One Month Old

I know I'm a few weeks late in posting about Emerson's first month but better late than never.  His first month went by so fast and I can't believe we're already going to be coming up on his second month in just a short couple weeks.  He has grown and changed so much from when we first brought him home from the hospital.  As of a couple weeks ago, he weighs 8 pounds and is still about 20 inches long.  Going from 6 pounds to 8 pounds may not seem like much but you can definitely tell that he is heavier.  He doesn't have those tiny chicken legs anymore; he's starting to get some rolls on him which is good.  He loves to take baths now.  Whenever I put him in there, he smiles and has a great time with it.  The only time he cries is when we take him out of the bath.  He's not a huge fan of me washing his hair and face but he deals with it and doesn't cry, just squirms a bit.  Every time he takes a bath, he pees haha.  He's gotten me a few times but I've gotten pretty good at predicting when he will just let it flow so I'm able to move my arm and get out of the way.  He hasn't pooped in the bath yet.  I've timed that just right but I know it's probably only a matter of time before he decides to just go ahead and release.

He's a loud eater.  He doesn't suck loud but he coos and purrs while he eats so he makes a lot of noise.  He's a pretty clean eater which is nice for me.  Every once and a while he'll have a little formula goatee but for the most part, he stays pretty clean while eating.  He's now up to eating 4 oz. at each feeding and sometimes maybe even 5.  When we first brought him home, we were lucky to get 2 oz. in him but he has definitely turned into a little porker.  He eats every 2 or 3 hours during the day so we go through a lot of formula.  He goes through a big can in a week!  As he grows, he's going to go through those cans a lot faster.  Hopefully later rather than sooner because formula is expensive!

He is fitting into his newborn clothes perfectly.  They used to be pretty big on him but now they fit just right.  He's starting to fit into some 0-3 month clothes.  They're a little big on him still but they work.  I'm excited for him to be able to wear new clothes but I'm also sad that he's already starting to grow out of his newborn clothes.  He's still in newborn diapers but we can already tell that those are starting to get a little small too so he'll be in 1 month diapers pretty quick here.

As of the beginning of October, he slept through the night for the first time.  He slept 7 hours!  He doesn't sleep through the night every night but he now usually sleeps for about 5 hours at a time so we really only get up with him once or twice a night.  He slept through the night last night so I'm hoping that it becomes a habit.  He definitely has his nights and days figured out and knows that during the night, he needs to sleep longer.  For the most part, he tends to stay up most of the day, taking naps here and there.  As soon as it gets dark, he knows it's nighttime so he starts to sleep much longer.  I'm so glad he has his nights and days figured out because if he didn't, that'd be a nightmare.  Side note, he snores and makes little cute noises in his sleep haha.

He is a smart little kid.  He has figured out how to get mine and Jordan's attention.  When he wants out of his crib or just wants Jordan and I to pay attention to him, he will grunt a lot because he knows that if he does it enough, we will probably go in and see what's wrong.  I've learned to just let him grunt because he tends to do it when we're trying to get him to go to sleep.  It's hard to leave him in his crib alone when he's awake and not wanting to be in there but I've gotten used to just letting him make some noise until he finally decides to fall asleep.  When I check on him, I have to be very sneaky because if he sees me, he starts his grunting and I just have to let him make noise all over again.

He's getting pretty good at lifting his head and trying to lift his body.  I really don't have to give him much tummy time because he gets his tummy time practice in when I'm just holding him over my shoulder.  He loves to be up looking around.  He doesn't mind laying on the ground but he definitely prefers to be sitting up so if he gets fussy, I just pick him up and put him over my shoulder and he's totally fine and just looks at all his surroundings.

He's started grabbing this too.  He tends to grab a whole chunk of my hair and pull it out.  It hurts haha.  I try to keep it behind me so he can't get to it but he always somehow manages to find it.  He does try to grab his bottle when we're feeding him.  He will sometimes grab our hands if he sees the bottle and pull it into his mouth.  I'm looking forward to the day when he can hold the bottle himself because he takes a long time to eat and sitting there with the bottle in my hand gets kind of tiring sometimes haha.

His first official outing outside of Rexburg was to Rigby when we went to the pumpkin patch.  It was kind of cold but he didn't cry at all and seemed to enjoy being out.  Can't wait to take him on more outings like that.

I would say that this pretty much wraps up his first month.  He's doing great and growing a lot.  Can't wait to see what his next months have in store for us!

Bath time :)

Gettin chubby cheeks

Sleepy boys after church