julia at one month

Our new pediatrician doesn't schedule one month well baby check-ups, so we don't have any official measurements to share about Julia at this milestone. Here are our observations:

She loves to sleep during the day and not so much at night. Right now she's only sleeping about 3 hrs at a time. We're hoping that soon we'll get her schedule flipped so that we can all get some sleep at night!

Julia is a NOISY sleeper! We've had to get used to lots of grunts and groans and mumbles coming through the monitor in the middle of the night.

She is slow to wake up, just like her mom.

Her Soothie pacifiers are her best friends, but she still hasn't quite figured out how to keep them in her mouth as long as she would like. This is especially problematic when she is sleepy and needs to soothe on the pacifier, so one of us usually has to help hold it in her mouth (sometimes 15 minutes or more!) until she falls asleep.

Julia prefers the Moby wrap to the ring sling when we're carrying her around.

Madeline was a very efficient eater, taking about 15-20 minutes for the entire eat/burp/spit-up/back to sleep routine. We didn't know how good we had it back then, but now we do! Julia takes about an hour to get through the cycle.

Julia knows our voices and settles down when we talk to her, even for Madeline.

We've started seeing a couple of smiles here and there -- they just melt your heart!

Overall, Julia is a content little girl who is pretty slow to fuss and quick to settle down. We're looking forward to learning more about her personality over the coming months!