Vada's First Month

   When Lucy was a newborn, I kept every milestone in my mind with a countdown; in three days she will be one month old, etc. Last Monday, I had a minor meltdown after realizing that the date was the 27th and Vada was already one month old. I am amazed at how quickly her first month passed by and have major mom guilt for feeling like I am not as on top of things now that I have two babies. As soon as I got the chance on that day, I snapped about 200 pictures of my beautiful Belle to make sure that I would not forget every little thing about her one month self.
  We had Vada's check up on Friday and it was no surprise that she is having no trouble gaining weight. At 2 weeks, she was 8 pounds 11 ounces and 20.5 inches tall. She is now 11 pounds 4 ounces and 22 inches tall. Needless to say she is a nursing champ. She is developing right on track and even amazed Dr. Freddy by following his blood pressure pump as he moved it across her vision back and forth. Evidently babies at this age are still considered legally blind so I am hoping this means she has her Daddy's vision and not mine. Or that she is a genius :) The doctor also made a comment about her having blond hair just like her sister. I had the chance to talk to the doctor about her nighttime squeaking noises and how often she spits up, sometimes hours after she ate. The problem seems to be my overabundance of milk so we were told to try cutting our nursing sessions back by one minute on each side so that she is not overfull and uncomfortable. She has completely outgrown the 0-3 month outfits and is now filling out her 3 month onesies too.
   Vada is generally a content baby but in the last week has really started to assert herself and let us know when she needs something, mainly to be held. She definitely recognizes me as her momma and follows me when I hand her off to someone else. Not to say that she doesn't need her daddy sometimes who is able to calm her down by swaddling when nothing else seems to work. She loves her pacifier and doesn't mind the bouncy chair as long as the vibration is on. She is content to sit in her swing while I am getting things done and will drift off to sleep on her own when she gets sleepy. She is sleeping in bed with Jameson and I and has a great 9 or 10pm to 3 am stretch of sleep. The 3am to 5am stretch we won't mention.

   She still sleeps most of the day but I am loving seeing her start to smile some times and am looking forward to seeing more of who this little lady is as she gets older. Her hair is definitely light and her eyes are blue right now but they are much darker blue than Lucy's were so I guess we have to wait a little longer to see what she will look like. Her skin tone seems to be more like mine than Jameson and Lucy's and she is not the spitting image of her Daddy like Lucy is. Maybe at least one of my girls will have some resemblance to me... I did put a lot of work into them being here after all.