Oliver - 1 Month

9 lbs 11 oz - 43rd %
22 inches - 78th %
39 cm head - 95th %

Oliver is one month old, and things have started to settle down around here.  It's definitely still a little crazy but much more doable than a couple of weeks ago.  Evenings are a little crazy between dinner, feedings, bath, bedtime Nick and I are pretty much non-stop until Gabrielle is in bed.  When I had one baby, even though it was hard, I felt like I didn't really need a whole lot of "help" with anything.  With the second baby.....I needed help and was only able to make it though the first month because of lots of help from Nick and visits from my mom and mother-in-law.   

His first night in his crib was this past Sunday.  It didn't go great.  He started off getting up every three hours...not horrible, but not quite the 3.5-5 that he had been doing.  Then after his 3:30am feed he was awake.  When he thinks it's time for "awake time" there's no stopping it.  He's wide-eyed.  I tried to force awake time to end after an hour and a half and I don't think he appreciated that.  Nick got up with him for a few minutes I think and before long he was ready to eat again....and then it was morning and kid #1 was ready for the day!  Ugh.  Anyways, didn't go great. 

The second night he did really well though!  We made sure to keep him awake in the evening and got up at 12:30 and 5:30 to eat - and went right back down easily.  Getting into a little schedule is helping.  He naps in his crib from about 3:30-5:30pm-ish, has awake time until about 9:00pm, wakes 12-1ish, and 4-5ish. 

He is out of newborn clothes and diapers and starting to smile more consistently every day.  He loves to look out the window, at the ceiling fan, and at pictures frames.  He does really well on tummy time; he'd usually prefer to be on his tummy than on his back on the floor. 

A few pictures from Oliver's first month.

Covered in sleepy babies.  When Oliver was a week or two old Gabs was kind of under the weather, so had both my babies take naps on me that day.

Cousins Isaiah and Oliver - about five months apart.

His first night in his crib....one of the few moments he was sleeping ;)

 

And the boy sleeping in in the morning after having awake time in the middle of the night............

 

1 Month Old!  And in his first 0-3 month outfit.