1 month

 

 

I am 1 month old!

• I eat every 3 hours during the day. After I eat I usually stay awake anywhere from 1-2 hrs and then take a nap in the swing (although we're starting the transition to the crib...we'll see how that goes). I have my bedtime feed about 10pm and then sleep for 5ish hrs (give or take an hour) and then sleep for about 4 more hours. Generally I go right back to sleep after my feed in the middle of the night. At night I sleep in my crib.
• I wear 0-3mo clothes and a size 1 diaper.
• I am a spit up queen. Mommy has to do a lot of laundry. I'm really good at the projectile spit up...sometimes it's so forceful it comes out of my nose! (By the way, Emmie loves to wipe up my spit up...she's always on the lookout and always knows where a burp cloth is.)
• In addition to being the spit up queen I'm also the wet diaper queen. Generally Mommy changes my diaper before she feeds me and right before I go to sleep and then again before my next feed and they're ALL soaking wet!
• I LOVE my big sisters. I love to watch them play and I'm definitely happiest when they're around. I'm not 100% sure about Franklin yet but I'm getting more and more used to him.

 

• I'm generally a very easy baby and am content to lay around and watch the craziness around me. The last few days I've been wanting to be held more but Mommy thinks I'm going through a growth spurt so hopefully I'll go back to my normal laid back self once I get past that.
• I've had a few real smiles! There are lots of times I smile with my eyes and one side of my mouth twitches up but I can't quite always figure out how to make my mouth smile all the way!
• This month we went to Greenville for a night and then went to Maggie Valley, NC for a weekend with Daddy's side of the family. I did pretty well being in a new place...it had me a little out of sorts but nothing awful.

 

• I love to listen to books. I really like it best when I can sit in someone's lap so that I can see the pictures too.

 

• I enjoy going on walks around the neighborhood especially if I get to look around. (If it's cold Mommy puts the shade on the stroller and the carrier up so I'm all closed up.)

 

• I take real baths in my baby bathtub now and I think they're pretty nice although I spend most of the time trying to face plant in the water...hopefully my muscles will get stronger soon and I'll be able to play more!

 

• I've started sitting in the bumbo some. I do great holding my head up for a few minutes!

 

• I like to do tummy time...just not for too long. I'm really good at lifting my head up and am getting stronger every day! I also do the crawling motion with my legs and toss them around like I'm trying to roll over.
• I don't like being put in my carseat but once we start driving I'm very content.
• I have a fair amount of baby reflux but so far it doesn't seem to bother me too much.
• This month I've been to Emmie's school, dance, My Gym with Ellie and on Wednesdays I go to bible study with Mommy. 



Emmie at 1 month                                                       Ellie at 1 month (and her blog post)

 

 

 

 

So who do you think Ruthie looks like?