1 month Old- 2/11/12

Over the weekend our little guy turned one month old- I can't believe it's already been one month.  At his check-up he was 9lbs 9oz and 21 inches long.  That is the 50th percentile for weight and in between the 25th and 50th for height.  That means he grew almost 2lbs in 2 weeks (at his weight check at 2 weeks old he was 7lbs 15oz).  The doctor was very impressed with how fast Luke is putting on the weight.  Luke is now going 4 and 5 hour stretches at night- we are still doing 3 hours in between feedings during the day.  Looks like he is going to be a great sleeper like Amelia was!  He is definitely more alert now and his picking up his head to look around all the time.  He loves to snuggle especially when he is sleepy.  Luke seems to prefer being held straight up and down just like Amelia did :)  He is eating much faster now- going from around 30 minutes the first couple of weeks to now around 20 minutes at most.  When he is done eating- he will NOT eat any more- no matter how much I try!  He will scream if I try to make him latch on and he doesn't want to (I think he needs to eat more and he disagrees!).  It's hard to know with breastfeed babies how much they have eaten so now I'm just having to not worry- because it seems like he is just becoming a more efficient eater. He is such a sweet baby and we all just absolutely adore him- especially his big sister Amelia. When he cries- Amelia will run over and unwrap his blanket and try to give Luke his paci.  She will also say "don't cry" or "he's sad".

I debated on these monthly pictures if I wanted to include a "bear" or something- we will start with this cute little blue elephant we received and see how it goes.