One Month Old

I know this is delayed, as are all my posts lately, but here goes...

On April 15, 2011, my little boy turned one month old.  I can't believe it!  He's already filling out SO much compared to how little he was when we brought him home.  He's been gaining weight like a champ!

As you can see, Felix began to lose his patients with all the pictures I was taking.

For some comparison, here are the pictures that were taken at his two week birthday when we brought him home from the hospital!!

Updates (in no particular order):

*You were born at 6.5 oz and by the time of your first pedi appointment at about 2 weeks old, you were about the same weight.  

*One week later at your next pedi appointment, you weighed 7 lbs 1/2 oz.

*Two weeks later, at your last pedi appointment (just after your one month birthday), you weighed 8 lbs 4.5 oz!

*You are just starting to take to the pacifier, but not for long stretches of time and not all that often.  This is a blessing and not...for one, I love the idea of you never using a pacifier, but then again, it would be nice to help soothe you when you get fussy.

*You don't often burp after breastfeeding, but usually as long as you are in an upright position for 15-20 minutes after nursing, you are fine.

*You have peed, pooped and now vomited on me.  You have only vomited twice (not including occasional small spit ups).  The last time was when I was burping on you.  I was shocked at how much there was and it definitely ran all down my shirt, on my pants and down onto the couch!  My aversion to bodily functions has disappeared.

*You take one bottle of pumped breast milk a day, which daddy gives you.

*You tend to become very awake and alert when you drink from the bottle.

*You generally eat every 2-3 hours during the day and every 5-6 hours at night, although it's definitely not an exact science (as you just woke up after only 3 hours).

*You are VERY animated and have the best facial expressions.

*It melts my heart every time you smile or make kissy faces in your sleep.

*I crack up laughing every time you are drunk on milk and your eyes roll up into your head.

*You did NOT take well to the vitamin D supplement the doctor had us start you on.  For two full days afterwards, you cried excessively, had terrible gas and stomach pains, and refused to be put down for more then five minutes.  We have since stopped the vitamins and done our research only to find that the supplement really isn't necessary as long as I am eating well and you get the equivalent of about 17 minutes of sunlight a day.  

*You fart ALL the time!

*Your hair is starting to thin out a bit in certain areas.

*Very early on, you have been able to turn your head side to side during tummy time and hold your head up for an increasing amount of time while we're holding you on our shoulder.  

*On days when you've been excessively fussy, you like to make mommy look bad when you become super complacent as soon as daddy gets home from work.

*You are still sleeping in the Rock 'N' Play in our bedroom.  Shockingly, I am having a very hard time bringing myself to transition you into your nursery (while I was the proponent of this before you were born).  Today, we have moved you to the other side of our bedroom, instead of right next to my side of the bed.  Next step is to move you into your room, but still in the Rock 'N' Play, then eventually to the crib.

*If we lay you down flat in your crib, whether you have just eaten or not, you inevitably get the hiccups, which is why you're still sleeping on the inclined Rock 'N' Play.

*You love to lay in your crib when you're awake and become mesmerized by the mobile (good call daddy, since mommy thought it was a useless purchase), but you want nothing to do with sleeping in your crib.

*Almost every diaper is a poopy diaper and you have been in size 1s for about a week now, since there were several near blowouts in your newborn diapers.

*You legs have gotten so chubby and I LOVE it!

*When you sneeze, you usually sneeze twice in a row, but can't quite get the second one out and wind up making the most adorable noise...definitely daddy's favorite. 

*You are now in 0-3 month clothing and almost completely grown out of all of your newborns.

*The sore/scab on your nose caused by the respirator when you were in the NICU healed and fell off, but you still have a bit of a scar, which should eventually heal.

*Right now, your eyes look navy blue.
*You HATE having your hands confined, so we no longer swaddle you and instead use the wearable blankets or just tuck you into the Rock 'N' Play really well.
*You have what we think are blocked tear ducts which causes ridiculous amounts of eye goopies when you cry, but it has gotten progressively better this week.

A couple weeks after we brought Felix home from the NICU, we had his newborn photos done by the amazingly talented Crista Acosta (http://www.cristaacosta.com/blog/).  Here's a sneak peak...