1 Month

So our little man hit 1 month last Thursday, and I just can't believe it. We're figuring things out. We had some trouble learning to take naps during the day, but in this last week he seems to have realized they are a good thing, and he is happier when he sleeps. Amazing, huh? We also figured out he doesn't like when Mama has dairy. I don't think he has an allergy exactly, but certainly a sensitivity. Since I've cut that out (he REALLY doesn't want me to have ice cream, between this and the gestational diabetes!!) he has been a much happier guy. He is also learning the difference between night and day, at night we're getting one stretch between 4 and 5 and a half hours between feedings, otherwise he is averaging between an hour and a half and three hours. We're not on a schedule, since he is a lazy nurser and sometimes just can't seem to muster up the energy to fill his belly before snoozing, so those times he obviously needs to eat earlier.

Mama and Dad are learning how to function outside of the house with a baby, we were scared to take him anywhere for the first several weeks, but have started doing errands and things with him this last week and a half or so. He does pretty good in the car as long as it is daytime and we are moving. He doesn't seem to enjoy traveling at night at all. He has slept almost the entire time at the three or four dining establishments we've gone to, only waking at the end to be held or fed.

Overall we seem to have a pretty good baby. He loves his pacifier (one of those things you say you aren't going to use for several weeks...and then it is the only thing that soothes him besides nursing...), loves being held and swaddled. He always rolls onto his side when he is set down, I think he is weighted to the left. His torticollis in his neck seems to be improving, he doesn't have movement restrictions, but certainly prefers tilting his head to the left. We finally figured out a way to keep his head from turning all crazy in the carseat (thank you Marilyn!!) so now I feel safe driving with him on my own, that he isn't going to cut off his own airway.

Kevin goes back to work Wednesday, so that is our new adventure, see how I manage during the days and nights on my own!!

I took 1 month photos of Jackson Thursday, and got a really cute one, he smiled for me!!


And this one is just for size comparison monthly:

And a close up of that cute little man!!