Lawson is One Month Old!

Jack Lawson Rogers, you are ONE month old!

How in the world did this happen so quickly?!

What are you up to?

You eat every two hours like clockwork during the day! You've gone from eating barely 2 ounces to typically eating about 4 ounces of per feeding.  You were on breast milk for the first 3 weeks and have been eating formula every since.  You switched over seamlessly!

Until the last few nights, you normally would sleep from about 10:00 until 2:30 and wake up to be fed and then sleep again until about 6:30 when Daddy feeds you your morning bottle.  Lately, you've been sleeping a little longer and even slept from 10:30 until 6:00 one night! It was wonderful!!  During the night, you wear a Swaddle Pod and you love it.  You've been sleeping in your nursery since you were 19 days old!

You mostly wear newborn clothes, but we've been putting size 0-3 months on you as well.  They fit you really well length wise, but are still roomy elsewhere.  You wore size newborn diapers until you were about 3 weeks old.  Then we ran out and started using size 1 and they totally work!  Speaking of diapers, you've tinkled on both of us while being changed.  You're a quick little guy!

You had your first well check with Dr. Clapp on August 3.  You weighed 8lbs and 6oz and were 20.5 inches long!  You gained a whopping 3 pounds in the last month!  Dr. Clapp said you were very alert to be so young.

You are a very vocal baby.  You are constantly grunting, groaning or ahhing.  You want everyone to know that you are present!  When taking your bottle, you suck and smack through the whole thing.  This drives your daddy crazy! :)  You also have a very "manly" burp!

You love your hands.  They are constantly in your mouth.  We've tried using a paci but you really only want it at night.

You had your first bath this month!  You loved bath time!  You just laid in the water so content while you were bathed.  Afterwards, daddy rubbed you down in lotion and you loved getting a massage!

Your first official outing with Mommy and Daddy went extremely well!  We started by having dinner at Outback and then shopped at Babies R Us and Target, of course!  You got a little fussy towards the end of dinner, but only because it had been 2 hours and you were ready to eat too!  The rest of the time you slept so sweetly in your car seat and/or stroller.  We are glad that you love to ride and do really well in your car seat.

You have very good head control to be so young.  You are constantly lifting your head to look around.  On the flip side, you're not a fan of tummy time.  You tolerate it briefly, but then begin to freak out.  We're working on that.  You do enjoy playing on your play mat though!

You absolutely LOVE being outside!  You certainly didn't get this quality from your Moma! You can be fussy and screaming your head off and the instant we walk outside, you quiet down.  We've been taking you on walks around the neighborhood and it knocks you out.

You don't pay much attention to Jaxxon and Brenna yet but they are still completely fascinated by you, especially Jaxxon.  I know you will love them once you get a little older!

Lawson, you are a complete joy and have completed our family!  You are such a sweet, cuddly baby!  We love you so much and cannot wait to watch you grow!  Love, Moma and Daddy