November 1, 2010
Happy One Month Birthday! We are in awe at how quickly the past month has flown by! You spent the first ten days of your life in the NICU at Baptist Hospital and then you officially moved into your house with Mommy & Daddy!
You are still sleeping the majority of the day, but in the past few days you have been staying awake really well in the afternoons. We love seeing your little eyes open and you make the cutest facial expressions.
You eat every three hours at 3/6/9/12 am & pm. You nurse for about 20 minutes or take a 2.5 ounce bottle of pumped milk. You hate being burped and prefer to pass gas like a frat boy as opposed to burping like a baby. Since you were premature your digestive system is still developing and you have some acid reflux issues. Thankfully, the doctor gave us a prescription that has reduced your spit-up episodes and helped you gain some weight. We wake you up for all of your night time feedings, you have been sleeping so well. We have had one rough night where you had a gassy tummy but so far, so good on the sleeping realm (probably just jinxed that one).
As of last week you are up to 6 pounds 1 ounce! That's 12 ounces up from your birth weight and 1 pound 4 ounces more than when we brought you home! Your little cheeks are starting to fill out, yay! You are still wearing some preemie clothes but they are a bit short through the leg. Newborn sizes fit better through the length but swallow your little waist, you will grow into them soon! I am proud that you have done so well gaining weight and will be thankful when we have the go ahead to stretch out your night time feedings.
Your Daddy and I are big time nick namers and rarely call each other by our first names. We have followed suit with you and only call you Liam if followed by Bird. We also call you Littleface, Wiggle Worm, Wigs, Buddy Boy, Little Man, Baby Bird, and Birdy Boy.
We are terribly in love with you Littleface. You have already blessed our lives so much and are teaching us a little more every day. Everyone that meets you thinks you are just the sweetest, cutest, littlest baby and we couldn't agree more. We thank the Lord for you every night and pray that we can be great parents for you!
Love you forever,
Mama
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