One month check-up...

Today Sam had his one month check up. He weighs 9 lbs. 8 oz, which is in the 38th percentile. He should be gaining at least 3/4 of an ounce each day, and Sammy is gaining about one ounce per day, so we are doing great! Sam was significantly tongue-tied, so Dr. Esser clipped his tongue. It was pretty stressful for Lyle and me to watch, but I think Sam will be so much happier. He seems to be doing okay, though a little fussy and sleeping a lot. Hoping he'll be feeling better tomorrow.

Sam at his appointment

 Sam eating right after his tongue was clipped, for comfort. Love his hand next to his face. So glad I pumped and brought a bottle.

Sam is ONE MONTH!!!

Can't believe my baby is one month old already. Time is flying by way too fast. I am loving being this sweet little guy's mama. He is everything I could have hoped for. Love him so much.

WEIGHT: 9 lbs. 8 oz. (38%)

He just switched yesterday from newborn diapers to size one. The size one are HUGE on him, but he was having too many leak outs with the newborn size.

He is in newborn size clothes. They are still pretty big on him.

He nurses about every 4 hours, sometimes 5 in the middle of the night after a good feeding. It takes him about an hour to nurse. He has a bottle of breast  milk about every 3rd feeding.

He was pretty significantly tongue tied. He got it clipped in the pediatrician's office at his one month appointment, and was a champ while they were doing it. He also got his stitched removed from his head at that same appointment.

So far, he has been visited by Grandma Cindra, Aunt Amy, Aunt Natalie, and Grandma Sandy... along with numerous friends.

He has been out of the house so far for a couple of walks, trips to the doctors, the Wisconsin State Fair, and a trip to the Zoo for Lyle's birthday.

From almost week one, he has made good eye contact, and gives great genuine smiles. We love when we get really big giggly smiles. He has a great dimple to show off with those fabulous smiles.

Sam is full of fun facial expressions all the time.

He is REALLY gassy. The first few weeks he was really fussy because of it, but it is getting better.

He loves to have his arms free. He is a major wiggler. We only swaddle his arms down when he is having a really hard time sleeping. Otherwise, we swaddle him with his arms out since he loves it so much.

He hated his first traditional bassinet, but loves the new one we got him, which is a Fisher Price Rock 'n Sleep. He kicks off the end of it to rock himself and then giggles. It is pretty awesome.

He is super strong!!! Holds his head up like a champ and stands up when we are trying to burp him.

He gets the hiccups almost every time he eats.

He is not a spitter-upper. He only has spit up a few times, but has thrown up twice.

He is a Frank Sinatra fan. It always calms him down when he is over-tired and needs to go to sleep.

He LOVES staring at the posters on our wall and the ceiling fan in the kitchen.

We call him Sammy, Bud, Boo, Bear, and Boy.

We love his so much and are so excited to have him in our little family.

Lyle loves the zoo...

Today is Lyle's 31st birthday!!! Every year we go to the zoo for his birthday. This year is special because it is also Sam's first trip to the zoo, at 3 weeks old. Lyle's mom is in town visiting Sam, and so we got to have her with us, also. The weather was perfect and we had so much fun.

Finding the perfect bed...

Sammy has had a hard time sleeping at night. He gets horrible gas pains... makes me so sad. The bassinet has been particularly difficult. He hates it!!! We've been having him sleep in his bouncer, and he seems to do better in that, though not great. We decided to ask our neighbors, the Brunson's, if we could borrow their bassinet to test it out. Sam loved it, so we bought him his own. He was giggling when we put him in his for the first time. He learned quickly how to rock himself in it by kicking off the end of it. He is a very clever little baby. Love him!

Bouncer

 New Bassinet