One Month!!

Wow! You are one month old!! I just can't believe how fast it went by, it feels like just yesterday I was pregnant and walking miles to get you to come out!! And now you're a month old, and I must say it has been a great month!

Here are some things about you:

You are still wearing newborn clothes, though you have outgrown some.

A week and a half ago you were 9 pounds, 8 ounces. You weigh more than that now, I can tell.

You are in size 1 diapers.

When you were wearing newborn diapers you had a poop blow out at least once a day. Now it's just once every so often!

You cry in your sleep. You'll cry, so I'll come to see what's wrong and you're still passed out!

You enjoy playing on your jungle-gym mat, for a little while every day. But if we play too long you get fussy.

You eat every 2 1/2 hours or so.

You really don't spit up too much on a normal basis.

We think you do not like chicken, when I eat chicken you seem to spit-up more. For example, the other night you projectile vomited all over me when I had chicken for lunch!

Reasons you cry:

1. You have a wet or poopy diaper. You do not like to be wet or poopy for very long, so we change diapers often!!

2. You're hungry.

3. You're sleepy.

4. You're just fussy - which doesn't happen very often - it's usually one of the first 3.

You are sleeping very well at night. You sleep in your bassinet for 3 -4 hours at a time.

You typically go down for night at 11:00 - despite my efforts to get you down at 8!

You are typically up for the day at 7:00.

You hold your head up pretty good for about a minute.

You just started pushing up off of us with your legs.

You just realized you can grab things without us putting it in your hand. So you'll grab your blanket, my hair, my necklace, etc. (Luckily you haven't really learned to pull yet)

We have seen you smile! You've been "smiling" since week 2. But just this past weekend you smiled often from our voices!!

You like to rock to be put to sleep or bounce.

Your best friend is the single light bulb in the living room. It always gets you quiet.

You will sit in your swing for only a little while...but you're not totally convinced about it yet!

You travel pretty well. As long as the car is moving you're quiet - you cry at stop lights!

You enjoy the outside when it's not sunny!

You have found your voice! I love when you say "goo" to me! That is the only "word" you are saying right now!

My favorite face that you do is when you pucker your lips in a tight oval! :)