One month check up

Last week, we took Austin to the pediatrician for a one month check up. Austin weighed 10 pounds 9 ounces. He was 22 ¾ inches long. He is getting big fast! She did a complete head to toe assessment on Austin and she said he’s a healthy growing baby. I love our pediatrician. She takes her time with us and answers all of our questions. Being new parents, we have a lot of questions!


She also recommended that we start developing a bedtime routine for Austin. Austin needs to learn to put himself to sleep in his crib. He does that during the night but sometimes when we put him to bed he is already asleep. We now fed him, change him, read him a story, and rock him while listening to a lullaby. Then we put him in his crib. He sometimes cries a little but most nights he falls asleep okay. Listening to him cry is terrible for me but I understand the reasoning. But all and all it is going well.

Austin goes to bed now around 900-1000pm. He usually sleeps 4-5 hours before waking up. We are pretty lucky. I hear some infants only sleep two hours at a time. Once he wakes up, we feed and change him and put him back to bed. That usually takes 30 minutes and then it takes me another 30 minutes to pump. Brian is the one that takes care of Austin right now before midnight (if he would wake up). I take care of him the rest of the night. Austin usually wakes up between 2-3 am and 5-6am. If I am lucky, he will go back to sleep until about 7:30am. However on Saturday morning, he slept in until 9:30am. We could not believe it!

We have learned that all diapers are not created equal. We have not had much luck with the generic diapers. The worst thing is if he pees though his diaper in the middle of the night. Then we have to change his clothes and that wakes him completely up and he will not go back to be for at least an hour. So finding the best diapers is important. For a while, we liked Pampers the best. Now we really like Luvs diapers. Austin is in size 1 in diapers. I never realized there are sizes for diapers. I know it makes sense but I never thought about it. He is outgrown newborn diapers and now on the size 1.

This weekend, we went to a consignment sale on baby items. It was the best. We got Austin probably $175 worth of clothes and $100 worth of toys for $38! The consignment sale was put on by mothers in our community and held at a local school. The unfortunate part is they only have it once a year. They also told me about the mother’s club. Maybe in the fall, I will join it.

Austin is now 6 weeks old. I am half way though my maternity leave already. It is amazing how fast the time is going. Austin is getting so big and so much more alert. I get to play with him a lot during the day. He usually naps between 1-4pm but other than that he is mostly awake during the day. He will take little catnaps during the day but they are short. He is taking the world in right now and it is cute to see. This week, I am hoping he starts smiling when he’s awake. He is close, but it has not happened yet.