Eve's One Month Old!

Weight & Height: 8 lbs 8 oz (still not up to birth weight!) and 21.5" long

Clothes & Diapers:  She's still rocking newborn clothes and a few 0-3 month clothes (but some of those are a little big still).  She can wear 0-3 month sleepers because she's so long, but she's a skinny little thing!  She's still wearing newborn diapers (and we had a ton left over from Ava Kate, so that's not a bad thing!)

Eating & Sleeping: She is a GREAT sleeper.  In fact, I think she might would sleep through the night if we weren't pushing her to wake up to eat.  Unfortunately, she's not gaining weight very fast at all so we're still doing middle of the night feedings.  She nurses every 3 hours during the day and about every 4 hours at night.  She nurses for about 20 minutes (or longer!) on each side... but after her 1 month check up at the doctor and appointments with the lactation specialist, we realized she's only transferring about 1.5 oz during that time.  :( :( :(  We thought she wasn't gaining weight because I had an oversupply, but now that it's regulated a bit.. we're not sure what's going on.  We have an appointment with the ENT to check into a small tongue-tie to see if that's causing issues.

Mood:  She is a super chill baby.  This first month really has been pretty easy - she goes along for the ride with whatever we're doing and rarely fusses.  However, when she cries... it is LOUD.  She is a loud screamer.  Shockingly loud for a newborn.

Likes: Snuggling with Mommy & Daddy, looking at big sister Ava Kate, sleeping

Dislikes: Bath time.  She is not a fan.

Milestones:  First smile, first bath, first wedding (Roman & Alec's when she was 2 weeks old), first bottle, first time at church, first ECU football game (3 weeks old), first family reunion (4 weeks old), and baby dedication at church (Sept 18)

Sentimental Things Mommy Wants to Remember: the sweet interaction between Eve & Ava Kate, how her little legs stay bunched up when I pick her up from the carseat/swing, sweet snuggles on my chest, sweet smiles and faces while she sleeps

Practical Things Mommy Wants to Remember: Eve went about 2 weeks where she wasn't a fan of swaddling, but now she's sleeping swaddled.  She spits up mostly at night in the pack-and-play, but not as much during the day.  Holy oversupply.  I caught 2 oz in a bottle from the side she wasn't nursing on for the first few weeks... what a mess.  Her umbilical cord fell off much earlier than Ava Kates - at about a week and half.  She still has a little sore where it was, but hopefully it'll heal up soon!

Just for fun...