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One Month

Our baby is one month old today! I am so thankful for this time I have at home with him, getting to know him and seeing daily the changes in him as he grows and develops. It is so hard not to see each week that passes as one less week of my maternity leave. As I see what Chris misses by just being with Truett on the nights and weekends, I know that I am going to be missing as much when I go back to work. I realize that the life of a stay at home mom is far from easy, and I know that if I was staying home that there would be things I would miss about working, but at this point I am starting to realize how hard it is going to be to leave Truett every day. I am trying to treasure this time I have though, instead of wasting it by worrying about when it will be over.

I didn't intend for this to be a pity part entry, I wanted to document some of what he is doing at one month old-for my self and for any friends and family that might be interested. I have heard so many people tell me how quickly you forget these things so I want to try to record some of it. It is crazy how much difference a month makes . I am demand feeding, and while we are certainly not on any kind of schedule yet, I can see his sleeping and eating falling into more regular cycles. He generally goes 3-4 hours between feedings at night and usually sleeps pretty well between feedings (I think we ended up with a pretty easy baby!). During the day he takes 2 or 3 long naps usually, but his eating is really unpredictable during the day. He sometimes will eat 3 times an hour apart and sometimes go much longer. I am pretty sure he is getting enough food though- we weighed him this past weekend and he was 11 pounds! Today I noticed that he is getting elbow dimples, and rolls in this thighs and wrists. He likes his car seat as long at it is moving, either in the car or in a grocery cart, etc. and he seems to like being carried in a sling as well. We have seen smiles for a couple of weeks now, but they are still pretty rare. Truett has really strong neck muscles, he can hold his head away from your shoulder for several seconds when you hold him, and can pick up his head and turn it over to lay facing the other way when he is on his tummy. Today I laid him down on a play gym on the floor and the next time I looked at him he had rolled all the way onto his side. I know it was just a fluke, that he was writhing around and somehow got enough momentum to roll part way over, but I was surprised that he was strong enough for that! He hates pooping and gets really mad about it, he grunts and cries the whole time he is trying to poop. He also is pretty sensitive about being in a dirty diaper, he gets very fussy until you change him. He is generally pretty content though, and when he is fussy and crying it is usually because something is wrong. It is only in the last couple of days that he has had any tears when he cries, up until now his crying has been totally dry eyed. We have given him bottles of milk a couple of times, he seems to switch between nursing and drinking from a bottle just find-which will make the transition easier when I go back to work. I don't enjoy pumping, but it isn't as bad as I thought it might be. His hair is wavy and is usually pretty crazy looking, sticking up on the top and growing into a mullet on the back. I still think he favors Chris, but after looking at his baby pictures this past weekend to compare, I can see more of me and my family in there-at least in his hair line and mouth and maybe his build (although it is kind of early to tell what his build is going to be).

We took him to North Carolina this past weekend so that his grandparents could get see him and also so that he could meet his great grandma Muriel and his Uncle Nathan. He traveled really well, sleeping most of the drive and didn't seem to notice he was in a different place. This trip means that he has now been in 3 states (Georgia, of course, South Carolina and North Carolina). The Goseys spent the weekend "fighting" over him and arguing about who got to hold him next and who would get to change his clothes, or his diaper or give him a bath. It was a good weekend, and we ate lots of yummy food.