1 Month Check In

[lindy]

I saw this on another board and thought we could have one too!  I'm not sure what to include but here are a few things.

Birth Weight/Length
Current Weight/Length
Size of clothing and diapers
What are they up to? Any new skills?
Anything random and a photo if you want.

I will post mine later today or tomorrow once I know weight/length.

[Deleted]

Aug 26, 2015 8:23:09 GMT -5 lindy said:

I saw this on another board and thought we could have one too!  I'm not sure what to include but here are a few things.

Birth Weight/Length
Current Weight/Length
Size of clothing and diapers
What are they up to? Any new skills?
Anything random and a photo if you want.

I will post mine later today or tomorrow once I know weight/length.

we are 1 month today!!
B was 7 lbs 12 Oz, 21 inches at birth and back to that weight at 16 days.
I have no idea what she weighs now or her length, but she fills out her clothes better.
She is between newborn and 0-3 month clothes. I have lots of hand-me-downs, so 0-3 is stretched out, so it is too big, but brand new onsies fit great. She wears size 1 diapers. I tried her cloth diapers on, but she looked like an ompah loompah and could not bend, so we have a few more weeks before we can start.
I think smiles will start soon, I feel like she actually looks at me and focuses. She plays on her play mat and will lay there for 30 min or so looking around and batting at things. She had also started making happy baby noises which I love!
I am going to take photos today, so I will post soon.

[runningmommy519]

He was a month old on the 15th.

Started at 4lbs 5.8oz and 18 inch. Was measured last week and weighed 7lbs 2 oz and 21.5 inches tall

Still in newborn. They are getting small in length though

Getting good at holding head up. Gives gas smiles and focusing his eyes more.

[abvintage]

One month today!

Brith weight/length: 7lbs 11oz/20.5"
Current weight: 8lbs 10oz
Clothing sizes: Newborn pants and shorts but 0/3 for onesies!
Milestones: He rolled from tummy to back last week! Getting more smiley too!


We used butt paste for the sunscreen, lol

[motownthrowdown]

Birth weight/length: 1 pound 14 ounces, 13.5 inches
Current weight/length: as of last week, 6 pounds 7.8 ounces 18.5 inches long
Clothing size: some of the larger preemie clothes still fit, but newborn does too. It's a little big still.

Amelia rolled from her stomach to her back yesterday. Very exciting. She eats 90 mls now, and uses the regular preemie nipple instead of the ultra preemie.

[htuzzi324]

1 month Friday but were in the 4 week limbo so here I am.
Birth: 7lbs 1oz/18 inches
Last week he was 8lbs 6oz/20.75 inches
Still rocking the newborn everything.
Rolling. Lots of rolling tummy to back and now back to side before he gets distracted. And he noticed the monkeys on his bouncer. He spent 10 minutes looking back and forth between them.
His head control is coming along.

[lindy]

I have his stats but no photos because he has been very grumpy. I will just add a 4 week photo.

At birth he was 8lb 4oz and 21 inches. At 1 month he is now 11lb 8oz and 22.5 inches.

He is wearing all 3 month clothing and is in OS cloth diapers. Some of the 3 month stuff is starting to get short so I will probably start 6 month PJs soonish.

He is rolling belly to back and has started to track toys and faces. He is making happy baby noises and happy faces but no social smiles.

[ampaints]

Sunday was one month, just had his one month check up today.

Birth 6 lbs, 20 inches.
Today 7 lbs 10 ounces, 21.75 inches.

More alert time, eye contact, and rolls over every time during tummy time. Pediatrician thinks he's might have a like colic, so we're going to try to react to that during his evening fussiness.

[Deleted]

Here is the 1 month pic I took of B. She is having a happy day.  

[mrspiatt]

Alison turned a month old yesterday (8/27)
Birth Weight/Length- 6lbs 6oz and 19"
Current Weight/Length- 9lbs and 21"
Size of clothing and diapers- newborn for both
What are they up to? Any new skills? Allison is much more alert during the day and she is starting to babble. I love it!
Here are a couple pictures from our one month photo shoot. We took these right before midnight, we barely made it.

[arimaythea]

O is one month old today! (8/28)

Birth Weight/Length: 7 lbs 12 oz and 20 in
Current Weight/Length: 8 lbs 9 oz as of this past Tuesday, don't know length.
Size of clothing and diapers: Newborn clothing but just switched to size 1 diapers.
What are they up to? Any new skills? He can roll from his stomach to his back and he seems to be on the verge of being able to smile!

He was not thrilled for his 1 month photo shoot this morning, so here's a picture from last night as well.

[bcmomsaysso]

One month well visit today!

Cora is 8lbs 6oz (up from 6lbs 15oz birth weight) and 21 1/4 inches talk (up from 20) so she's growing!

Had second hep b vac which she took surprisingly well, only cried out for a few seconds then was fine. So far, a clean bill of health - woohoo!

Wearing newborn/0-3 but the newborns are getting tight now. Size 1 diapers.

We've caught a few smiles and adorable coos from our little lady. I'm slightly jealous to say she smiles more for daddy than me

And some sleepy cuteness:

[bcmomsaysso]

mrspiatt those pictures are adorable! the second picture with the giraffe is my favorite

[mrspiatt]

Thanks bcmomsaysso! I love the giraffe one too, it's my new FB profile picture! lol

[kaeguri]

You guys are making me feel like my child is the hulk haha.

4 weeks today!

Birth: 8lb 15oz, 21"
Today: about 11.8lbs (according to my crappy scale so could be more or less), 22.5"

She grew out of NB size everything at 13 days, and has already outgrown her 0-3mos onesies. She can still wear 0-3mos dresses (if they don't snap at the crotch) but moved into 3-6mos onesies and pjs yesterday. And yet somehow she still can't fit into OS CDs yet, so we're still in NB CD.

She's staring right at people when they hold her and talk to her, she can roll on her side and almost all the way over, and is the noisiest child ever haha. She's constantly making little sighs, grunts, what sounds like a cross between a velociraptor and elephant, squeaks regardless of if she's awake or sleeping. It's hilarious.

Last night, trying to teach her table manners. She wasn't impressed at the lack of milk at the table.

[lemon200]

Elaine was one month old yesterday! (9/4)

Birth weight: 6lbs 14oz, she dropped down to 6lbs 4oz after birth

Current weight: 9lbs 6oz

Size of clothing/diapers: 0-3 for clothing and switched to size 1 on Wednesday!

She might be smiling, she loves looking around and looking at the light coming through the window! I think she is better at focussing on people's faces now. She has pretty good head control when she's doing tummy time laying on me but I think I need to be better at getting her to lie on a mat and do it. She is also crazy noisy, she grunts all the time!

Here she is in front of our new house!

[ajetter]

Thea was one month on the 28th.

Birth Weight/Length: 6lb 14oz (6lb 5oz at discharge) 18.5 in
Current Weight/Length: 10lb 10oz and 22.5in at one month
Size of clothing and diapers: 0-3 month and size one
What are they up to? Any new skills?: fighting sleep like its her job. Also holds her head really well and rolls tummy to back on occasion.



Still can't get over how much she has grown!

[hopefulreturn]

One month on 9/1 and had our appointment at the end of the week.
Birth Weight/Length 7lbs/19.75in.

Current Weight/Length 8lbs 11oz/20.75in.

Size of clothing and diapers
Still in newborn for both though some clothes are getting too short. Some 0-3 fit her now. I bought size 1 diapers but they're a bit huge! She's a long and lean girl.
How did you know when to switch diapers?

What are they up to? Any new skills?
She's getting strong at pushing up on my chest and during tummy time. Her heads bobbing all around. She's always been alert when awake, but the time periods are lengthening.

Anything random and a photo if you want.
Time seems to be moving fast and slow at the same time. I'm stuck in a place where I want to keep her small and cuddly, but I'm also looking forward to her gaining weight to where the pedi is happy, breastfeeding to feel routine for us, and her sleeping through the night!

[esgrunner]

Sept 6, 2015 7:22:17 GMT -5 hopefulreturn said:

How did you know when to switch diapers?

Yes, I'm curious too.

[arimaythea]

Sept 6, 2015 7:48:34 GMT -5 esgrunner said:

Sept 6, 2015 7:22:17 GMT -5 hopefulreturn said:

How did you know when to switch diapers?

Yes, I'm curious too.

We switched once we had 2 episodes of pee leaking. The 1s seemed big at first but we didn't have any more leaks after we switched. Changing diapers also lead to changing clothing size since the newborn onesies got too tight around the diaper area.

[joi922]

Sept 6, 2015 7:48:34 GMT -5 esgrunner said:

Sept 6, 2015 7:22:17 GMT -5 hopefulreturn said:

How did you know when to switch diapers?

Yes, I'm curious too.

You can go by the pounds listed on the box, but this really depends on the build of your kids, so we always considered them more of a general guide.  My kids are/were both long and lean, so we generally didn't have fit issues with the edges of diapers cutting into chubby legs or bellies so that the baby looks/looked uncomfortable. 

Instead, we based it on how far the tabs reached and blow outs.  For instance, if we start off in size ones and the tabs reach to the middle so they're almost touching, we'll start thinking about moving to the next size up with the tabs are closer to the hip bones.  But really, for us, it came down to how much the diapers could hold.  Once we had a couple blow outs (of pee or poo), and we knew the diapers weren't in a funky position when they happened, we figured that was a sign that our baby needed the next size up (i.e., a diaper that could hold more). 

[zonagirl]

Ava turned 1 month on Friday!
She was 6lbs 11 oz at birth but dropped down to 6 lbs 2 oz when we left the hospital.
At her three week appointment she was up to 7lbs. 9 oz. I don't go in again until two months. Five weeks seems like a long time to go without knowing how much/if my baby is gaining!
She is still in newborn but I also put her in 0-3 if all the newborn onsies are dirty. 0-3 are still a bit big on her but they are easier to put on because they are looser! We do bamboo cloth diapers that are for 6-22 lbs.
She loves to listen to people sing and I feel like she is a little more aware of people. The other night MH handed her to me and it looked like her whole face lit up. We both saw it. But she hasn't done it again so...
We did her one month photos yesterday and it was kind of crazy. We only had a few seconds of happiness to work with as you can tell by the second pic. I'm not crazy about the aesthetic but MH put it together really quickly. It seems like everything we do lately is kind of in a panic; we are always hoping our actions are pleasing to our little dictator!

[queenb]

Today Ben is 1 month old!

8lbs 9oz and almost 22" at birth - I think he's about 10lbs now but not sure on his exact measurements.

He has graduated to size 1 diapers. Mostly wearing 0-3 month clothes. He has some newborn stuff that still fits, but it's getting tight and too short in the legs/torso.

Really likes car rides, walks, baths, and staring at light fixtures. We're working on being awake and content... He can be a pretty fussy boy.

[Deleted]

A little late since she was 1 month on the 29th....oops
Birth Weight/Length:
Current Weight/Length:
8lbs 9oz (8lbs 0oz at discharge). Up to 9lbs 11oz. Length was 20.25 at birth and up to 22 at her 2 week appointment, not sure at 1 month.

Size of clothing and diapers: Can still fit in newborn and 3 month clothes, size 1 diapers.

What are they up to? Any new skills?
Anything random and a photo if you want.
Looks for her brother and dad when she hears them come home, makes various facial expressions, likes her mat, tummy time and the bath! Much more alert.

I think I posted her 1 month picture in the outside photos, so here is a newer photo!

[gr8tdanemom]

Emma was 1 month on the 2nd.

She was 8lbs 12 oz at birth and 9lbs 6oz at 2 weeks. I haven't weighed her recently but I'm guessing ten and a half pounds. She has baby boobies and rolls.

I have no idea on her length.

She is out of newborn clothes and in 0-3 and in size 1 diapers.

She is getting good at holding her head up and focusing on me. Smiles are close, she will smirk but I can't wait for the big gummy smiles. She is awake for longer stretches during the day now and nurses much faster.

She loves baths and her swing and being held! Normally pretty happy but likes to be held in the evenings. Here is a recent pic

[shannonabigail]

Owen turned 1 month yesterday!

Birth weight 7lb14oz; weight as of today 8lb15oz

Still in nb diapers and pants. Some nb onesies are getting too short but the 0-3 month ones seem to still swallow him.

Little man hates tummy time but loves his rock and play. He has slept through the night twice and will break out of any sort of swaddle. He is pretty awesome.

[misstunes]

One month yesterday for little miss L

Birth weight/length 8lb8oz 21.5in

Current weight/length 10b10oz 23in

Clothing size 0-3mos or 3mos still fits on newborn non-footed pants

Diapers- size 1 and small gdiapers

New skills- starting to smile intentionally, I think, also makes the cutest cooing noises when her diaper gets changed.




Eta pic

[melohdy]

Birth: 6lbs 6oz and 19in
Now: 7lbs 12oz and 21in
Clothes: mostly still newborn and some 0-3

[RandomName]

DS was one month on the 8th. I'm behind the times.

Birth weight: 8lbs 10oz

Current Weight: on Sept 3rd 10lbs 6oz (we don't have an appointment until his 2 month check - so I know he's more than that now).

Diapers: Size 2 and One size cloth

Clothes: some 3-6 months for pants/shorts, 6 months the rest.

[astheria]

1 month today!

Birth stats: 7.5 lbs. 20.75 inches

went down to 6 lbs 11 oz, was back to 7 lbs 11oz and 21 inches at 2 weeks
Current: based on the scale at home 8.8 lbs and 21.5 inches or so

Diapers size 1 barely. But we have do many of them that we decided to go ahead and move up.

Clothes newborn still fit best, 0-3 are still big on him.

New skills: picking up his head a ton. Can flip over on uneven surfaces with the right leverage haha. But he can only go about half way from tummy to back during tummy time. I swear he smiled at me earlier, but it might have been gas still . Hoping for more advances in the next few weeks.