Happy 1 month!

1 month, 3 days old




HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? I have a one month old?!? Say WHA? It went way to fast and I want to rewind and do it all again. I imagine I will say this every month though. With one month down, in my humble opinion, we hit the baby jackpot. Don't get me wrong, he's a pain sometimes. He certainly doesn't behave exactly like we would like all the time. BUT, he still rules.



We go for his one month well check with the pediatrician on tomorrow so I don't have his stats but Joe and I think he has gotten so much bigger. Thankfully, he's still our little buddy who wants to be held. That's probably my favorite thing about him. He loves to be cuddled. He sleeps like a baby in your arms. (Shocking, I know.) He curls up and loves to dig his head into you. ::swoon:: I probably hold him way more than I should but I can't help it.



Barrett's favorite thing right now, besides eating (!), is diaper changes. Sure fire way to get him to settle down is to lay him on his changing table. He is such a content baby which is a complete 180 from what he was like when he was first born. He would scream bloody murder during the whole process. Unfortunately, he still pretty much hates getting new clothes. I'm waiting for the day when he doesn't wrestle us to put on a new onsie.



I already mentioned that he loves to eat.... like really loves to eat. I was prepared for the cluster feedings to come at week 2 but I figured they would start to subside as time went on. Yeah, no. He nurses for 20-30 minutes on average and then usually wants to eat again within the hour. No complaints though because he is content and happy. I am basically confined to the couch all day long and barely manage to accomplish a thing but I'm cherishing this time. I know it's going to be over soon. That, and I have my iphone and DVR to keep me company. (Seriously, how did nursing mothers survive without these things?!?)



Let's talk sleep.... I've already hit on this but we have a pretty good sleeper in my eyes. He doesn't sleep for more than 3 hours but I really don't mind it. He did regress a bit the last time I wrote so fingers crossed that it doesn't happen again this time. I wouldn't say he has much of a schedule in the sleep department but it's fairly predictable. He seems to be a night owl going to sleep anywhere from 9:30 to 11 but he likes to sleep in. Most days we get out of bed around 9. The time change has seemed to affect him a bit though and he's gotten me up between 7:30 and 8:30 the last few days. As much as I love the late wake-ups, I do hope he starts to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier. I'm not pushing this yet though. It will happen in time.



My content, happy baby had a very rough time this last weekend. Essentially, he whined and cried whenever he wasn't eating or sleeping. Shoot.me.now. We were in Pontiac and like always we had a busy schedule. I'm sure we annoyed quite a few people but he just wasn't happy. I've been racking my brain, reading everything in sight, trying to fix the situation. The only way to make it better was to nurse him. I felt like eating was further hurting the situation (his tummy was the problem) but it wasn't getting better. Just today, I've stopped obsessing and just went back to feeding on demand and keeping him content. His little cries just breaks my heart that I will do whatever to make it better.....I may regret this in the future but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.



Milestones this month:
B is smiling up a storm when in the right mood. Like I mentioned, the changing pad usually brings them out. He's also exceptionally smiley in the mornings after he eats. My favorite time of day! Also, Barrett has really taken to focusing on objects whether it be our faces, the fan, lights, or rattles that I shake in front of him. He will stare for quite a while. Tummy time is improving as well. He's gotten really good at lifting his head when he is using the boppy pillow but not quite as well when he lays on the floor. He is best, however, when we hold him with his head on our shoulder. He would much rather hold up his neck and look around than lay it on us. It must be the height difference between the floor and our arms. Lastly, I found out earlier this week that he's a big fan of music. We play it in the car but at a pretty low volume so I've never paid attention to his reaction. I was working on his 1 month video and going through songs to add as background. He was sitting on the couch with me while I played songs on my laptop and he was so content. I'm going to have to bust out the music next time he throws a fit.

With one month down, I'm really looking forward to what's next!