1 Month Old

Happy 1 month birthday, William!

We can't believe today is William's 1 month birthday! It seems like yesterday we were meeting him at the hospital. Today he surprised us with a little move we weren't expecting this soon -- he rolled over. Three times in a row. My mom caught it on video and here it is below. Unfortunately, I was napping and missed it!

Other updates for this week... each day this week William has appeared more alert - as if he's really noticing his surroundings. The smile that has appeared while he was sleeping is starting to appear more often while he's awake and yesterday he made the biggest grin that I caught with my phone camera (see below). He's eating every 2-3 hours, napping pretty well during the day (though he sometimes still fights sleep during the day even when you can tell he's completely exhausted), sleeping really well at night since middle of week 3 by immediately going down instead of the usual daylight routine where he wants to check things out for a bit before falling asleep. Last night he went 4 hours between his middle of the night feeding. Hallejuah! We keep things very quiet and calm at night (no TV and only nightlights in our room and his nursery), so hopefully that has helped with distinguishing day and night for him. He doesn't like to be swaddled, loves his hands up by his face at all times, loves to be held and easily falls asleep on top of me, and holding him on his side and shushing seems to always do the trick when he's fussy (the only great take away for us from the Happiest Baby on the Block),  and isn't totally into a pacifier (he's working on holding it on his own and when he does it does help soothe him). It's been wonderful getting to know our little man and we are looking forward to his next month and all its milestones! Happy 1 month birthday, Mr. William! Our 1 month wellness visit is on Monday, so keep you posted on all his stats!

William's big grin on week 4