Happy 1 Month Birthday Baby Girl!

Rowan is officially one month old.  (Well she was on the 21st!)  We are falling more and more in love with her everyday.  The month has brought a lot of welcomed changes.  She is smiling and working on cooing.  She typically smiles while she is being changed and when you talk to her up close.  It is so fun to see all of the changes.  She has a few different smiles so far. 

Who does not LOVE baby feet?

We are starting to recognize what each little grunt means now, when she needs to be changed, feed, she is hungry....etc.  This week I really started to notice that familiarity and was so appreciative of it and then of course we had one of those days where I could not do anything right and she was in my arms all day.  Just when you think you have it under control......hahaha.

Her personality is starting to show more and more.  When she was in my womb, if you would try to touch her little foot or arm sticking out she would instantly pull away.  That desire continues to hold true in the outside world as well.  Though she does love being held she is so much more independent than Lily was at this stage.  She will fuss to be set down, she wants to be next to you, in the same room or close but she does not want to be held all of the time.  It is a nice blessing because it gives me time to brush my teeth or grab water or whatever.  I remember there were many days when Lily was at this stage that I would not brush my teeth until noon because she could not be set down without a giant melt down.

Our nights are going so much better now too!  We have her positioned just right in bed and that seems to help.  She is sleeping anywhere from 3-5 hours at the beginning of the night and then 2-3 hours in the second half of the night.  We are also having a whole lot less trouble with getting her to fall back to sleep....before it would take at least an hour with every feeding, now at times it will only take 10 minutes of propping her upright before she is able to go back to bed.  A much needed relief.  So with positioning and my stopping dairy the reflux has calmed.