John Hayden - 1 Month Old
John Hayden is 1 month old today, so here's a little update about him:
--He weighs around 10 pounds now, which is the 50th percentile for weight (so he's right where he should be)
--He eats 4 oz. every 2ish hours during the day and every 3-4 hours at night. He'll go 3 hours during the day if he's sleeping. This week he has started going around 2 1/2 hours during the day between feedings some, so hopefully, he'll get to 3 hours during the day soon. (Juliette started out eating every 3 hours, so it's crazy to me that he has such a big appetite!)
--He wears size 1 diapers, and he can still wear some of his newborn size clothing and some 0-3 and 3 month clothing, but they are big on him. (Some of his 3 month stuff completely swallows him.)
--He sleeps good at night (we typically get around 7ish chopped up hours of sleep and he typically only wakes up twice), but he's not a very good daytime sleeper. He cat naps A LOT and usually doesn't take a lengthy nap until late afternoon (probably because he's so tired) unless we have been out and then he will sleep pretty much wherever we go.
--He has started being content and awake more, which I love. He'll sit in his bouncy seat and look at the animals and listen to the music or lay on his activity mat and kick and look at the different toys for about 10 minutes at a time. He's started saying "aahh" when he's happy and making the occasional cooing sounds. We've also caught a few random smiles, but nothing consistent and we can't get him to smile for us yet. We can't wait until he is actually smiling back at us!
--He is content during bath time, but hasn't really started loving it yet. And, he now is finally happy when you change his diaper and undress him (unless it's the middle of the night and he has no patience for his diaper being changed before he gets his bottle).
Here are some pictures of his first bath (when he was 2 1/2 weeks old):
And, I can't forget big sister in this update. Juliette will talk to him and play with him when he is awake. If he is crying (and we're not holding him), she'll go stick the pacifier in his mouth. If he spits up while sitting in his bouncy seat and I'm not looking, she'll get the burp cloth and wipe it up, and she still thinks he's adorable!
I'll close this post with something she said last night while I was bathing John Hayden in reference to the male anatomy that made me laugh: "I'm glad we had a boy, so I can see how their booties work!"
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