Sammy Jay Update: 1 Month Update

Yesterday marked Sammy Jay's "one-month birthday". In some ways this last month has seemed to fly by and in other ways it has seemed to go by fairly slowly. I think the combination of not working and feeling like a shut in- has made the month move slowly. On the other hand, being that he's a newborn means he needs attention pretty much 24/7, which has made the month fly by.

Additionally, being that I am home all the time, I figured I would have a lot more time to get things done around the house- that's a joke! So I do apologize for the people who still haven't gotten their thank you notes from my baby shower- I promise I'll get to them at some point. However, I know you didn't come here to hear about me, but to check in on lil man and what he's been up to! So let's look back at some of the milestones he's has hit so far...

Clothes- I have officially put away his newborn clothes already and he's wearing 0-3 month clothes. With 0-3 month clothing it all seems to really range in size. Some of the clothes fit great and some are still too big on him. Got to love that there is no consistent sizing when it comes to different brands of clothes.

(His first 0-3 month outfit!)

Movement- He is already starting to hold his head up on his own. We have really noticed a big change in him holding up his head in this last week or so. Also, he can roll from his back to his side. He is like this mom, and he likes to sleep on his side- so he's been able to roll on to his side from his back from almost the day he was born. However, he doesn't really have the balance to stay on his side- so once he gets to his side, he ends up back on his back pretty quickly.

Eating- He is still exclusively nursing. However, there were 2 or 3 times over the last month that we ended up feeding him some formula because I was either "tapped out" or Sam ran out of pumped milk while I've been out of the house.

Sleeping- He's a pretty good sleeper. However, he still will wake up every 2-3 hours because he's not going to miss a meal! Oh- you know that he's an Italian boy because food is his biggest priority in life.

 

Talking- We are no where close to having him speak his first words. However, he's starting to really make those cute baby sounds. Not just the crying and grunting that he did when he first was born.

Highlights from this month- There is a number of these for this month...

Being born! This only happens once in a life time and the whole experience was so special. If you didn't see the post about his birth story, you can find it here!

Meeting many of our friends and family. We have been so blessed to have such great people in our lives and I've exciting that my son is already loved by so many people.

Celebrated our his first holiday! That bib was a little big on him but it was so cute!

Those are the biggest highlights from this month. I hope to keep up with these monthly updates so that way I have these memories saved for a lifetime! Wish me luck with this project!

Have a great week!