One Month!

Dear E,

You are one month old today! I can't believe you have been here that long, and yet it seems like you have always been here. We are so blessed to be your parents, and we cant wait to watch you grow and see who you become. You have turned our world completely upside down.

Our days aren't very scheduled. I try to put you on a schedule and you seem to change it whenever you feel like it. Kind of like when you were born. We had planned to induce on the 28th but my water broke on the 26th. You've been showing me you have your own set of plans from the beginning sweet girl. I'm hoping this next month we can hopefully get you on somewhat of a schedule. You usually eat every 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours during the day and then go 3 1/2 to 4 hours at night. Although sometimes, you are hungry an hour after you eat so it's just hit or miss.

You have been suffering from acid reflux. I thought you had it several weeks ago, but the nurses and pediatrician kept telling me that spit up was normal. Then last week, it got extremely worse. You cried when feeding, you cried in your sleep if I laid you on your back, you got the hiccups constantly, you spit up after EVERY meal and I swear it was your entire meal, and you even had some projectile spit up. It broke my heart to see you hurting and finally the doctor said it was acid reflux. We started you on OTC Prevacid yesterday, and I'm hoping that in the next couple of days we can see an improvement. I hate acid reflux just as much as you do, sweet pea.

Even with the acid reflux, you are growing well. You only feed for about 10 minutes on one side. No matter how much I try you won't feed anymore. You close your lips really tight and turn away from me.  (I see a little stubborn streak in you =) ) We've made great gains in the breastfeeding department though because those first two weeks were hard on both of us. You seem content between your feedings so I try not to worry that you only eat that much.

Wake time for you is between 45 minutes to an hour and 30 minutes including feed time and then you will go down for a nap. We do tummy time at 5-10 minute increments and you enjoy it for the most part. It's hard to get it done though because I have to keep you upright for 30 minutes after you eat and even then you still spit up quite frequently.

You've had many visitors this month. Besides your Nana And Papa (Jason side), Uncle Jordan, Uncle Jared, and Nana (my mom), you had my good friend Jessica visit you in the hospital. Your BFF, Taryn, and her mom, Crystal, came by to visit and so did our friends Ryan and Amy. Your Nana (my mom) stayed with us the first week and then your Papa (my dad) stayed with us the second week to help and you enjoyed having them here. Uncle John, Aunt Meagan, Blake and Kaydence all came in one weekend to meet you. Kaydence was so excited to hold you and I think that she will definitely be your older "sister" as you get older.

You've had many firsts too: your first bath, your first walk in your stroller, first doctor appointment. You take them all in stride with only a little bit of a fuss =) As of Monday, you weigh 10 pounds even and are 21 inches long! You can still wear newborn clothes but are filling them out quickly. I have started putting you in some 0-3 month clothes but they are still a little big on you especially the pants/shorts. You wear newborn to size 1 diapers but we have started putting you in cloth diapers at home several times a day and will probably make the full transition to cloth diapers in the next month.

You love tummy time and being held. I think you would be content being held all the time if I could do that. You are just the most precious little girl and I love spending my days with you. Your dad and I have enjoyed every minute of this month and we can't wait to see what happens this next month.

With all our love,

Mommy & Daddy