Waylon: One Month

I really meant to write Thanksgiving week but with the family in town I just ran out of time.  We had a lovely holiday and it was nice to have my parents and brother, sister-in-law and nephew here to celebrate and meet little Waylon.  Some pics...

He was a little crankypants for this photo but still super cute.

Here is Grandma hanging out with Gino and Waylon:

And here is Waylon meeting his sister for the first time:

It was a really nice week.

Anyhoo, Monday was Waylon's 1 month birthday!  I took him to the doctor in the morning for his 1-month check up.  He's 23 inches tall (92nd percentile) and weighs 9 lb. 8 oz. (40th percentile).  Basically, he's a tall and skinny lad but he's gaining weight at the right pace (I'm constantly worried about this) so the doctor said everything is fine.

The doctor also said he's sleeping pretty well; he usually eats around 10 at night then sleeps until about 3 when he wakes up to eat.  After that, he's right back to sleep until around 7:30 or 8.  He literally has been doing this since we brought him home and everyone keeps telling me how lucky I am to have such a good sleeper.

He's definitely getting more alert by the day and has even started smiling a little bit.  He holds his head and chest up like a little champ during tummy time.  He's not really a fan of the swing (which is great, since we have two of them!)  I'm kind of concerned that he seems to want to be held a lot. At night, he can put himself to sleep after the 3 a.m. feeding no problem, but during the day sometimes the only thing that will soothe him is being held.  I don't want that to become a habit but Scott says it's fine when babies are this young.  I'm thinking about getting Happiest Baby on the Block to make myself feel better about it.  Any thoughts/suggestions on that?

Supposedly, my nursery bedding should be here this week (I'm so done ordering off Etsy) so I can finally post some pics of Waylon's room.  Stay tuned!

Here is Little Man on his 1 month birthday: