Wesley's one-month stats

Wesley turned one month old on Thursday but had his one-month pediatrician appointment yesterday.

He's never really in the mood for these block photos ...

 Weight: 11 pounds, 2 ounces (85th percentile) ... his birth weight was 7 pounds, 14 ounces

Height (I don't think this is exact - I don't think lined up properly):
23 inches (95th percentile)

Head: 39 cm (50th percentile)

Current developments include gaining neck strength, wearing cloth diapers (we started at about 2.5 weeks, after his cord fell off - which happened at day 9 or 10, I think, which was MUCH earlier than Elle's - and we were out of newborn disposables), smiling, "laughing," and dishing out some colic. He's a sweet little boy and we love him to pieces, but I feel like he cries a lot more than Elle did. And for no reason, sometimes. I posted this photo to Instagram, and Tim agreed the caption is pretty much dead-on.

He's usually either really peaceful like this ... or really not. #letsfindthemiddlegroundkid

Current habits include sleeping a lot and nursing a lot. His daytime sleep is still hard to pin down - some days he's more alert/sleepy than others. But he typically sleeps in 1.5-3 hour stretches at night (usually the first stretch is the longest, then the rest are much shorter). He nurses about every 2 hours during the day (it's kind of scary how to-the-minute he usually is). At night, he'll go a little bit longer. We introduced the bottle when he was about three weeks old and he's had one most days since. The last few nights before he turned one month old he actually went 4-4.5 hours between feedings and therefore had some decent 3ish-hour stretches of sleep, too. I'm hoping that trend continues. His long stretch is usually right after I put Elle to bed, though, and so far I use part of that sleeping time to get stuff done around the house, so I'm not able to take full advantage of the longer stretch of sleep. I'm also always kind of holding my breath that he's about to wake up.) I'm hoping things naturally shift back a little so that he'll sleep that longer stretch a tiny bit later, like when my "normal" bedtime is, but I'm not holding my breath yet. (I haven't slept for more than 3.5 hours at a time in over a month - not fun to think about!)

But overall it could be much worse. And it's definitely getting better. The whole "I have no hunger cues because as soon as I wake up I'm hungry and screaming like a banshee" thing isn't exactly pleasant, but we're all learning to deal with it. 

My biggest issue currently is that he's not a fan of sleeping on his back. Which means he's not a fan of sleeping in the Pack N Play. Which means he sleeps mostly in the swing or bouncy seat. He doesn't like to be swaddled, but I've broken out the Miracle Blanket in the hopes that it works miracles and he'll sleep in the Pack N Play for at least a few hours at night. I'm not trying to reinvent the sleep pattern at one month old, but I'm definitely interested in tweaking it.

Current loves include eating. That's about it. Oh, and baths. He doesn't like diaper changes or being hungry.

Current nicknames Bro, Bud, Buddy, Squish. I don't think we're as generous with the nicknames this time around - Elle had like 30 in her first year.

We're kind of surprised at how much weight he gained. Tim and I both felt like he was more solid (and he'd lost his bony little butt!), and I thought he seemed longer, but it appears he filled out way more than either of us expected. At least I know that he's getting plenty to eat ...