1-Month Milestones & Pictures

CJ turned 1-month old on Sunday and had his 1-month well baby visit with the pediatrician yesterday. He now weighs 8 lbs 6 oz and is 22" long, compared to 7 lbs 3oz and 19" when he was born. The pediatrician was very happy that he's growing and gaining weight!

He still sleeps a lot and eats every 2-3 hours during the day. He likes to be up unfortunately during late evening hours (~9-1am) and then sleeps for 2-4 hour stretches--last night was his first 4 hour stretch from midnight to 4am!

He loves grunting and making all sorts of squeaking, whimpering, and giggling noises- especially in his sleep, and making lots of funny faces from extreme happy to surprise to the saddest face you've ever seen all in just seconds.

Here are a few of CJ's other first month milestones and 1-month photos:

Discoveries - thumbs and fingers (especially sucking on them), mom's necklace-which he loves to grab, and the mobile above his swing

Accomplishments - pushing up off mom and dad's chests and holding his head up, rolling onto his side, and smiling

Grandma Bonds with CJ in NY

After a fun-filled 15-day visit, Grandma had to fly back to California on Thursday. We had such a fun time while she was here, but with CJ's rash, constant spitting up, and inconsistent sleeping pattern, it was quite stressful too!

One of our first adventures was our second visit to the pediatrician to check on CJ's weight gain. It was the biggest snow storm of the season, and we had to walk 7 blocks to get there. CJ was bundled up in the sling and mom's jacket. Mom was so worried about slipping and making sure CJ could breathe!


Fortunately, our trip was successful and CJ had gained weight since our last visit. Here are some pictures of mom, grandma and CJ bonding back at home.







And here's CJ's first photo with mom and dad at home.


CJ also had other visitors on the weekend of his 2-week birthday. Mom's friends, Becky and Emily came over as well as Mike and Hillary France and Courtney and Kal. Here's a picture of all the boys!


Once the weather got better, we took many walks with grandma. CJ loves his stroller!




We saw the pediatrician 3 times while grandma was here because CJ's rash seemed to be getting worse. Here's CJ at the pediatrician's office when his rash was at it's worst.


We thought it looked terrible and didn't want to take any pictures or have anyone over to see him! But, the pediatrician said it is common and to treat it with Cortizone, which we've done, and thankfully it's almost completely healed now.

There were chores to be done too. Mom and grandma finished painting the last coat of paint on CJ's new dressers, and dad helped too by drilling the holes for the new green and blue knobs.


To complete CJ's new room, we also went to Pottery Barn Kids to pick up his new rug and shelves.


We'll post pictures of the completed room soon. Though we've mostly been taking the bus around the city, CJ got to take his first cab ride since it was the only way to get everything back home.


CJ's most traumatic day so far was seeing the oral surgeon to fix his tongue tie.


We're not sure who it hurt more. CJ screamed like crazy, and mom had to sit in the dentist chair holding him and his arms down. Grandma just ran out of the room!

On a more pleasant note, CJ got to see both grandmas together when Alix came in to the city for lunch. He's so lucky to have such great grandparents!


To see lots more pictures from Grandma's visit, click on CJ's Photo Journal.