago to bf during the night and although I was able to put him in his Moses basket for about 30 mins at a time it was a pretty crap night so last night we tried what I said below again and he was ok again :-) x

blueboy - Saturday, 11 Feb
Hello love4bb, my lo doesn't stay awake longer than an hr. He's 8 weeks today & this wk has been a bit of a turning point sleep wise. He's now sleeping at night in his Moses basket & only waking for food. So that's much better, still wakes 2-3 times for food though but I'm happy not to have him laying on me all night! I can't bf him at night otherwise he wants to continue to lay on my chest so I express extra during the day & he has my ebm during the night via bottle. Does Natalie take ebm from the bottle? Maybe you could try that too? Rubes that's fantastic news!! I loved the story about the dummy, very cute lol

rls- I♥mythreebabies - Saturday, 11 Feb
Seb is awake for anything from 30 minutes to 2 hours at a time. He is pretty good at daytime/nighttime - the only problem is if his reflux plays up at night he doesn't want to lie down, but will sleep leaning slanted on me. I am moving him from Moses basket to cot tonight (he has outgrown the basket) - I have wedged his matters to a slope so hopefully that will help him.

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