Tanner's 1 month Check In

Tanner turned a month a long time ago lets be honest.  I guess it's the price you pay for being the third child.  I'm trying very hard to keep updating.  I have blogging once a week on my new years resolution list.  I'm calling them goals for the new me in the new year because I really just want to make sure I'm enjoying my life and happy with myself which will make me happier and healthier physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Ok I'm going to try to remember as much as possible about when Tanner turned 1 month old.

Weight: 12 lbs 9.8 oz (he was bigger than Brody at this point! 95th%)

Length: 23.5 inches (99th %)

Head circumference: 39.5 cm (95th%)

Physical milestones:  He loves tummy time but tends to lift his head only a little and mostly turns his head side to side or hangs out looking at one of his siblings who LOVE to talk to him and lay with him.  He started tracking me and my voice especially around the room, but I can tell he loves hearing Kayla near him and is a bit fearful of Brody near him. :)  Small purposeful smiles came out around 1 month, but he seemed to be more serious at the time than Brody for sure and even Kayla.

Eating/Sleeping:  Ever since birth, Tanner has been on a pretty consistent schedule.  When he was about 4-5 days old, I said to Justin wouldn't it be great if he ate on a schedule, like 7, 10, 1, 4, 7, 10, 1, 4 o'clock?  Well turns out he liked that schedule at lot.  He's been on that schedule during the day since birth (7 am, 10 am, 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm then bed).  He was waking up 2-3 times per night but was VERY easy to put back to sleep.  He loves sleep more than either other kid I can tell as you can lay him down awake and he falls asleep on his own with minimal fussing and minimal use of the pacifier.  So far, he's a really really great baby.

The doctor is VERY impressed with his growth.  Even I was surprised at how big he was at this visit! We have a new doctor and I LOOOOVE her.  She said he looks great, his hips are great (one was clicking a bit after birth but that went away).  I asked about the gas which seems to be mainly what is keeping hip up at night, she said we can try gripe water or mylicon drops but it just takes some time for them to develop the ability to digest the milk.  I burp him after each side I feed him and try very hard to get him to burp even at night, however he is much to sleep at night to burp.

Kayla and Brody LOOOOOOOOVE Tanner.  I was worried about Brody's transition but he's been so great!  In fact, he is better with Tanner than most other people.  He is gentle and likes to talk to him and help me by getting diapers, pacifiers, etc.  Kayla is of course the amazing big sister she has always been, and is ok with having a second brother for now. :)

It really feels like Tanner's been around forever, like he was just meant to be here.  I am loving our family of 5 so much!  And the transition for me hasn't been too bad either!  It helps that Tanner is a very chill baby and the kids are doing great and still going to "school" 3 days a week.

1 month photos were tough as I'm trying to re-aquaint myself with my camera...

This last one is definitely blurry but I like the composition. I really should go back into photoshop and try to clean up his skin a bit, but his baby acne was REALLY bad at this point and sometimes honest is the best right?  Love my littlest man!

Month 1 Journal

The book I'm reading, Hot Mom to Be Handbook, has a short series of questions to help you keep a journal of your pregnancy after each chapter, i.e. each month.  I thought this blog would be a fun way for me/us to let you in on how we are feeling and how things are going.  So here are the questions from Chapter 1, and answers from both of us (if I can get Justin to share!)

1. What were your first words or thoughts when you found out you were pregnant? And be honest!

M: Well I think we've actually gone over this, but my first thought was "Holy crap!"

J: Justin says his first thought/word was "Ummmm..."  Descriptive, I know.

2. What are you most excited about? What do you fear the most?

M: I think I'm most excited to embark on this new journey with Justin.  Plus I can't wait to actually live all those motor milestones that we learned about in school! :)  And I know that we won't be perfect parents but I'm just afraid I'm not ready yet and I won't know what to do.

J: He is most excited about watching he/she grow up.  He is most scared about having somebody be 100% reliant on him for everything. And he hopes they like his cooking!:)

3. What was the funniest thing that someone said or did when you told them about "the bun"?

M: This is actually completely crazy but the funniest thing that has happened so far was when I was telling my Nanny that she was going to be a great grandma.  We were at lunch in between bridal dress shopping appointments and the crazy outgoing waitress had just brought us our food.  She was peppering Megan's friend Amanda's salad and when I THOUGHT she had left, I began to tell my grandma.  Nanny was pretty surprised and she let a small gasp out, but from behind me as the words are coming out of my mouth, I hear the waitress go, "OH MY GOD...OH MY GOD!"  It's not as funny in writing but we couldn't stop laughing about it.  If Aunt Lauren can send me the video and I can somehow post it to the blog, I'll try that!

J: He says it has been funny how many people don't believe us when we tell them we are expecting.  We also laughed when his best friend Andrew said, "Yaayyy....right?"

4. Once you're pregnant, you notice every baby in the world.  How many babies did you see today?

M: Seeing as I've been sitting on the couch watching movies all day today, I've seen none (not even in the movies).  But I have to admit I've noticed more of those little suckers recently:)

J: He says he heard one crying at the Farmer's Market across the street today.