One Month!

I can't believe Elizabeth is already a month old!  Time does fly....people say that, but I have really experienced it this past month more than any other time in my life.  Just a disclaimer - I am sure there will be stuff on my blog that you could careless about, but I am also going to use it as a way to document the little things about Ellie so that we don't forget:) 

We have had a great month!  Elizabeth is an AWESOME sleeper!  In the first few weeks I was waking her up in the middle of the night to feed her, but at her doctor's appointment on Wednesday we got the ok to let her sleep and wake herself up.  The past two nights have been great!  She fell asleep around 7pm, woke up around 9pm to eat, then again around midnight and then slept until 7am.  David said she is definitely my daughter, not only does she snore, but she can sleep through anything - I like to tell myself this isn't just a newborn stage and it will last:)  There have been days when I vacuum while she is sleeping on purpose, so she doesn't get used to complete silence when she sleeps.

Elizabeth is starting to make a lot more noises.  When she gets upset, David makes weird noises with his tongue and she loves it, it amazes me how much it calms her down and how focused on him she becomes.  She has become much more alert over the past few weeks.  David and I have also perfected giving her a bath and she loves them now...she gets upset when we take her out.  Jill gave us a bathtub that she found in the Netherlands, and Elizabeth loves it.  The tub is shaped like a bucket and is very cozy.

 

 



 

Here are the measurements from Elizabeth's one month appointment this week:

 

Weight: 10lbs 6 oz and is in the 90th-97th percentile (up 1lb. 7oz. since she was born - the girl likes to eat!)

Length: 21 inches and is in the 50th percentile (up 2 inches since she was born)

Head: I forgot to get the exact measurement and will need to update this after her 2 month appointment - I know, I am a bad mother!!  David and I were both so concentrated on her crying that we didn't write it down!

 

Lots of people, especially when she was born, commented on Elizabeth's size and that she was so big.  To us, she felt so little, until I started going to a mommy/baby group on Thursdays.  The group meets at the hospital where she was born and is for new moms and babies that are 2 to 16 weeks old.  Elizabeth was the same size or bigger than babies older than her, I couldn't believe it!

 

We are getting out more and more...I feel like I have turned a corner this week, I feel much more  comfortable taking her out without breaking into a sweat every time she cries.  Tomorrow we are going to ferry into NYC, it will be her first "out of state" trip....who cares that it's only a five minute ferry ride to get there;)  And, of course we are taking a TON of pictures...so many that we gave in and spent the $$ on an actual camera!