One Month Old

I'm in utter shock that Amelia is one month old already. It seems like we just came home from the hospital.

So far, all is going well. It appears that she does not suffer from "the word that shall not be mentioned" (starts with a "c" and ends in a "c" and deals with a lot of crying in the evening). Because it can kick in anytime from 3-6 weeks, we are still being very cautious about celebrating this fact.

I will say our evenings are much more relaxed than they were with Allison. The four of us actually went out to dinner last week to Friday's without any incident. Both kids behaved very well. We didn't go out to dinner with Allison until she was almost four months old.

Nights are going pretty well. Amelia usually wakes up twice between 11 pm - 6 am, which isn't too bad. She usually goes right back to sleep, although she usually has to go through 10 minutes of grunting, groaning, snorting, etc. before she finally falls back to sleep. If she is being super loud or having a hard time going back to sleep, I will bring Amelia to the living room where her swing is. She usually conks out within a minute when I put her in that. I've become very good about being able to sleep on the couch. I too can conk out within the first minute or so.

Amelia loves to eat and is already up to four ounces of formula. She is a burp hoarder though; we hardly ever get a good burp out of her after she eats. However when she does burp, it is quite loud.

Also, she already knows to flinch when Allison comes around her. So far we haven't had any major incidents; just a few eye pokes and head pats.

I'm recovering pretty well. I feel like I turned a corner this past week. I'm not as sore as I have been. I just have to be careful not to overdue it. I will be happy when I am back to my normal self though.