Stats: So our doctor calls Hayley an overachiever as she has gained 2+ pounds since her first weigh in coming out of the hospital, girl sure does like her food! At one month she weighs 9lbs 80z (57%) and is 20.75 inches long (29%).
Sleep: seriously, this child is too good to be true! she was sleeping 4 hour stretches in the hospital and it's only gotten better since then. During the day she does 3 to 4 hour stretches and has periods awake time of an hour or so. At night she will usually sleep 8pm to 10:30pm, eat, then go back to sleep until anywhere from 4am to 6am, eat and go back to sleep until I need to move her to get going for school drop off.
Social: currently not much going on here lol. She has met a lot of family and our friends, though her favorite people are her brothers. If she is awake and hears them she turns her head right to them. Over the past week she's been having more frequent awake time where she will play on her baby mat gym thing and does a little tummy time. She also loves music and has joined in on a few dance parties courtesy of Daddy.
Diet: Like I said, our girl loves her food! By two weeks she was eating 4oz every 3-4 hours and now she is up to 5oz every 4 hours.
Skills/Milestones: She's doing everything a one month old should be doing, chugging bottles, making some nice poopy diapers and snoring her little head off while she sleeps. She is tolerating tummy time pretty well, starting to try and reach out for the toys hanging on her playmat and is making aaaa, and uuuu sounds. She's quite the talented little lady :)
Umm yeah one month already?? I mean seriously? I am absolutely soaking up every little thing and moment as I know this first year is going to go by in the blink of an eye and I don't want to miss a thing. We have stayed home a lot, making time for lots of snuggles. The laundry has piled up more frequently than I care to admit and there have been quite a few days I've gone to bed with things strewn about the house. I am positively ok with that though as I'm never going to get these days back with a newborn. It's also been good for Chase and Asher as we've really had time to just be us and adjust to being a family of 5. I cannot say enough as to how good the boys have been with Hayley. They love her dearly and have not shown any signs of jealousy towards her. One of the them is always asking to hold her, or checking on her. I knew they would be good with her but have surpassed any expectations I had. Hayley has slotted right in to our family just like it was meant to be, well, because it was. I cannot express how beyond blessed we feel to have her in our lives. To think that a year ago I was going through invasive fertility tests and taking meds to get pregnant, and now she is here, is just amazing. She was worth all of that and then some. We all adore our lady Hayley.
