1 Month {Benjamin}

Stats:

Weight: 11lbs. 7ozs. 83rd Percentile

Height: 21.75 in. 50th Percentile

Poor Baby

Almost 5 weeks have gone by and my not so little boy is growing like a weed. I never thought I would say that after having Olivia, at this rate he will outgrow her before his first birthday. He visited Dr. P and had a great well visit. He is growing like a weed a well feed one. He didn't cry except when he got his Hep B shot, he was a little whiny after that but so expected.

Olivia calls my boobs, "working boobs" now. They sure keep up their name, Benjmain nurses almost every 3 hours during the day. The good thing is that he sleeps great at night, he goes down between 8-9 PM, wakes for a feeding between 2-3 AM, and then again around 6-7. Although last night he slept from 9 PM to 5:30 AM, amazing. Pretty much all he does is eat, sleep, and make dirty diapers. Each day he is awake a little more during the day and we are on a pretty good routine. After he wakes between 7:30 and 8:30 AM he is usually awake until his next feeding and then takes a nap until lunch, and then he is awake from then until the next feeding. He will nap from then until about 6-7 PM when we have bath time followed by dinner and rest until he falls asleep for the night.

He works really hard at holding up his head, each day it gets a little bit longer. He loves the view he gets when he can see everything from a normal perspective. He like Olivia isn't crazy about tummy time yet, hopefully that will change soon.

He is in size 1 diapers and pretty much came home from the hospital in them, thankfully we were able to use one package of newborns that we already had open at home before we could no longer get away with them. He is also comfortably fitting 3 month size clothing. He only had a small amount of newborn clothes and was able to wear every one at least once.

He has had a lot of firsts in this first month of life as well:


First Trip to Gatorland



First Easter



First Birthday Party



First Time at the Science Center