Cute little baby hands

I love how Hunter sleeps with his hands like this.  It’s just too cute!

And just because it’s so cute:

Cute little monkey butt

Last night we were doing some floor time and I decided to get my camera out.  As soon as I put it up in front of Hunter’s face he looked right at it and smiled.  Looks like I have him well trained.

Hailey entertaining Hunter during tummy time.

Hunter really didn’t like tummy time much at first, but now he doesn’t seem to mind it.
Right after I took that picture, Hunter pushed up with his left arm and rolled over!!

Rolling over for the first time at 5 1/2 weeks.
(Sorry for the blurriness of the picture.  I had my flash turned off while I was taking pictures so that I wouldn’t blind Hunter with the flash.  So the action shot came out blurry.)

I propped Hunter back up on his tummy time mat after this picture and he immediately rolled himself over again

Unless you’re new here you know that with Hailey I take pictures of her next to Tigger so I can see how much she has grown.  So now I’m going to do the same thing with Hunter.

Hunter at 1 month old with Tigger.

Giving me a little smile

Hunter and big sister Hailey

Just some random pictures of Hunter at one month old:

My Little Man Cub

Some things Hunter started doing during this last month:

He smiles at us- his doctor agreed that it is a real smile.  He said if you can make your baby smile and it isn’t just happening randomly then it’s real.

Hunter does some cooing- he likes to say gooo, ahhh and a few other cute noises.  He makes cute happy screeching noises.  He also enjoys grunting, which I’m sure as a male he’ll enjoy for the rest of his life

Some of Hunter’s favorite things to do include watching Hailey play (this is his favorite!), listening to Hailey read to him, looking at the mobile above his bed, looking at the ceiling fan in his room- it’s black against the white ceiling and he really loves to look at it, smile at it and coo at it.  He loves looking at books that have babies in them, he seems to be enjoying tummy time a bit more this last week and he likes his toys that make that crinkling noise.  Hunter is a very snuggly baby and he loves to be held and cuddled.

Hunter has been sleeping pretty good, considering.  He sleeps better at night than during the day and I will certainly not complain about that.  At night he’ll sleep about 2-2 1/2 hours, wake up to eat and usually go back to sleep.  Sometimes he stays up for an hour or 2, but for the most part he goes back to sleep.  During the day he doesn’t nap very well, he wants to be held while he’s sleeping (he only does this during the day) and as soon as I put him down he wakes up within about 5 minutes.  I’ve only been getting about 3-4 hours of sleep each night (his feedings take a while and I have to be up early to get Hailey ready for school) so it’s been really hard to not be able to take a nap during the day since he doesn’t sleep well during the day.

Right now Hunter is breastfeeding.  He goes anywhere between 1 1/2- 3 hours between feedings.

I also left Hunter with Grandma for the first time on Friday- the day he was 4 weeks old.  I hadn’t bought groceries since before Hunter was born.  Rich had picked up things like milk and bread but our cupboards were really bare.  I didn’t want to take Hunter out with all the germs going around at this time of year.  Since Hunter had tried using a bottle successfully, Grandma offered to watch him while I got groceries.

Hunter didn’t have an appointment at 1 month so I’m not positive about his weight- but according to our scale at home he’s about 10 pounds.  He has an appointment at 2 months so I’ll know for sure then what his stats are.  He is wearing size 0-3 clothes and is in size 1 diapers (which cost $7-$10 for 50 diapers, depending on the brand).

]]> http://livinwithme.com/2012/01/1-month-old/feed/ 0 http://livinwithme.com/2012/01/a-sign-of-things-to-come/ http://livinwithme.com/2012/01/a-sign-of-things-to-come/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:44:01 +0000 Melanie http://livinwithme.com/?p=5372 If you know Hailey then you know that she is usually up for a good argument.

She gets this from Rich as he will actually pretend to disagree with people just for the sake of an argument.  Me, on the other hand- I will pretend to agree with people just to avoid an argument!

So anyways, lately Hailey has been especially argumentative and has been arguing with almost everything I say to her.  I was talking to her about it the other day and I told her it needed to stop.  I told her if she disagreed with what I said and wanted to argue with me that she should just not say anything. She responded by saying, “But mom, then how will I ever be able to say anything?”

The teenage years with her should be fun.

Happy Baby

Gooing and cooing at me

Later on that night Hailey and I tried out the donut maker I got for Christmas:

Mixing up some chocolate donuts.

Giving them a big thumbs up!

Hunter is not a big fan of tummy time.  I’m pretty sure he’s giving me the evil eye for making him do it.

Little feet

Hailey is so good with Hunter.  She is the best big sister!  She wants to play with him everyday.  She shows him his toys and reads books to him.  I love watching her with Hunter.

A little kiss for her baby brother.

3 weeks old… he’s already changed so much!!

The other day I left Hunter in his crib watching his mobile while I went to wash my hands after changing his diaper.  He didn’t have his pacifier when I left the room (it was next to him in his crib), but when I came back it was in his hand and he was pushing it on his face like he was trying to get it in his mouth.

Hunter has started “talking” to us.  He says “goo” and “ahh.”  I love the sound of his little voice!

Hunter tried his first bottle at 3 weeks, 1 day.  He did great!  He drank it right up.  Hailey loved feeding him!!  She keeps telling me that I need to make him another bottle and then go on a date with Rich so she can feed him while we’re gone.

Hunter has already started turning sideways in his crib.  I don’t know how he does it!  But I had to take the front bumper off of his bed so his face doesn’t end up against the bumper.  We also had to stop letting him sleep in the cradle because he moves around and was making the cradle rock and then making it swing and he was ending up laying up against the side of it.  He does seem to sleep better in his crib… or maybe I just don’t hear every little sound he makes since he’s in his own room now.

I know this one came out blurry, but I had to post it anyways.  I know that “they” say babies don’t smile for real this early, but Hunter looks right at us and smiles, so we’re pretty sure the smiles are real.  He started doing it at 2 1/2 weeks but this is the first time I’ve been able to get a picture of it.  He turned his head just as I took this picture, so it came out blurry, but I had to post it anyways!

While we have kept Hunter clean by sponge bath, his cord finally came off and he had his first real bath.  Hailey was a big helper and loved helping me with the bath!  Hunter was quiet for about a minute and then decided he had had enough!

He still wasn’t very happy after his bath

Finally in his pajamas he was a happy baby.

Rich also put Hailey’s old swing together and Hunter really enjoyed it.

Hunter had his 2 week doctors appointment too.  He is up to 9lbs 4oz (55th percentile) and is 21.5 inches long (75th percentile).  The doctor commented on how strong his neck is.  She said he must have been born looking around the room- which he was!  At one day old he was holding his head up trying to get a look to see what was going on.  She also commented that he seemed very content to just look around the room and to just observe.  So far Hunter does seem to be a very content baby.  He loves to quietly look around and just study things.  As far as sleep our first few nights at home were rough and we had a couple of rough nights this week.  But for the most part at night, Hunter sleeps about 2 1/2 hours, wakes up to eat and goes back to sleep for another 2 1/2 hour stretch.  During the day he takes a few long naps, wakes up in between to eat and do a little interacting with us.  He stays awake for about 1-2 hours at a time, although sometimes he stretches it out a bit longer.  He rarely cries unless he is hungry or tired.  We are so thankful for our little man cub!!