One Month Old!

I am one month old today!!!

What has Colby been up to?

Well, tomorrow Colby will be 4 weeks old already! Wow! Time is flying.

He is so amazing. Besides the fact that right off the bat he was an excellent eater, he is a great sleeper too! Most of the nights so far, he has gone 4 hours (sometimes 3) in between feedings. We have been very careful trying to keep him on a schedule so that he can start to understand "days" are different than "nights". Days are for naps, playing, book reading, tummy time and nursing every 2-3 hours. Nights are for sleeping, and eating every 3-4 hours. I (Bre) usually nurse him at 9:45-10:30 and then he goes down for the night. He usually wakes up around 1:30 and 5:30 to nurse - and the nice part is at 5:30 Matt is up for work already, so he gets to change him and give him a cuddle. Then we usually get up for the day for good around 8:00/9:00ish. All in all, a very good schedule so far!

He is sleeping in his basinette at night and his crib or swing for naps during the day. When he reaches 15 lbs (he is 11 lbs now), he will be in the crib full time. It is much easier to breastfeed when he is in the basinette in the room than if I had to go get him up out of the crib (one of the only things that really hurts still from the c-section is bending into the crib).

Things Colby loves:

His soother thing in his crib (that lights up and plays music)

Mommy singing "You are my sunshine", "Sweet Baby James" (by james taylor), or "Skiddamarinkydinkydink"

Daddy singing Jimmy Buffett songs or "Toes" by Zac Brown

The dogs

Anything that lights up or rattles

Mom's Milk

Being rubbed on the back

Warm blankets

NOT being swaddled, haha.

Walking in the baby carrier or stroller

Car rides

Watching people when they hold me

Mobiles in his swing

Sucking on his fingers/hands (he will be a good self-soother)

Sitting in the boppy pillow

Stats:

11lbs

22 inches

New things he does:

Coos

His startle reflex is hysterical. Everytime he is sleeping and gets startled or we go to pick him up, his arms shoot up above his head (Bre says it's his conducting an orchestra reflex)

When he is being held up and down a certain way, he makes a noise like a coffeepot brewing. We call it his coffeepot noise :)

Grunts. Colby Grunts all the time in his sleep after a big meal, especially after his 5:30 feeding. Apparently most babies do this around his age, their way of vocalizing that he is expelling gas. Usually followed by a pretty gross diaper or two (conveniently after Matt leaves for work, in fact, it usually is about 10 minutes following the diaper change matt does before handing him over to Mom).

Screams about 2 times in his sleep - then takes a big poop (an audible one). He does this during about one nap a day.

Smiles. He smiles and his little dimples come out! I love them! He mimics us sometimes when we smile at him.

Here are some pictures!

Two weeks old!

Yesterday, Colby turned 2 weeks old! He had his 2 week check up, he was back to 9lbs 7oz  - his birth weight! When he left the hospital, he was down to 8lbs 9oz (perfectly normal) and by 3 days after that, he was up to 8lbs 13oz...looks like mama's milk is helping him grow grow grow! Doc said he was looking wonderful, and he said several times how strong his neck and legs are!

During tummy time at 8 days old, he held his head up for 3 minutes - we were to expect "breif" moments of picking his head up - not 3 minutes! What a strong, strong kid!

Here are some photos of his first two weeks! His dogs love him to death, they are never far from him! What a blessing!