One Month Old...

William Aston...You are ONE MONTH OLD!  Where has time gone?  You're growing up too fast for Mommy.  You are still wearing newborn clothes and newborn diapers.  Mommy did have to put away two of your newborn sleepers this weekend though and get out the 3 month size.  The newborn size was just a tad bit too short.  You're about to run out of newborn diapers, so instead of buying more we are going to attempt to use size 1 diapers.  We took you to the doctor on Monday the 4th and you weighed 8lbs 5oz and were 20in long.  You are a growing boy!  You're still eating 3oz every 3 hours.  I think you'll be moving up to 4oz very soon.

You have become VERY fussy over the past week.  I think your tummy really bothers you.  We had been putting Little Tummies in your bottles, but I don't think it was helping.  So after two nights of only getting about 1 hour of sleep and a really rough weekend with Daddy out of town, Mommy decided we needed to try something else.  I got you Gripe Water and that seems to be working wonders!  You sleep so much better and are easy to put down in the middle of the night after feedings.  You even slept 6 straight hours on Friday night!  Mommy was in heaven!

Friday night we went out to dinner for the first time as a family of three (I forgot to take a picture).  You slept the entire time.  We went to Rio Grande.  Daddy and Mommy started going there on Friday nights before you arrived.  Another first for you this week was apple juice.  Since you have trouble going potty and just strain the doctor suggested giving you 2oz of apple juice.  It definitely did the trick.

You are staying awake for longer chunks of time during the day.  Usually you'll stay up for about an hour to an hour and thirty minutes after a bottle.  You focus on various objects for extended periods of time.  Mommy and Daddy bought you the playmat Mommy originally Wanted to buy you, but went with something different instead.  You weren't liking the piano playmat and Mommy wasn't thrilled with it either (maybe when you're a little older we'll like it).  You LOVE your new mat.  You stare at yourself in the mirror for a long time and then stare at the animal toys.  I can't wait until you start grabbing and hitting them.  If I put you in your bouncer you stare at the blue bird the entire time.

May 10, 2012
Happy Birthday!

June 10, 2012
ONE month old

Here is a look back at you over the past four weeks...