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During this month, your baby will smile, laugh and make many different kinds of noises. Talk to your baby and encourage him to continue making sounds. When you place your baby on his chest, he can lift his head and chest up. Give your baby a variety of toys that make different sounds, have different textures and light up. All of this will help to develop his senses.

Most babies will spit up at some point or another because of overfeeding or the lack of a mature digestive system. This is very common and is usually not a cause for concern. As long as your child is growing properly and the spit up does not cause him to choke, he is probably fine. More than likely, the spitting up will improve as your baby gets older.

Soon your baby will be rolling over, so it is time to start thinking safety! Avoid leaving your baby on changing tables, couches, countertops and other surfaces unattended. You never know when she will decide to roll for the first the first time.

Until your baby is four to six months old, there is no need to supplement his diet with water, juice or cereal. Some parents are tempted to put cereal into a baby's bottle to help them sleep longer-this is not recommended. Babies get all of the nutrition they need from breast milk or infant formula. Your baby has probably settled into more of a predictable feeding pattern. Most babies will drink about 5-6 ounces of formula or breast milk every 3-4 hours. Avoid giving your baby a bottle in his crib and do not prop the bottle while you are feeding him.

Because all babies have different temperaments, it should be understood that some babies are fussier than others. While some babies are quiet, calm and content most of the time, others are not. Some babies get fussy and aggrevated very easily and need more nurturing from their caregivers. If you use a pacifier, try to limit the amount of time you give it to your baby. Give it to your baby when he needs it for comort and avoid giving it to him when he is not fussy. Never hang the pacifier from his neck to avoid strangulation.

Your baby will learn from you and his environment. Make your baby feel secure and loved by responding to his needs promptly. This will help your baby build trust in you. Never yell, shake or hit your baby--even if you do get frustrated or upset. Doing so can seriously harm your baby and decrease the trust that he has in you.

Developmental Milestones 2 Months Old

Physical

• Jerky movements are almost gone. Smoother circular movements have taken place of the jerky movements.
• Your baby can grasp objects voluntarily
• Eyes are more coordinated and your baby can see various colors

Intellectual

• Your baby will smile at you this month!
• Prefers objects with more complicated designs, colors and shapes
• Some babies will sleep through the night,but not most
• Most babies will sleep for longer stretches at night

Emotional

• Your baby will smile when he is happy
• Your baby will show preferences for people he knows
• Babies like to be held and comforted. Babies need to feel safe in order to deveop a sense of security.

Age Appropriate Toys

• Rattles
• Balls
• Colored toys
• Mirrors
• Mobiles
• Playgyms
• Books
• Musical toys
• Lighted toys

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tashitash - Sunday, 12 Feb
rachie-- my Garrett is congested too, and has been sleeping all day. He sleeps better in his swing because he is at an incline so it allows him to breathe a little better. if you have a swing, you could always try to out karlee in it at night and see if that helps her sleep! Good luck!!

tashitash - Sunday, 12 Feb
Jun- thinking of you and your family, and especially little brentlee. I can't imagine the pain and anxiety you must be going through, and hope and pray that your family will all be reunited soon! Take care and keep us updated!

rachie83 - Sunday, 12 Feb
Karlee not feeling good = her wanting to nap all day. I hope she sleeps tonight

xolilangel785 - Sunday, 12 Feb
Jun- Brentlee is in my thoughts.. I'm glad he is getting the help he needs.. I hope it does help him and I hope you get to be with all 3 of your boys really soon. Please keep us updated!

xolilangel785 - Sunday, 12 Feb
Thank you ladies for your input.. I feel better now knowing that Damien isn't the only one trying to sit up and that there's not something wrong with him. Maybe I will try putting him in his Exersaucer for a few min and see how he does =)

needagirl - Sunday, 12 Feb
June- my heart breaks for you and your family. Hopefully Brentlee gets the help he needs and you can all be together again.

.infinite.alphabet. - Sunday, 12 Feb
mommy - kudos to you for breastfeeding past teething! And all you other mums who plan to do so, too! If I could, I would have gone for as long as the babies remained toothless, then it would have been bottles from then on.

Aw, rachie. Poor Karlee. I get hayfever once or twice a year and it sucks majorly. Can't imagine having allergies all through the year. Poor little chicky. :(

rachie83 - Sunday, 12 Feb
4:13am and I'm up with Karlee. Poor bay is having the worst time sleeping, she tossed and turned the whole time she was in her crib because she is so congested. She is sneezing, coughing, and has a really watery/ goopy eye. We went through this when she was about 6 weeks and it's happening again. I really hope she is not getting my bad allergies.

Mommy0811 - Sunday, 12 Feb
I'd like to breast feed until she's 1 and I would like to use as little bottles as possible just for the simply fact the breast is easiest in my opinion no heating and no cleaning lol

.infinite.alphabet. - Saturday, 11 Feb
mommy - She won't have a problem taking a bottle - once the milk comes out, she'll suck. There is a thing called 'nipple confusion', but I haven't personally experienced this (all three took the bottle and the boob with no confusion) and I think it may be a bit hyped up in that not all that many babies do have confusion. You could google it and find out more. How long are you planning on ebfing her? But no, you're not crazy! If you're worried about it and are happy to make the effort to go back and forth to feed her, then why not?

rosababy3 - Saturday, 11 Feb
We got Julianna's ears pierced today! And she looks even more stunning than she did before. Aaaaahhhh I love baby girls :)

Mommy0811 - Saturday, 11 Feb
OK ladies I need your honest opinions... my daughter is 12 wks old and I efb and pump and store occasionally but I have still yet to give her a bottle I'm so afraid if I give her a bottle she won't want me anymore.. . Am I crazy? Anyone else feel like me? Me and the hubby are suppose to go to dinner and a movie next Saturday while my mom keeps my kids so I thought I would just feed her go to dinner,go back to my mom's feed her then movies and then back to get her? Or should I just take a bottle and stored milk to my mom? Will she even take a bottle... I'm in a dilemma lol

cpineapple2 - Saturday, 11 Feb
XO my son looks like he is doing sit ups because he is trying so hard to sit up. It cracks me up!

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...

erin1023 - Saturday, 11 Feb
XO---Dakota also tries to pull up on things to sit...if I give him my fingers he will grab them tight and let me pull him up a little so his head is off of whatever he is sitting on...he also sits in his bumbo chair!...I have a picture of that in my profile...I have been too afraid to try his exersaucer yet though because his head still bobbles a little when he is sitting up and the exersaucer has some hard toys I am afraid he might face dive into lol

tashitash - Saturday, 11 Feb
And on the topic of leaving baby overnight... I haven't left any of my kids overnight yet. I'm finally leaving my 4 year old and my 18 month old with my parents in 2 weeks for just one night. I'm SO looking forward to it, even though we will still have Garrett. But he's an easy baby so he'll probably just sleep most of the time, lol. I've had grand plans of a weekend away with my best friend, but our timing has just never worked out (she has two little ones as well). One day!! Probably when Garrett is past 10 months old and not nursing as much, I will take a trip without any kids. Looking forward to that!!!

tashitash - Saturday, 11 Feb
XOlilangel - As I type this (one-handed), Garrett is sitting on my lap. He is already sitting in his exersaucer, too. He's been holding his head up well since 2 weeks old. My middle child was sitting up by herself by 4 months old, so I know that by 11 weeks they can definitely want to sit up. Plus, babies like to see what's going on around them. Garrett loves to watch his sisters run around and play. I think he feels like he's missing everything while he's laying down. :)

.infinite.alphabet. - Saturday, 11 Feb
xo - I don't think there's anything to be concerned about. Imoen also likes sitting up so she can see everyone better and she pulls her head up, too, like she's trying to sit up herself. We prop her up in the corner of our lounge suite and she just looks around at us with a big grin on her face. She hasn't rolled over yet, though.

xolilangel785 - Saturday, 11 Feb
Ladies- do any of your LO's try to sit up? Damien is constantly pullling his head up and wanting to sit. If i hold him and lay him flat he gets really mad and pulls his head up and his feet up trying to sit up. I let him sit up alot and it makes him happy lol. He is very strong and holds his head up on his own. My fiance's mom (we'll just say MIL) thinks that there is something wrong with his back and that's why he wants to sit up.I think he's just a little more advanced in his development; he's been rolling onto his belly for weeks now. What do you ladies think? Should I be concerned?

.infinite.alphabet. - Saturday, 11 Feb
Aw, you guys know how to make a girl feel loved. <3

Nails - oh, good. So I'm not the only one having to wrestle little fists open to cut them! :D

xo - The clippers are good, but I've never seen a pair with a magnifying glass!

cpine - thanks, I'll go onto facebook later and see if I can find it.

erin, I'm afraid of biting her little fingers.

number1 - boring? Haha, nope. You guys are my sanity lifeline some days. :D It's a shame not more of our week came across to the monthlies, but I feel we have a friendly little group here so I won't be leaving! ID theft - what happened there? And Happy Anniversary for tomorrow!

rosa - the site is having technical issues, so quite a few ladies' profiles were deleted or deactivated. When I was first booted, I was wracking my brains wondering if I had offended someone and they'd complained about me, but nope. Laura is going about fixing the issues, so some women have been able to log back into their old accounts, but some haven't (like me).

kitty - Happy Anniversary for tomorrow! Have a great time out with your husband.

rachie - yeah, Imoen sucks her fists and even though she's bathed every day, I'm sure there are still bits of old spew lodged under her nails. When my 9yo was a baby, I was laying on the bed and holding him, zooming him around like an airplane, had my mouth open, making 'vroom' noises and he puked right into my mouth. *shudder* Yeah, having baby spew on you is much more tolerable that IN you! :D

weight loss - my partner and I are starting a regime tomorrow, P90X. We were doing that together when I fell pregnant and I had to stop halfway through because it's not really exercise suited to pregnancy. It was working really well and I need someone to do it with me to keep me motivated, so I went out yesterday and bought all the food to adhere to the diet (very high protein). Tomorrow morning, 4.30am, we both get up and do it before he has to leave for work.

erin1023 - Saturday, 11 Feb
Kitty---you are at least lucky to have lost the pregnancy weight!!...I gained way too much during mine...60lbs!!! so I dropped like 1/2 of it in the 1st 3 weeks but still have an extra at least 25 lbs hanging around that I would LOVE to get rid of quickly!

erin1023 - Saturday, 11 Feb
I just feel like Im not a first time parent...kinda makes me wonder sometimes if Im crazy! lol...wow Rachie---we conceived on Valetines day! lol....so we found out we were pregnant on March 9th!!...That year really did fly...though none of us were thinking that when we were huge and waiting to meet our LO's!!! lol

rachie83 - Saturday, 11 Feb
Number1- I have a Facebook but only have close family and friends on there.

rachie83 - Saturday, 11 Feb
Oh wow talking about how long it's been since conception shows how fast time goes by! We had our IUI done march 3rd last year!

rachie83 - Saturday, 11 Feb
Haze- we clip karlees about once a week. I think chewing nails off is nasty. My friends does that and I just thinkog germs. Lol

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