It's still hard for me to believe that Reece has been with us for a whole month. It's been a long month in some ways (ahem...sleep) but it's flown in others.
We went to the doctor for his 3 week check-up last week so these stats are a little off now, but just for me...(at 3 weeks and 1 day) he weighs 9 lbs. 1 oz (47%)and is 20 and 3/4 inches long (36%). (At the hospital they measured him at 21 inches, the doctor measured 20.75. He either shrank ;) or someone didn't measure right) His head circumference is 37 cm (75%).
He still nurses about every 2 to 2 and a half hours during the day. Judging by the bottles he's taken, he eats about 3 oz at a time. He takes short naps during the morning, but is pretty alert, takes a long nap around 1:00, which is Hailey's naptime...praise the Lord!... and then wants to sleep all afternoon. We make him stay awake from 5-7 pm, give him a bath or just put lotion on and pajamas. Then he eats one last time before falling asleep around 8:30ish.On a good night he wakes up every 3 or 4 hours, on a bad night it's more like every 2 hours.
Poor little guy has lots of tummy issues with gas. He gets SO uncomfortable at night because of it. We use lots of gas drops around here! Reflux meds may be in his future :(
He loves to have his back patted and "sit" up on your lap. He loves to watch his sister run around and act crazy.
He is wearing 0-3 month and 3 month clothes and a size 1 diaper.
Hailey loves to kiss him, pat his back and ask "Did I do that when I was a baby?" She has her moments of jealousy, she is 3 after all, but she loves him. Whenever she leaves the house and he's not going with her, she will yell "Bye Baby Reece!" as she's walking out the door.
We love you Reece and can't imagine our family without you! Happy 1 month!
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