Believe it or not a full month has gone by since our little man arrived! Time sure does fly by when your having fun :) Being one month old Ryder has certainly started to take on his own personality and created his own schedule.
-At one month old (Ryder's 2nd doctors appointment) he weighed 10 pounds 9 ounces and was 22 inches long. That means he has put on 3 pounds 8 ounces in the last month and grown 1 3/4 inches!
- He is drinking 4 ounces now, but is slowly creeping up to that 5th ounce which means we have to move to the big bottles and no more cute little ones.
- He sleeps 3-5 hours, but likes to sleep the five hours periods during the day and not at night when I get to be sleeping. We are lucky though because when he does wake up at night it's just to get a diaper change and a quick bottle then back to sleep he goes! Mommy loves him for this! Daddy tries to stay up for the first feeding playing video games to get Mommy a 5-6 hours span on sleep which she greatly appreciates!!!
- He is still in his newborn diapers which excites me because it means he's still little, but this won't be lasting much longer!
- As for his clothes... The newborn ones are getting pretty small. He outgrew his newborn onesies which makes me very sad. The 0-3 months are really fitting him great now.
- We have recently noticed whenever Ryder is in front of a mirror he absolutely loves to look at himself! The doctor says until he is about a year old he will think it is another baby, but it's still cute to watch :)
- Ryder's neck muscles are starting to get stronger and he's always trying to lift his head up when we are burping him. It leads to him bobbing his head onto our shoulders over and over again. You'd think after a while he'd learn not to do that :)
- In general Ryder is a pretty simple baby who would rather be laid out flat on the couch then be in his bouncer or swing. He must know life needs to stay simple when we will be living on the road half the year.
- A plus to him not liking any of his contraptions is that he LOVES his crib! He has slept in it almost the whole night every night since we have gotten home. He sleeps with us in bed for one three hours period every few nights or so, but I don't mind because he's so snuggly to sleep with :)
- Ryder has really started to become quite a pacifier baby! He loves the MAM ones, and can keep them in his mouth quite well.
Ryder is constantly changing every day and it is so fun to watch. Derrik and I are really enjoying being parents and can't wait for the months and years to come!!!
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