Mom For A Moment: One Month Old....Wait. What?

Hard to believe Zane is a month old. An exciting month it has been since we have been to a wedding, a funeral and on a week long vacation at the beach since his birth. He is a baby on the go for sure. I have yet to start the birth announcements! Whose idea was birth announcements anyway? I mean if you know me or my family, you know the baby is here. I think birth announcements are from years of old when mail was popular and email did not exist, however instead of sending email announcements (not a bad idea now that I think about it), it has turned into a tradition of spending a lot of money on paper and stamps to tell everyone what they already know. : ) That said, I do love getting baby announcements, so I too, will be sending them. Can't say when they will got out, but they will go out! The kids start school next Wednesday with Alaina's first full day next Friday so I am ~~absolutely sure~~ hoping that I will be able to get more done, including the birth announcements and the commencement of some type of exercise regimen. We shall see!

We did go to the pediatrician today for Zane's one month appointment and my sweet husband came as well. It is the first well baby check up he has ever been to! I think it is sweet that he wants to be part of as much as he can knowing that Zane will grow so quickly, as the other two have. So Zane, who was 6 lbs 4 oz at birth and 6 lbs 2 ozs at his initial weight check on June 25th is now 8 lbs 8 ozs! Luckily he is a pro at feeding and since he is my third, I know what I am doing too. We are a good team. : ) Funny to think back on how it took three people to breastfeed one baby (I will spare you the details of how that went down) or it would require 6 pillows for positioning, or I would schedule my entire life around feedings. Heck, I have fed Zane in the minivan (parked and in motion...no I was not the one driving!), the doctors office, a convention hall, on the beach, and even popped a squat on the floor at a recent consignment sale to feed. Not saying I enjoy that, but Mom's gotta do what Mom's gotta do when baby is hungry.

Zane is slowly becoming more and more alert each day and we are working toward a routine that I have come to believe in: eat, awake, sleep...repeat. Better than a "schedule", although it does eventually develop into one, I think the "EASY" routine as coined by the Baby Whisperer is most natural and effective in establishing a functional and predictable life for he and I. Zane is still eating every 3 to 3 1/2 hours around the clock and although I am ~~praying with every ounce of my being~~ hoping that he will start to go longer at night, I won't push it for another two or three weeks since he was born early and is so young. Zane is also starting to hold his head up for a few seconds at a time when he is held in a sitting position and up on my shoulder for burping and he is working very hard to find his hands and fingers to suck on. His baby acne and cradle cap have gotten worse, but I can tell already that he does not have the "allergic" skin like Conner had. Thank goodness! So enough writing, here are some pictures from today! : )