I can't believe Hudson is already a month old - oh, how the time flies when you're sleep deprived and covered in breast milk, spit-up, and baby poop. So what's been goin on in the last month?
Hudson is around 8 pounds (he was 7 pounds 14 ounces at the doctor a little less than a week ago) and around 22 inches long (he was 22" two weeks ago and only 21.5" at abovementioned appointment, so all measurements are guesstimates).
He LOVES to eat! Some feedings are 3 hours apart and some are 45 minutes apart; sometimes he nurses for 10-15 minutes and sometimes for nearly an hour. No matter the specifics, he is the happiest and most calm while attached to the breast.
What goes in must come out... and boy, does it! Almost every diaper is both wet and stinky at this point, but hopefully that'll change when he's older and we start to introduce solids. He's at the brink of growing out of newborn size diapers. The Pampers Swaddlers that we've loved so much are a little snug to wear to bed (when the changings are stretched out a bit), but when we tried to bump up to a size 1, they came most of the way up to his armpits! He doesn't like having his diaper changed, and this is one of the few times we hear him cry.
While I haven't started going through his clothes yet (on next week's to-do list), I've started putting Hudson in some 0-3 month size clothes along with the newborns. We'll be searching out bigger outfits soon as I can see him growing before my eyes! The couple preemie outfits he had look like doll's clothes against him now!
His sleep schedule's a little wonky: out most of the day and up a couple times during the night, but he loves to cuddle, so we can "Monkey Up" (when we lay him on our chests, he snuggles down between my breasts or into that comfy spot between pecs and shoulder on Nate, drapes one leg and one arm around our sides, and grabs ahold of our shirts below the armpits) as his daddy calls it, when he's awake and we'd rather not be. He hasn't made it to his crib yet since he eats so frequently, and isn't too fond of the bassinet, so most of the time he sleeps on/with us or in his car seat with his "white noise simulator" (read vibrator, lol).
Hudson is very personable, loves to travel, and will cuddle with anyone. He loves sitting and playing video games with daddy, and snuggling up to watch tv or read with me.
I can't believe how much our lives have changed since his arrival (and because of it) and I never thought I'd be able to love him this much!
Happy one month, Monkey!!
**Note: Sorry for the delay in this post. My calendar on my computer was set incorrectly, which means that the auto-posting was messed up.**
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