Charlie - 1 Month

{April 24, 2013}

 

Time flies when you spend half of the month in a sleep deprived blur. I think some women have to forget labor before they can consider having another child...in my case, it's the first two weeks. They knock me down pretty hard and without D here and with another child to care for, I'll be the first to admit that times were rough.

 

My baby? Perfection.

 

 

She is seriously the most calm, sweet little thing...better than I could have hoped for.

 

My hormones? That first week where I slept maybe 10 hours in 7 days? Not great.

 

Right on schedule my hormones went all haywire and around 6pm every night, I'd be a crying mess. Just dreading another night of no sleep, feeling guilty that I was having to let other people pick up the pieces like putting my first baby to bed, and just generally emotional. Thankfully, right at about the two week mark, things got a lot better. I was sleeping solid stretches and starting to notice that things were getting easier each day. Charlie's addition to our family seemed so natural and I can't wait for D to get the same feeling when he comes home and gets to really meet her for the first time.

 

Here's my little beauty...

 

Stats:

 

Height- 22" at her 2 week check-up

 

Weight- 9 lbs 3oz at her 2 week check up...estimating 10+ now.

 

Eyes- Slate blue. Some days they look light depending on what she wears. G's did this too and are brown now.

 

 

Hair- Auburn! Her hair started out medium brown, but has lightened to a pretty auburn color. You can really see a reddish tint in the sun. I love it.

 

Clothes- We barely got any use out of our newborn sizes this time around. Charlie is definitely into 0-3 months and filling them out more each day!

 

Diapers- Out of newborn and into Size 1's.

 

 Food- Breast milk supplemented with formula...almost 4 ounces 7-8 times a day.

 

Sleep- Much like Grace, Charlie has begun to stretch her feedings. She takes her last bottle between 10 and 11 and wakes once around 3 or 4.

 



 

Visitors during her first month:

Nana

Pops

 

Ali

 

Sister Status- Grace is doing better than I ever could have imagined. Aside from asking for me to get her and our visitors to "get that baby" when we get out of the car, she is super sweet and constantly doting on her sister. She likes to lightly touch her hair and little feet and likes to tickle the baby too. We work on being gentle...but it's never because she is being mean, just because she gets a little excited sometimes! Grace really deserves a post of her own at this point. Her personality and vocabulary have exploded and she is 100% every bit of a 2 year old. Ohhh the drama. I'm so in for it in about 10 years...times two.  

 

 

So much has already changed since this update, 2+ weeks ago. Can't wait to see what the rest of the month brings us!

 

xo,

H