-He got weighed at the midwife's on October 22, his one month birthday, and he was 10lbs 9oz (naked). He gained 3.5lbs in 3 weeks. Hopefully he'll slow down a bit this coming month! It's crazy to me that some people give birth to babies that are his current size.
-He is now 22 inches long (he grew 2 inches).
-His head circumference is close to 15 inches now.
-Isaiah is exclusively breastfed, of course. Just from the right side so far, (Noah has the left side, because the letdown on the side is crazy). No bottles, and I don't expect him to ever have one.
-He's still super grunty, groany, moany, and shrieky, but I may be seeing slight improvements in that area.
-To attack the gruntyness (I know that's not a word), Isaiah is seeing the chiropractor, now on a weekly basis instead of every few days, and I bombard him with homeopathic colic remedies. He doesn't have actual "colic" (crying 3 hours a day, 3 days a week, for at least 3 weeks), but his gruntyness stems from gas and all those remedies are geared toward gas. I think I see some improvements when I give them to him.
-He takes the "witching hour" very seriously. Well, witching "hours". From about 4pm (or whenever he wakes up from his last nap) until he goes to bed sometime after 8. He won't go down for another nap after that, although he does have short 10 minute snoozes in our arms. Thankfully he is quite content if he is being held and walked around, so we don't have to listen to screaming as long as we're doing that. We're doing quick and easy suppers and either take turns eating or I wear Isaiah in the Ergo and eat my dinner off of the kitchen island while bouncing around between bites. This is a tiring phase, but thankfully we know from experience that "this too shall pass," and that makes it a lot easier to deal with.
-I do a LOT of babywearing with Isaiah - more than with Noah. This is out of necessity, seeing as I have a toddler to take care of as well. But Isaiah loves it. I find he is more content on the days that I wear him a lot, not just when he's being worn but also when he's not being worn. He's more chill.
-He is hit and miss for naps. He'll have a couple of good ones if I hold him for long enough after he falls asleep. He will NOT go to sleep on his own anymore. That was done back at 2 weeks old. I do allow him to fuss to see if he'll fall asleep on his own, but the fussing always turns to crying and I am not going to let a newborn cry it out.
-Things change on a bi-weekly basis, but lately during the day Isaiah takes most of his naps on his tummy in the bassinet of the pack and play in our living room. He used to take them swaddled in his crib, but that stopped working out so well.
-Night time is frustrating. It's hard to get him down for the night. He either doesn't fall asleep for hours, or he does fall asleep but wakes up within 5-20 minutes of us putting him down. And he doesn't just fuss, he CRIES. Last night we had to put him back to sleep about 10 times.
-Once he's "down for the night" he generally sleeps for 2 to 2.5 hours, sometimes reaching 3 hours, but never longer than that. Last night he had two "stretches" of sleep that were only 1.5 hours. Boo. He normally sleeps for at least 2 hours though, so I'm hoping those super short stretches were just flukes. I am waking up to nurse him either 3 or 4 times each night. 3 times doesn't bother me. 4 kind of does.
-(Sometimes I wonder if God gives me crappy nights like last night just to make me appreciate the other nights more, since it's fairly easy to wish your child would sleep longer than 2 or 3 hours at a time. However, 2-3 hours feels pretty good compared to 1.5 hours!)
-He's had 2 haircuts already. His hair is quite light, like a light light brown or dark dark blonde.
-His blue eyes are lightening, so I'm pretty sure they'll stay blue.
-His skin tone is darker than Noah's was at this age, so he might have his Daddy's dark Italian skin.
-He loves when I wrap him in a towel and hold his head over the sink to wash his face and hair. He closes his eyes and looks so content.
-He gets all his baths in the kitchen sink. Whether he enjoys it or not depends on the day.
-I wash his face and hair everyday, but actual baths only happen a couple of times a week.
-Isaiah started smiling on his one month birthday. We only get a few smiles per day at this point, but we'll take them:)
-He is mostly wearing one-size diapers now, on the smallest settings. He doesn't wear the Kissaluvs fitteds anymore because he pees right through them. Anything from the bumGenius family (4.0, Elemental, Freetime, and Flip) fit him nicely back at 8lbs. Thankfully I have a big stash of these, because none of the Kawaii pockets fit him, even the Pure and Naturals, which are supposed to fit from 6-22lbs. They're way too big around the waist.
-Isaiah absolutely hated diaper changes for the first couple of weeks and would scream the whole time. He's chilled out in this area now, thankfully!
-He has a very strong trunk and neck, and holds his head up very well. He's also pushing off things with his legs now.
-Both of Isaiah's testicles were undescended when he was born, which stressed Justin and I out majorly (the cause of Justin's infertility is an undescended testicle that wasn't corrected until he was 5). However, they both descended by the time he was 2 weeks old. HUGE RELIEF! It must have just been because he was 18 days early.
I just realized I've been really bad at taking pictures lately. I think it's because Isaiah is at the stage where if you put him down he is not happy. That doesn't give a lot of opportunity to take pictures! These are the ones taken within the past few days:
Cuddling with Daddy:
Tummy nap!:
Okay, that wasn't as bad - by bad I mean short - as I thought it would be. Now I'm off to feed myself and Noah before Isaiah wakes up, which could be any minute now.
