1 Month Old

One month flew by so fast it was unbelievable. Part of the reason that it’s gone by so fast is that my days and nights have really seemed to blend together. She is such a good little baby and hasn’t been fussy or anything. As long as she is fed then she is pretty happy. The only issue is that she really likes to eat very often. I was getting really worried that I wasn’t producing enough milk or something. I even pumped a few times and added a half ounce of formula to try and tie her over for longer periods of time. I talked to the pediatrician about it and they said that its very normal for a baby to want to eat every 2 hours. The thing that no one told me was that when you say every 2 hours it’s not a 2 hour time in between each feeding its actually 2 hours from the time they start eating to the next time they want to eat again. So in reality that gives me about 1 hour to a 1 hour 15 by the time I fed and changed her. I literally felt like there was no need to put a shirt on some days. Well when we went to her 1 month check up I was both shocked and happy by her weight gain. I was so shocked that I had them weigh her twice just to be sure that I heard them correctly. Two weeks earlier she had weighed in at 7 lbs exactly. Then at her 1 month apt. she was 9 lbs and 9 ounces! All of those feeding times had paid off and she was getting plenty to eat. Now I just need to figure out how to get her to go longer periods at night without needing to eat. It would be really nice to get more than an hour sleep at a time. Within in her first month Bailey celebrated her 1st 4th of July and her 1st time in a pool. We actually took her down to the fireworks in Granite City. She was such a trooper and slept through the entire show. I was a little worried about her ears so I put my fingers over them during the grand finale :) Her first time in the pool was great too. She loved the water. I knew she would because she loves her bath time. Every time we turn on the water to give her a bath she calms down immediately if she is fussy. She just lies in her little tub and coos at us. Little Bailey has also been smiling at us! Her first time to smile was on July 7th early in the morning. Andy and I had her on our bed playing with her and she looked at us and smiled and laughed. I wasn’t really sure if it was a real smile and laugh at first but she did it 3 times that morning. It has been so much fun getting to know our little girl. It’s going to be really hard to go back to work in September.