One Month

Sweet Emory, you are one month old today!

(You do this pose a lot and I think it's SO funny!!!)

It seems like we JUST brought you home from the hospital!
 

 So, what's been going on around here??

Some napping..

Lots of visitors...

Meeting your great Mamaw and great Papaw for the first time!

Your first snow day (1-17-13)! We didn't get a picture of you outside because it was too cold!

Your umbilical cord stump FINALLY fell off on your 3 week birthday so you got your first real bath! You weren't crazy about it though!

 

And you did a little playing on your play gym. You really just listen to the music but we call it playing anyway!

 

We haven't been back to the doctor since your 2 week check up but I can tell you're growing!

 

Eating: You LOVE to eat. You've been a great eater since day 1 and you haven't slowed down since! I started out breastfeeding you and everything was going perfectly but shortly after we got home, I got really sick. I stayed nauseated, vomited daily, and couldn't eat anything. My doctor couldn't find anything wrong with me so I did some research and found plenty of stories about nausea being related to breastfeeding. It made sense! A lot of the women said it went away by 8 weeks but physically I couldn't continue on for 6 more weeks just to "see" if it went away. After a lot of tears I decided to stop nursing you and we gave you formula. You had your first bottle when you were 2.5 weeks old and took it like a champ. You obviously don't care where your milk comes from as long as it comes, ha! (After my milk dried up completely, I stopped vomiting and the nausea disappeared so I'm positive it was related in some way!) We've had some hurdles with formula though. We started out with Similac Advance and that really hurt your belly. You would scream for hours at night and there's nothing we could do to make it better. We switched you to Similac Sensitive and that's what you're on now. We put gas drops in every bottle and it seems to really help. You're taking 3 oz every 3 hours during the day and at night we let you sleep as long as you can and just feed you whenever you wake up.

 

Sleeping: You're a great sleeper as long as we don't let you sleep the entire day! We try to follow the eat/wake/sleep schedule but we're definitely not very rigid with it! We usually have you down for the night by 11:00 and most of the time you're only waking once to eat (around 2:30-3ish) and then back down until 5:30-6ish. We swaddle you up (which you hate) and you sleep in your rock-n-play sleeper right beside our bed. I really like it because it keeps you at an incline so I don't worry about you choking.

 

Sizes: You're in size 1 diapers and size 0-3 months and some 3 month clothes (they fit in length but you have plenty of room in the middle)! You were only in the newborn diapers for 1 week and never wore any newborn clothes!

 

Play: We love to lay you on your play gym and watch you look at the little toys that dangle above. You love to kick your legs and move you arms all around! The swing is hit or miss most days. Some days you'll sit in it and look around and other days you want no part of it. We try tummy time but you usually end up falling asleep- we've got to work on that!

 

Some things we've learned about you: You love (more like slightly obsessed with) your paci! You're just a little impatient which you get from your Mama! If we don't get your clothes on, diaper changed, or bottle in your mouth fast enough, we're in trouble! You love to be on your tummy and sleep much better that way. (You're always supervised closely!)

 

Emory, we love you more than we ever thought possible! You bring SO much joy into our lives. Some days it's still hard for me to believe you're actually mine. Although we want to keep you little as long as possible, we can't wait to watch you grow and learn new things!

 

Happy one month precious girl!

We love you!!!