2 months old

Highlights of Jillian's second month:

• Jillian likes to take car rides, but if she's awake, she crys when the car stops at a stoplight.
• She loves to take a bath and at the end of this month, she started playing with the toys in the bath - she likes to kick at them
• She smiles at us all the time but I've yet to get a good picture of her smile.
• She has laughed a couple times for us, I'm not sure if she realizes that she laughed, I think the sound just escaped from her when she was happy
• We started the month off with a horrible diaper rash, but discovered that the generic Target "Up and Up" brand diaper rash cream works wonders. The Butt Paste brand just wasn't clearing it up.
• We went to the zoo 3 times this month, but Jillian has yet to grasp what the zoo is all about. Mostly she just wants to nurse. The third time we rode the carousal together.
• We also tried out her backyard wading pool.
• She knows the difference between her home and being out somewhere. After a big day out, she looks around when we get back home and relaxes.
• Jillian only sleeps in her bouncer at night. The doctor thinks this might be due to her having some reflux, so we'll be trying some remedys during month 3 to try to help her with this. She also hates having blankets on her and kicks them off and we have to keep putting them back on her - until she falls asleep that is. 
• Other ways to get her to fall asleep are vacuuming, sitting her by the dishwasher or taking her downstairs to the basement by the washer and dryer and having her listen to the white noise created by these appliances.
• She said her first word - "Mom" - ok just kidding, but sometimes when she cries (especially when she's frustrated) her cry sounds like "mmmooooooooommm"
• When she's really concentrating on something she has her little hands in fists. As she relaxes, the hands relax as well. 
• Speaking of her hands, she loves to suck on them. On the day she turned 2 months she managed to get her thumb into her mouth, but hasn't figured out how to do that consistently yet. It's rather entertaining how loud she can be slurping her hands.
• She also uses her tongue to play "ice cream cone" when it's time to eat, licking the nipple instead of sucking on it.
• She's started cooing - ooo and ahh sounds