This has felt like the fastest month of my life. I honestly can't remember a time where the days seem to have passed so quickly. One day blends right into another, and before I know it, a week has passed. And now a month.
It's all a bit of a blur, and I'm more saddened by that than glad. I know that in the blink of an eye these days will be gone. I'm trying my hardest to stay in each moment, but, boy, is it hard when you are getting by on fumes. I feel like I'm missing moments that I just want so badly to capture in my memory bank. Thank goodness for the blog or else so many more of those moments would be long lost.
Little Andrew is pure sweet goodness. He is just about as easy as they come. Here are a few details from his first month.
• He is a wonderful eater. He eats anywhere from every two to four hours, and, in just over one week, he was back up to birth weight. At night, he's pretty consistent at eating every three hours, but he's been really easy to put back to sleep once he's eaten.
• He doesn't spit up much, but we have had a handful of times where he's had projectile spit up. This is a first for us, and I'm glad we're not seeing it very frequently.
• When he sneezes, he makes a little sigh/coo afterwards. Every time I hear him sneeze, I stop just to listen for that sweet little sound. If I could bottle the sound of innocence, that would be it.
• He enjoys spending time on his play mat. He tends to turn his head to the left quite a bit (this is true when he's sleeping or sitting in his car seat, too), so he'll stare at the animals on the side of the mat while he's lying there.
• He's still sleeping in the pack and play in our room. I can tell that I'm going to have a hard time moving him to his crib. Especially because when he wakes up at night, he rarely cries to let me know he's ready to eat. He just makes a few grunts and roots around sticking his tongue out. Once I've fed him, I've been known to snuggle up with him in our bed once he's finished his early morning feeding.
• Speaking of snuggling, if he's restless and finding it difficult to settle down, I can usually lie down with him next to me on the sofa or in our bed, and he will calm himself and drift off to sleep. Oh, how I love those times. I especially love when he drifts off to sleep and he makes his funny little faces where he rolls his eyes around and smiles without knowing he's smiling. The right side of his mouth always curls up first. And it looks like there's a slight dimple in his right cheek. I could just eat him up! Those eye rolls and smiles are my absolute favorite part of the newborn stage.
• In the last week, he's broken out with a pretty bad case of baby acne. We've also been dealing with bouts of diaper rash. Thank goodness for Triple Cream and a friend who recommended switching from Pampers Swaddlers with Dry Max to Pampers Baby Dry.
Some of you have asked how Alex has been adjusting. All in all he's doing pretty well, but it is definitely an adjustment for him. The nights are hardest. He's cried some evenings when it's time to go to bed, and we've had several nights where he's come into our room in the middle of the night. It breaks my heart. He also has times when he acts out in disobedience, but fortunately he doesn't act out towards Andrew. He actually seems to be really interested in Andrew and always wants to kiss his head. And whenever Alex comes into a room, he always looks for his baby brother. I think he'll really enjoy the time when they can play together.
We really are so blessed to have two such precious boys. They add so much joy to our family.
