One Month!

One month ago today Jack was born!  It is so hard to remember what life was like before he was here.  He is our everything and we love seeing him grow and change.  Each month I'm going to try and do an update on his life and how is progressing.

Sleep: You are slowly becoming a better sleeper.  During the day, you take naps for about an hour between almost every feeding.  Every once in a while you will stay awake the whole time, but you normally make up for it later!  We had alot of trouble the first few weeks getting you down at night.  You would sleep all day and then decide you wanted to be wide awake from about 9pm to 2/3am.  Now you are doing much better and will usually go to sleep after your late night feeding around 11 or 12.  From then on you wake up every 2-3 hours for a diaper change and to eat so I'm normally up with you about 2 or 3 times before we wake up for the day in the morning around 8.  You are sleeping in the family bassinet in our room.  I love knowing that your grandmother, uncle, and I all slept in that exact same bassinet (in addition to extended familiy, too).  We are even using the same linens that your grandmother used for Uncle Layne! 

Eating: We are working on feeding you lots and packing on those pounds! Your weight fell pretty fast after you were born.  You went from 6lbs 11oz at birth to 5lbs 14oz five days later.  We took you into the pediatrician a few days ago for a weight check to make sure you are gaining like you should and you are!  On June 18th you were 7lbs 2oz.  It was quite the challenge to feed you to first few days after you were born, but you slowly got the hang of it and are doing great now!  You eat every 2.5-3 hours like clockwork. 

Sizes:  You are still a tiny little baby!  Most of your clothes are too big for you, but you will be fitting in them soon.  You are wearing a few of your 0-3 month onsies that are on the smaller side.  At night we always have you in your Gerber wrap shirts with mittens that Grandma Marshall bought you after we brought you home from the hospital. Some of these are Newborn size (5-8lbs) and I have since picked up some 0-3 month ones that fit you well. You still tend to reach for your eyes when you don't have gloves on so these are perfect at night and sometimes during the day.  It also makes it very easy for mommy to change you in the middle of the night. 

Things you love: You are living the life of a newborn right now and pretty much eat, sleep, cry, pee, and poop!  In the last week you have been more alert and will have periods of time when you are just wide eyed and looking around.  Dad and I like to say this is your "thinking" time and that you are quite the thinker.  During this time I try to stimulate you and will sing & talk to you, give you a bath, or put you under your mobile gym or swing. You really love your swing and it pretty much always calms you down!  You love it when Dad or I just rock you in your big comfy chair.  Also, you love to snuggle up to my chest after you eat and often like to fall asleep there!

Activities:  Not too many activities, yet.  Just hanging out in your newborn lounger, swing, or under the mobile gym. 

New things you do:  Everything is new and we love it!  Whether it be a sound or face you make, you are always entertaining us and we love just watching you. 

Routine: We normally wake up for the day around your 8am feeding and hang out in bed for a bit.  Our routine pretty much runs on a 3 hour schedule.  After you eat, I try to keep you active and alert for about an hour and then you take a nap for about an hour before you eat again.  You have been very good at running errands with me these last couple of weeks.  We normally get out of the house once a day whether it be to run to HEB, Target, Babies 'r Us, or to meet dad for lunch/dinner.  You stay in your carseat and we cover you up whenever we're in public.  The car puts your right to sleep.  Every couple of days I'll give you a bath in the afternoon or evening.  We try to put you to sleep right after your late night feeding anytime between 10 and 12 depending on how active you've been so far that night.