I turned 1 month old today. Woo!
Despite going to sleep a little bit earlier than usual, I made it until almost 1:00 before I woke up for my first feeding of the day. Back to our usual schedule, Dad got up to give me my bottle. He accidentally warmed it up a bit too much so we had to wait a bit for him to cool it back down. Despite being back to the slow newborn nipple, I drank the 4+ ounces quite quickly. Having just slept for a few hours, though, I wasn’t too tired. It took me a good half an hour to get back to sleep — I was surprised Dad didn’t try the elevator trick that he pulled the last few nights. If I can go downstairs in my diaper, why couldn’t he go down in his boxers?
I then got a good stretch of sleep until 3:45 or so, meaning that Mom got to sleep for almost 6 hours in a row! That’s not too shabby. I ate quickly and got back to bed all within an hour. I got up at 5:30 and wrapped up that feeding just as Dad was getting up for work. I had a really sleepy breakfast at 7:10 and then I went right back to sleep while Mom pumped and then got some more Z’s, too.
After my 9:30 snack, I got some tummy-time in and then Mom hopped in the shower and I got took a quick nap. I ate lunch at 11:30 and, that’s right, I slept again. Hey, I’m not lazy – it’s my 1-month birthday. I’m celebrating. I had a long snack that started at 1:40 and didn’t really end until about an hour later. I slept until 5:00, ate, and then slept. Dad got home around 6:25 — and not one minute too soon. In fact, I would have gotten started closer to 6:15, but Mom wanted to wait until Dad got in because he still doesn’t have a key.
I played on my activity mat and then had desert at 7:15. Then Dad held me while he and Mom sat down to eat dinner. Since I had done nothing but eat and sleep all day, I was anything but overstimulated and was in quite good spirits. Apparently I was a bit too well behaved, because Mom decided that I was acting abnormally, which obviously meant that I was sick. Dad was confused, and so was I. So when I started crying, Dad let me cry long enough for Mom to admit that I was back to normal.
Mom and I turned in for a nap at 8:30 and Dad stayed up and kept an eye on me in the living room. I started crying about 8:45 and Dad wanted Mom to get a little more sleep so he turned to his newest trick — the elevator trip down to the lobby. It worked pretty well in that my eyes were closed before we got off the elevator, but I woke up within a few minutes of getting back in the apartment. After another attempt at calming me, I screamed loud enough to wake up Mom at about 9:25. I ate and turned in for the night.
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Happy Birthday Maggie! I miss you and can’t wait to see you again soon!
Love,
Uncle D
Dear Maggie,
Today, Apri 1l is your Birthday! We welcomed you to our world a month ago and what a blissful event your birth was! It has been a great joy watching grow and getting cuter and cuter every day:)! I Love you, miss you and wish you good health and lots of fun.
Love,
Nana
Happy 1 month birthday, Maggie! I love all the pictures of you and hope to see many more soon! You are just so adorable 🙂
love,
Catherine