One Month Old

Today is Carter’s one month birthday! I can’t believe it’s already been an entire month! A friend of mine found these cute little shirt stickers to help document her baby’s first year, I love the idea and can’t help but steal it :)

Stats: Carter is 10 lbs and approximately 22 inches tall. He continues to be near the 50th percentile, which means he’s eating good and growing consistently like he should!
Schedule: Over the last few weeks we’ve pretty much established a schedule…Carter eats every 2 ½-3 hours, and sleeps most of the time in between. We don’t wake him up at night so sometimes this stretch is about 4 hrs, and I think he “clusters” his feeling to every two hours or so at night to compensate. So, this means he eats around midnight, 3 am, 6 am, 9am, etc. I really haven’t been watching the clock too much and just try to react to his cues. Luckily, he’s become really efficient at nursing so these feedings usually take only about 30 minutes. Scott’s been helping a lot by giving him a bottle at one of the late night feedings when he can, so I’ve been able to sleep a bit more on those nights!
Recent accomplishments: He’s been a lot more alert during the day lately, so it’s been really fun to watch him react to light changes and motion. He’s starting to enjoy his bouncy seat and we just put him in the swing for the first time yesterday and he seems to really like that too. However, he’s a very cuddly baby and is the most happy when he’s being held or bundled in the sling.

Scott and I think he’s already developing a little personality…overall he seems to be a relaxed, chill little guy who doesn’t seems to be bothered by the crazy two-year old brother who constantly wants to hold and kiss him and sometimes is a bit too rough in doing so. Lucky for us and maybe lucky for him as he continues to grow up in this household!