Malachi's First Month

Malachi's First Month

Wow!!!  I can't believe Malachi is already a month old.  Time has flown by.  What is so weird though, is the first three weeks, didn't seem to fly by.  But then all of a sudden he was a month old and we were taking month old pictures.  Time has flown ever since then.

I have truly enjoyed the first month.  He has done a great job getting on a schedule and sticking to it.  It took us a couple of weeks, but by week 3 we were well on our way to a daily schedule.

Our schedule looks something like this.

7:00- wake up time

7:15-clean diaper and breakfast

8:30- diaper change and back to sleep

11:00- diaper change and lunch

12:30- diaper change and mid afternoon nap

3:00- diaper change and mid afternoon meal

4:30-5:15- diaper change and nap

5:15-5:45-diaper change and play time

5:45-6:30- nap before Daddy gets home

6:30-7:00-play time with Daddy

7:00- Daddy gives you a bath

7:30-swing, bouncy seat, or play mat time, while Mommy and Daddy eat

8:00- Rocking time and sleep

11:00- diaper change, another feeding, and back to bed

3:00-4:00am- diaper change and last feeding of the day

7:00am- another day begins

I think Malachi is about to drop his 3:00-4:00am feeding.  Instead of taking a full 5 ounces, he only will take a couple and then goes straight back to bed.  We are going to try to give him an extra ounce at his 11 o'clock feeding.  I am hoping this will get him through all night.

I have always said I wasn't going to rock my kids to sleep, but...Malachi loves to be rocked!!!  I guess all the constant moving and rocking I did while pregnant has had an effect.  Oh well, I love to rock him.

Malachi had his first official bath at two weeks old.  He looks really big in this photo but I think it's the angle of the camera.

 

Here are some other photos from this month.

Malachi and Daddy's first story.  Malachi has heard this story about once a week since he was conceived.

He loves this giraffe.  Thanks Mimi and Pop!!!

 Malachi had not been sleeping very well on his back.  I know you are not supposed to let babies sleep on their tummies, but we tried it out during nap time for a couple of days before letting him sleep on his tummy at night.  During this experiment I stayed in the den with him, which is where his pack n' play is.  I never left the room.  I discovered he slept the entire 3 hours of his nap, instead of constantly waking up.  He also struggled with breathing and spitting up on his back.  This also disappeared with the tummy sleeping.

I mean look how cute he is on him tummy.  After a couple of days we decided it was OK for him to sleep at night on his tummy.  I was truly OK with this because we have an Angel Care Movement Monitor on top of a video baby monitor.  I of course watched him like a hawk for most of the night, but woke up at 6:00am and realized he hadn't woke up to be fed at 3:00!!  At first I was petrified.  I ran into his room and found a perfect little bundle sleeping so soundly.  Well sleeping through the night was short lived, and the very next night he woke up around 3:30 to eat!!  Oh well, waking up once a night is perfectly OK with me.  He eats at 11 before I go to bed, then between 3-4, and usually wakes up around 7!!  It works great for us.