Though you may have been wondering due to the absence of blog posts, I am pleased to announce that we have all survived our first month as a family of four! Adam has integrated himself very naturally into our family dynamic and Greg and I couldn't be prouder of our two little boys.
Adam is a more proficient sleeper so far than his big brother was at this age - Praise the Lord!! He sleeps almost all the time - so much that I found myself Googling it to make sure he wasn't sleeping too much. Although he naturally prefers to be held when sleeping, he is much easier to put down in his bed or in the swing without waking him. I am getting longer stretches of sleep at night, up to 3.5 hours at times, than I remember getting the last time I had a newborn, although lately Adam has entered the territory of late-night fussies. This kiddo has some major gas issues, so that leads to some hard times comforting a screaming baby and trying to coax the gas out of him. Hopefully that will improve in time. We have already been able to get out of the house and go places, like a birthday party and out to eat, so I feel this is all progress from when I was a first-time mom. Adjusting to Baby #2 has definitely been easier on me than adjusting to Baby #1 was. I am so thankful for that!
Davis continues to be an excellent big brother and is always loving and gentle with Adam. It is so sweet to watch them together and I can't wait to see them interact as Adam gets older. Davis kept calling Adam his "big brother," but after much correction about Adam being his little brother, Davis now refers to Adam as his "small brother." It is pretty much the cutest thing I've ever heard - "Hi, small brother," "That's my small brother," "Where's my small brother?," etc.
Speaking of small . . . Adam isn't particularly small. One month stats:
Weight: 14 lbs. 1 oz. - 99th percentile
Length: 22.5 in. - 89th percentile
Head circumference: 40 cm - 99th percentile
His pediatrician declared him healthy and strong today at his one month appointment. He has good head control, but always lays his head to his right side, so he's going to physical therapy next week to work on stretching the next muscle and encouraging him to turn his head the other way so it doesn't flatten out.
And, of course, what everyone really wants is to see some pictures, so here they are!
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