1 month (Luke)

Luke is a month old already. Time seems to not only fly, but to accelerate every day too.

At one month…

• Luke isn’t sleeping in his crib yet. He sleeps in the swing or on Mommy or Daddy’s chest. We haven’t tried the pack ‘n play or the bassinet. He will occasionally take naps in his crib or the bassinet while Mommy is getting things done upstairs.
• Mommy and Daddy take turns sleeping on the couch near the swing, that way at least one of us will get some sleep. Daddy takes the first shift and gets Mommy after Luke gets up after his late evening bottle. Sometimes it’s 3:30am, but a few times Luke has gone until 6:00am.
• Luke can eat. He is quite the little piggy. We don’t have a strict feeding schedule at all because sometimes he’ll go 3 hours between bottles (and sometimes a little less) and sometimes he’ll go 6-7 hours between bottles. He typically takes 6 ounces for each bottle, but sometimes he’ll take another 2 ounces within an hour of that. Overall he’s eating much more than Gwynn did at this age.
• Luke is in size 1 diapers and 3-6 month clothes. Newborn diapers lasted about 72 hours and his newborn clothes fit for just a few weeks.
• Luke can move his head back and forth while on his stomach and track objects in front of him very well.
• We could use any bottle with Gwynn, but Luke is a little more picky. We switched to Avent bottles because he was very gassy for a few days…this seemed to help a lot.
• He LOVES to be in his car seat and to ride in the car or take a walk in the stroller.  If he’s really fussy sometimes we’ll put him in the stroller and go for a walk and it calms him down.
• He is very tolerant of his big sister.  He doesn’t seem bothered at all when she’s putting bows in his hair, shoving the pacifier in his mouth, or covering him with a blanket.  I know Gwynn can’t wait until he’s old enough to play with her!