One Month Update

Our sweet little Luca is offically a month old.

What in the world??

He is growing up way too fast!

Little man loves a lot of things

 but he also dislikes some things as well.

He has such a personality already from birth

 to now at one month old. 

I can not wait to see how much more it develops

every month.

Luca loves being swaddled 

but you better have his arms out,

or he will pitch a fit

and start screaming really loud. 

Oh Joy! 

As you can tell in these pictures above,

he loves sleeping with his arms in the air

or near/on his face. 

Sweet boy also loves his dock a tot, 

and sleeps wonders in it. 

I believe at a couple days old, 

I tried out the dockatot 

because he was just not really 

sleeping at all just in his bassinet as is.

I know it isn't recommended to put anything

in the bassinet 

but you got to do what you got to do

in order for your child to sleep.

And once I put him in the dockatot,

he started sleeping anywhere between 3-5 hour 

increments instead of 1 hour. 

He has been so wide awake and alert since probably 2.5 weeks. 

But now in the last four days or so,

he has been staying awake longer during the day.

Usually between 2-4 hours before he takes his first nap. 

We still are not on a sleeping routine,

but the sleeping pattern he has right now,

I don't mind it at all. 

Little man sleeps at night between 3-4 hr increments.

Usually awake for the day between 8:30-9:30 am. 

Luca loves his mamaroo.

Thank the Lord. Wahoo!

I know some babies do and some don't.

That is the main reason we bought it used

rather than brand new. 

He usually will spend a couple hours total every day. 

Never stays in more than 30 minutes at a time.

Lately since he has been more alert and awake,

he hasn't been falling asleep in it 

but just looking and trying to figure

everything out. 

Since he was 1.5 weeks,

we have been going on daily walks together

at a nearby park.

We at least go 5 times a week.

He is such a good content boy 

when we go on our walks.

Sometimes we go by ourselves

but we have mainly been going with 

his cousin and his momma. 

Up until the past couple of days,

I have just been clipping his car seat into the stroller

and pushing him that way.

But now since he is growing, and I want him to be more

protected from the sun,

I clipped the regular stroller part onto it.

And y'all he loves laying all the way 

in that thing.

The straps are still really big,

but he loved being in it the whole time we were walking. 

Also I try to always go in the mornings before it gets unbearably hot,

but I still have the stroller fan attached

because it can still be quite toasty. 

Sweet boy loves doing skin to skin, 

and laying on our chests.

Especially his daddy's. 

Also when he is laying on mine or my husband's chest,

he has been holding his head up.

He started doing this very early on.
He will even push off our hands and make his way

up our chest. 

I have a feeling he will be crawling early,

as well as holding his head up completely.

He is our strong little boy. 

Luca had his first bottle of breastmilk at three weeks.

Which he loved it,

but still prefers the boobies. 

But it is nice to get a break every now and then.

Even though I have started pumping some,

and will pump either before I give him

his bottle or right after.

As of right now,

he has been usually eating 3 oz 

every 3 hours. 

And he usually has 3 bottles a day,

and the rest of the feedings are strictly 

breastfeeding. 

The 3 bottles a day started at the 4 week mark,

so the end of last week.

Before then I was just giving him 1 bottle a day.

He loves his boppy!!

And the past couple days I have been 

trying tummy time

but only for a couple minutes with it.

He is also still trying to get the hang of pacis 

but is getting so much better. 

Once his cord feel off,

he could finally have big boy baths.

He doesn't hate it,

but still hasn't figured it out yet.

But he loves being wrapped in his hooded towel

afterwards!!! 

Luca smiles all the time. 

but I think it is still gas related. 

He wears size newborn clothes and diapers.

Which I believe in the next week or so

he will be in 0-3 months. 

Because at close to 4 weeks,

his pants are starting to be a little snug

due to his belly. haha!

At almost 4 weeks he weighed 8 lbs 2 oz. 

{He weighed 7lbs 5 oz at birth, 

and dropped to 6 lbs 6 oz two days later}

He has definitely made up for the lost weight.

Luca's one month appointment

is in a couple days, 

and now I think he weighs close to 9lbs.

Big boy!!

That is all for now y'all!!

Can not wait to see where our boy

will be next month.

Even though time should slow down.

He is already growing way too fast.