Many New Things: One Month

Jay is one month old today! Saying "I can't believe it" would be a complete understatement. I really wish I could slow down time for a little while.

He is doing great and is happy most of the time. His favorite activity is definitely eating. He would eat 24 hours a day if we let him. His least favorite would be falling asleep. There is no warning sign between the time when he is playing happily to when he becomes overtired. Instantly he starts screeching and screaming and it takes a good effort to calm him down and fall asleep. This happens before most naps and sometimes during the night too. We're all working on improving that!

In the past week, he's been awake and alert a little longer during the day. There are certain things in our condo that he really enjoys gazing at: the big black clock, the plant, the lights and ceiling fan. I think we need to buy the kid more real toys. He, of course, likes to stare and listen to mom, dad, and grandma talk.

Overnights have been getting a little easier. He now sleeps for three hour stretches instead of just two. That's a big difference for mom and dad! The main difficulty overnight is that changing his diaper makes him wide awake and, again, it takes a LOT of time to get him to go back to sleep. But we are managing. Having my mom here allows me to take lots of naps during the day to make up for lost sleep.

Here is our first video post! Jay is enjoying playtime in his Boppy.