The Manke Family: The First 2 Months

I have to play catch up here and wrap up Cameron's first 2 months up into one post... hopefully I don't forget anything!!! A lot happens with a baby in the first 2 months of their lives. Here are Cameron's highlights:

* Started sleeping 6 to 8 hour stretches at night at 7 weeks!!! I always hate to complain about getting too much sleep, but my body was adjusting to waking up every few hours. Now it's adjusting back to getting sleep and I find myself more tired!
* Rolled from his tummy to his back. We don't think it was a fluke because he did it 5 times (and one of the times I got on video), but of course now he hasn't done it again in awhile. Hmmmmm....
* Started smiling around 5 weeks and having little giggles around 6 to 7 weeks.
* Spent one night at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids with RSV. Cameron was pretty darn sick with what we thought was a cold over a weekend. By Monday morning, he was working alot harder to breathe, so I made an appointment with his pediatrician. She took one look at him, told us it was RSV (without testing him) and suggested we spend the night at Mercy just in case he struggled a lot more to breathe. That way, we'd have oxygen readily available to help him. Thankfully we spent only one night and he didn't need the oxygen!
* At his 2 week check up, he weighed 9 lbs, 13 ozs and was 21 inches long (the nurse had to of measured him wrong... he was born at 22 inches!!!) He gained almost a pound and a half his first 2 weeks!!! This was the first time it dawned on me that we'd have a fast growing boy in our house.. he eats constantly!!
* Had his first sleep over at Grandpa and Grandma Hubers' house. Ryan went ice fishing with one of his buddies, so I loaded up Cameron and all of his gear along with our dog, Manson, and we camped out there! He did well and only got up twice that night!
* Had his first babysitting experiece with Grandpa and Granma Hubers. Ryan and I went to a friends birthday party and left him for 4 hours. Yes, it was a long 4 hours, but I was so proud of myself that I didn't call or text to check up on him. And of course he did just fine!
* He started to hold things we put in his hands around 8 weeks. He has a soft fishy rattle with black and white strips with a handle for a tail. When we put that in his hand, he grasps it and has sometimes shaken it! What a smart guy!
* Experience his first snow storm and made his first snow man! Last week we got 10 inches of snow and I made him a snowman. When we brought him to the front window to look at the snow, it was so bright outside that he was squinting!
* 2 month check up: 13 lbs, 6 ozs and 24 3/4 inches long. He's growing like a weed!!