Wesley turned a month old on March 4th. It seems like it's flying by and moving at a snails pace all at the same time. I've mentioned several times when I was pregnant that I bet Wesley would be completely different than Tanner because my pregnancies were polar opposites. And oh boy was I right!
STATS: We had a weight check on March 4th. He was 7lbs 11oz. So he FINALLY got back to his birth weight (7lbs 10oz). He also grew an inch and a half, so he's not filling out yet, just stretching out.
CLOTHES: We've had to retire the newborn size halo sleepsack because his legs are too long in it. But he is in all newborn stuff besides that. We are putting him in more 0-3 months stuff now because his legs are long, but it all swims on him. So I'm really liking the footless newborn clothes. Speaking of feet, his are big! He is still wearing newborn size diapers.
NURSING/SLEEP: It's going wonderfully! He's eating ALL THE TIME. And that's mostly because he won't take a paci. He really wants to take one (and he's getting close) but his tongue thrust keeps pushing it out of his mouth. He's also trying to figure out how to suck on his fingers, but they don't cooperate with him most of the time and he gets mad. He's eating every 2 hours around the clock. I can sometimes get one 3 hour stretch during the day and one at the beginning of the night. Starting at 5/6pm, he eats every hour-90 minutes. And around 3/4am it's every hour and a half. I'm looking forward to him stretching his feedings out a little, but I know he's adding on the pounds and it's good for him at this point.
OTHER: The first 2 weeks he was a good little baby. He slept all day and night. I would set my alarm for every 3 hours to feed him. And you already know the issues we had breastfeeding from my last post. But as soon as family went back home and Nick went back to work the dreaded colic showed up. Super!
I can honestly say Wesley has cried more in his 5 weeks of life than Tanner ever has in his entire life. It breaks my heart. He cries when he is sleepy, he cries when he has to poop, and sometimes he cries just because. And when I say cries, it's more of a scream. We've barely gone anywhere because I know Wesley will just scream. I'm afraid to say it, but I will. We started probiotic drops a week ago. Today was day 7 of giving them to him. And today is the second day in a row that he has acted like a normal baby. FINGERS CROSSED this is how it will be from now on. He just had some issues with his gut. Poor guy.
Tanner is an amazing big brother. He hasn't shown any signs of jealousy or any resentment towards him when he's crying all the time and has a lot of my attention. I try really hard to include him in everything I'm doing. And I talk and read books to him while I'm nursing. He really loves his little brother. Anytime he's on the floor doing tummy time Tanner is right there laying next to him. And he worries about him when he cries. The other day when Tanner woke up from his nap, heard him over the monitor talking about "Baby Weddy".
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| You have no idea how long it took for us to get a picture of him NOT screaming. |
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| Nick had to do this over and over so we could try to get one good picture. He's an angry baby. |
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| I had to add this picture because this is the normal Wesley. For this anti cry-it-out momma, having a colicky baby is so hard! |
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| And because we love our Carolina Panthers, I had to add this comparison picture. :) |
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