She weighs nearly 10 pounds now and is so long and skinny. She is still wearing newborn diapers, but has outgrown one set of pajamas and a single onesie already :) She is very aware of her surroundings, holds her head up well (although still a bit wobbly) and her current fixation is light. Any type of fixture in the house - whether on or off is something to stare at and study.
She already likes to "stand" in our laps for as long as we'll let her, but we've been advised not to allow it too often as her leg bones are still developing and cannot withstand her weight and pressure and may bow if exposed to too much standing - Yikes!
She is exclusively breastfed and lost her umbilical cord stump in during her first bath this week. She loves music (thank goodness... she gets it from her dad) and it lulls her to sleep anywhere she hears it. She has sweet, soft peach fuzz on the backs of her ears... perhaps it help channel the tunes to the ear drum?
She must be constantly moving - whether its in her swing, on a car ride across town to Grandma's house, or just hanging out in someone's arms... movement must happen! We've already started "tummy time" with her as well and she loves exploring her play mat. She's even rolled over with her daddy's help! And she's smart enough already to mimic so she rolled immediately back over all on her own :)
We're getting about a solid 6 hour sleep with her each night - not bad for new parents!! She's a great baby - very happy, very content, very able to entertain herself for the small amounts of time she's actually awake. We're so fortunate... we've had a very easy adjustment so far.
Our favorite part... her grunts! You can just see her working her bowels and we love her shameless little farts! LOL! The epic runny poops on the other hand... well... we'll just leave you with that image :)
Here she is at 1 month old... we'll be taking a picture like this one
every month and hope you'll follow along to see how much she grows
into her onesie and how tall and full she gets compared to her
sock monkey friend :)
