Weight - 14 lbs, 11 oz
Length - 24 1/4"
Nicknames - Buddy, Buddy Boy, Ollie, Ollie-Monster, Little Man, Bubba, Monkey, Baby Boo, Sir, Mister, Monkey Butt, Little Mister, Mister Man
Sleep - We've regressed a bit on this, we were getting those nice five hour chunks early in the month but in the last week or two he's been doing more like three hours at a time. However, he now goes to bed pretty early due to not always napping super great during the day, so The Pants Monkey and I get a little time for ourselves in the evenings too which is not all bad.
Eating - We struggled at first with getting more used to the bottle at Grandma's when I'm at work, but he's really doing well now and seems to be happy to go back and forth from bottle to breast. He definitely still has a healthy appetite.
Diapers - Solidly in size two now. We tried so hard to use up the last of our size ones but things started leaking out the back and it was just time to move up.
Clothes - We've moved up to six month sizes now. It's crazy. Some of his three month things still fit but it's mostly the ones that are labeled as "3-6 month". Otherwise he's into the six month stuff. We recently learned it has less to do with age and more to do with weight. They should really re-do how they label baby clothes I think!
Mood - It's been a roller coaster of a month this way. It definitely took some adjusting for him to get used to being with Grandma all day and then we had the diagnosis of the laryngomalacia. He had a couple of pretty tough weeks - knock on wood though we've seemed to turn a corner and lately he's been very pleasant and only fussy when he's hungry or tired. He's getting more of a personality every day and I'm really starting to like this age quite a bit!
Loves - The Food Network (judge all you want on the whole "too young for TV" thing, but he loves the colors and the soothing voices, so if it helps my mom keep him calm, so be it), playing with daddy, sitting up with help, standing on your lap with help, talking and cooing at mommy and daddy, Taylor cat (Pippin cat is still uncertain about him), his Wubbanub pacifier, the white noise machine ocean sounds to help with sleep,
Dislikes - Napping (though some days are better than others), clothes that are too tight, when the little boy in the mirror gets unhappy (seriously I think his own reflection frightens him a little bit), mommy's blow dryer (used to put him to sleep in the early days!)
What I want to remember/milestones - He talks in a lot more baby talk and it's so adorable, my favorite is when he says "ah goo!", his baptism day, the fact that he will sleep in a room without us there, learning to take the bottle, interacting more and more with his toys, starting to be able to grab and hold things, he survived his first shots without too much side effect, how quickly he calms down when I sing to him.
Length - 24 1/4"
Nicknames - Buddy, Buddy Boy, Ollie, Ollie-Monster, Little Man, Bubba, Monkey, Baby Boo, Sir, Mister, Monkey Butt, Little Mister, Mister Man
Sleep - We've regressed a bit on this, we were getting those nice five hour chunks early in the month but in the last week or two he's been doing more like three hours at a time. However, he now goes to bed pretty early due to not always napping super great during the day, so The Pants Monkey and I get a little time for ourselves in the evenings too which is not all bad.
Eating - We struggled at first with getting more used to the bottle at Grandma's when I'm at work, but he's really doing well now and seems to be happy to go back and forth from bottle to breast. He definitely still has a healthy appetite.
Diapers - Solidly in size two now. We tried so hard to use up the last of our size ones but things started leaking out the back and it was just time to move up.
Clothes - We've moved up to six month sizes now. It's crazy. Some of his three month things still fit but it's mostly the ones that are labeled as "3-6 month". Otherwise he's into the six month stuff. We recently learned it has less to do with age and more to do with weight. They should really re-do how they label baby clothes I think!
Mood - It's been a roller coaster of a month this way. It definitely took some adjusting for him to get used to being with Grandma all day and then we had the diagnosis of the laryngomalacia. He had a couple of pretty tough weeks - knock on wood though we've seemed to turn a corner and lately he's been very pleasant and only fussy when he's hungry or tired. He's getting more of a personality every day and I'm really starting to like this age quite a bit!
Loves - The Food Network (judge all you want on the whole "too young for TV" thing, but he loves the colors and the soothing voices, so if it helps my mom keep him calm, so be it), playing with daddy, sitting up with help, standing on your lap with help, talking and cooing at mommy and daddy, Taylor cat (Pippin cat is still uncertain about him), his Wubbanub pacifier, the white noise machine ocean sounds to help with sleep,
Dislikes - Napping (though some days are better than others), clothes that are too tight, when the little boy in the mirror gets unhappy (seriously I think his own reflection frightens him a little bit), mommy's blow dryer (used to put him to sleep in the early days!)
What I want to remember/milestones - He talks in a lot more baby talk and it's so adorable, my favorite is when he says "ah goo!", his baptism day, the fact that he will sleep in a room without us there, learning to take the bottle, interacting more and more with his toys, starting to be able to grab and hold things, he survived his first shots without too much side effect, how quickly he calms down when I sing to him.
Every day he is becoming more and more of a little person and less like a little baby - it's bittersweet and beautiful at the same time. Every day I love him more and more and it's hard to imagine life before him! This coming month will have some fun firsts for him - first wedding in a couple of weeks when my cousin gets married and his first St. Patrick's Day - his mama is Irish, so you bet we'll be celebrating!
