Dear Liam,
1 month with you seemed to absolutely fly by!! While your entry into this world was a dramatic one, you are one of the most chill babies! I was afraid with our delivery you were going to be much more high maintenance than your brother but you've proved us wrong. You are a pretty easy baby so far. Generally you cry if you: are hungry, wake up from a nap & want us to come get you or want to go to sleep. Other than that if you are awake you just like to look around and take it all in. I will say, when you do cry though you definitely have some volume to your little cry. It definitely jolts me awake like nothing ever has!
You're weighing in at 9lbs 15.5 ounces (53rd percentile) and 21.75 inches (59.6 percentile). You seem to be growing faster than your brother did. This week we had to put away newborn sleepers because your little legs were about to bust through the end of them. You are currently wearing 3 month sleepers & 0-3 month clothes. Lets be honest, you're mostly just in sleepers because you and I both seem to prefer them. You are also still in newborn diapers but you are pretty close to transitioning out of them.
We learned a lot of newborn lessons in the sleep department with Mason that we have chosen not to repeat with you. First, we have made a schedule for you & it seems to have helped you tremendously because we have yet to confuse our days and nights. You will eat every 2-3 hours, have some awake time for 30-45 minutes and then take a nap. Second, we haven't even touched the rock and play. You slept for about 3 weeks in a bassinet in our room at night and in your crib in your room for naps. At about 3 weeks we transitioned you into your room because boy you are a LOUD sleeper and we both felt that we were trying to soothe you when you didn't need it. We want you to be able to self soothe because that was one of the best things we ever taught your brother. That is the third thing we took away from Mason. From day 1 we have put you down awake & allowed you to put yourself to sleep. This hasn't meant you've cried yourself to sleep, normally you just lay there and fall right to sleep. There are the occasional times we have to go in there and soothe you a little and get you comfortable. You seem to hate to be swaddled which is new to us and something we are playing with. I actually think that you prefer to sleep on your stomach which I so wish we could do.
You are drinking Mama's milk & seem pretty content in doing so. Nursing hasn't been as challenging or frustrating as it was before. It seems to just come easier. However, there have been some hiccups. You do have some reflux but it doesn't seem to be near as bad as Mason's was. Yours seems to be easily controlled by a little zantac. You also have a pretty bad dairy intolerance just like your brother. This was something that we were warned about so not a surprise, however, I have to be extremely strict making sure that absolutely nothing contains a trace of dairy or it seems to upset your stomach. You have also struggled with some bad gas. I think this is due to some residual dairy that is still in my milk because who knew peanut butter crackers had dairy! This first month you and I have also battled with thrush. This is something I knew nothing about but we are on our second round of treatment for this. I am praying that this round will clear it up for us. You are also a VERY LAZY eater!! We have to get you completely naked just to get you to make it through a feeding.
You're not too sold on a paci like your brother was. You're actually kind of preferring your thumb if you able to get it to your mouth. We are trying to detour you from that and give you a paci instead. Honestly, you really don't care to have either unless you are ready to sleep which we are completely fine with.
You are a HAPPY baby!! Our pediatrician is even surprised at how early you have started smiling but boy you LOVE to smile at us all the time.
You and Mason are already forming a pretty special bond. I hope you know that this boy has loved you with his entire heart before he even met you. He wants to be in every single part of your day.
You truly are a very easy and chill baby. You were exactly what we didn't know our little family needed. We love you so much & cannot wait to watch you continue to grow!
Love,
Mommy
