Jude turned one month old on November 11. He has grown so much already it seems in just a few short weeks. He weighs 10 lbs 3.2 oz now and his clothes are now starting to fit him instead of swallowing him up!
ONE WEEK
ONE MONTH
You can see his eyes are definitely blue and his skin isn't red any more. He is going to sleep for the night around 9:30 now in his crib and wakes up again around 12 or 1 and gets in bed with me. He wakes up every two hours to nurse and I have to change his diaper 1-2 times a night. The getting out of bed to change him and having to nurse 3-4 times a night plus his grunts and movements waking me up all through the night have started to take their toll on me. I am feeling the affects of being up all through the night and feel pretty tired a lot of the time now. During the day he is most happy being snuggled up on mommy. He's happiest in the Ergo and really doesn't want to be put down much. Occasionally I can put him down for short periods of time but he really isn't happy when he's awake unless he's being held. Sometimes he will lay on my bed and look up at the light for a little while but it's not long before he realizes I'm not holding him and then he's crying for me. He took a nap in his crib for the first time on Friday. It was very strange not having him strapped to me while I did school with the kids and as much as I love holding him, it was nice to get a break from it and get through school a little easier. Pacifiers are pretty much not acceptable 99% of the time. I am his pacifier the majority of the time, which is ok with me. He nurses every 1.5-3 hours for about 10-30 minutes. I wish I could figure out how some moms nurse while the baby is in the carrier. I tried the other day and it was all sorts of disastrous! I haven't tried pumping yet. I said I was going to pump and use a bottle with him once a day so he was used to it in case I ever needed to leave him, but being totally honest...I hate pumping and I hate leaving my babies anyways so I just haven't convinced myself to take out the pump and use it. I probably never will. He is so sweet and snuggly and smells so heavenly. I wish the sweet newborn smell never went away. Nathan and I and the kids are all completely in love with him and can not imagine our family without him.
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