One Month

 

 

Happy One Month Birthday Baby Boy! I'm sitting on the couch holding you all swaddled and warm as I work on this blog post.  I love being able to hold you and shower you with kisses.  Your big brother, Liam, also loves to give you lots of kisses.  He will come over to you when you are lying on the ground, get real close to you and say "Hi Baby!" He will try to pick you up, and when that doesn't work cause you are so heavy, he will stick his arms out towards you and look at me until I pick you up and help him hold you.  He will then give you an open mouth kiss with a big "Muah!" on your forehead.  It is so amazingly sweet to see the two of you together.  You really looked like a mini version of Liam when you were born but with each passing day you are looking more and more like your own person.  I think you are looking more like your Dad. This last month has gone by so fast and yet it feels like you have always been here with us.  You are the final piece we needed for our little family and We love you so much!

BABY STATS:

Weight:

Birth: 7 lbs 3 oz

4 Days: 6 lbs 15 oz

16 Days: 7 lbs 13 oz

1 Month: 9 lbs 6 oz

Length:

Birth: 19 in

4 Days: 19.5 in

16 Days: 20.5 in

1 Month: 22 in

Hair Color:

At birth: Red

1 Month: It looks blonder on the top but it is very red in the back. I would call it a darker Strawberry Blond.

Eye color:

At birth: Very dark blue

1 Month: Still a dark blue.

Diaper Size: You are now wearing size 1. It's been about a week since we made the switch. When you were born the newborns were so perfect and tiny. Now I look at them and can't believe how much you have grown. They look like they never could have fit you.

Clothes Size: Newborn shockingly.

Nicknames: Tarter Sauce. This is the most popular and came from your dear old Dad but it fits you so well. You also get called Carter the Farter (also from your Dad) and Snuggle Butt from Mom.

 

Sleep: What is this sleep you talk of? Haha.  At around 8pm, after Liam goes to bed, you and I go lay in bed and start the process of getting you to sleep for the night.  You get a little fussy at this time of night and make us work to make you happy. I nurses you then Dad burps you and you two cuddle for a while.  On a good night you are asleep by 9pm but usually you are up until 10pm.  You then sleep for 2-3 hours.  Dad gets up and changes you then I nurse you until you fall back asleep.  Sometimes I fall asleep before you do but that what is so great about co-sleeping with you! You are so great about going right to sleep after you are done eating.  We are then up every 1-1.5 hours.  On a rare night you will give us more sleep.  But I'm perfectly content to have you snuggled with me in bed all night and don't mind waking up so often with you.  I know it won't be this way forever and you won't be this little for long. I love just sitting and watching you sleep.  You make the cutest faces and will also sleep with your eyes open on occasion.  It took me a while to convince Dad that you were doing it! You have lots of sleep smiles, the angriest yawns and you grunt and groan like a man while sleeping.  You are not a quite, peaceful sleeper at all!

Eat: You are a snacker! I know I should try to push your feeds apart so you will fill up in one feed and space your eating out but I can't help but nurse you when you are rooting and fussy. We rarely go longer than 2 hours between the last time you ate and we are both okay with it.
 

Daily Routine: Eat. Sleep. Poop. Repeat! The only consistent routine at this point is you will nap around 12pm when Liam does.

 Funniest moment: You very loudly filled up your diaper this week and Liam could not believe that the sound was coming from you! He looked at you very concerned. Haha.

Milestone: You lost your umbilical cord stump.  You actually halfway knocked it off at around 5 days old.  It wasn't fully healed which scared Mom and Dad. We tried to be careful with it but ended up calling the DR at 8 days for advice.  He told us to pull it the rest of the way off, if We would like.  This grossed out me out so Dad was left to do the dirty work.  He ended up getting it off and your belly button still didn't fully heal until after 3 weeks.  That was when you got your first real bath.  You love being in the water and get so mad when we take you out at the end. You also got baby acne at 2 weeks old.  It is pretty much gone now but you have developed a little cradle cap on your eyebrows and forehead.  You just can't catch a break! But even with it all you are such a handsome little man.

 

Likes:  You love being held and cuddled but are getting more interested in looking around at things.  You are so strong and like to hold your head up while Dad is holding you.

 

Dislikes:  You get so angry at the end of the night that your arms are swaddled.  If I unswaddle your arms, I can usually get you to sleep for another hour or so.

 

Firsts:

First car ride
First Doctor visit
First Lunch Date
First smile in your sleep
First real bath
First Easter
First explosion, one of many

First time pee everywhere including on yourself, also one of many
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