To Lucille - Month One

To Little Lu on your One Month Birthday

This past month has been the getting to know you phase. When you first got home both your dad and I weren't exactly sure what to do with you. Luckily, you were a very content baby and only seemed to fuss when you got hungry or tired. Of course maybe it wasn't so much that you were hungry, but that my way of solving any issue was with the boob. It worked, so I went with it. When I needed a break your dad would step in and implement the 5 "S"s as prescribed by Dr. Karp (the current Baby Guru for parents: Swaddle, Side-lying, Shush (very loudly), Shake (gently) and Suck.




You were a little slow to gain your birth weight back which gave me anxiety in the beginning as I didn't know if you were getting enough milk. Yet another reason to give you unrestricted access to the boob. Happily, it worked. By the time your three week checkup came you had hit your birth weight and then some. What a relief as I really didn't want to supplement with formula. At this checkup you continued to measure high on both your length and head size - you must have gotten those genes from your father.



 In between weeks two and three your belly button fell off. Well kind of. I wasn't sure at first if there was something wrong, but my gut told me it didn't look right. I assumed when the cord fell off it would look, well like a belly button. We took her to the doctor to get an expert opinion and sure enough part of it fell off, but part remained. We ended up using silver nitrate to burn the rest of it off (painless for you).

Eventually it all come off and you had a perfect looking belly button. So it took almost a full month before your first bath. The look on your face when entering the water for the first time was priceless - it was pure shock. Like, WTF?!?! But just like your mommy, you settled in quickly and seemed to enjoy it.



It wasn't until the end of the month that you started showing signs of leaving the newborn phase. (Thank goodness!) You started sleeping longer at night. You also started becoming more predictable during the day. We would get up around 8:00am, eat and then be off for our morning walk by 9:00am. You stayed awake for maybe the first five minutes and then slept for the rest of the ride. At first I could only get two miles and now I have worked up to three.

You wake up promptly on arrival home for your next feeding session and then right back into your longest nap of the day. I would usually use this time to get my errands done carting you around with no problem at all. Per ususal you would wake, want to eat. After this you liked to play. Or at least that is what I like to to think. You would sit alert as I would read you books, sing you songs, and play with Mr. Moose (tracking him back and forth). We would usually end with tummy time which you hated and made your protests be known. You would then take another nap until later in the afternoon and then the schedule became more variable.













This month you had your first visitor! Emme (grandma Jill) showed up to help me get the house back in order to sell and of course see you. She was a great help, cooking and cleaning and sometimes even holding you when you weren't demanding to be fed. She also made you a wonderful  picture book with our family members so you could learn who was who early on.

You also had your first official road trip. We went on our yearly pilgrimage to Helen where you experienced your first Oktoberfest. It was a bit of a challenge driving the 2+ hours because of the frequency of your eating, but we managed. When you started crying your dad would pull over and I  would feed you in any random parking lot while he surfed the internet on his ipad.






 Once in Helen you slept through most of our activities, but did wake up to enjoy your first "Chicken Dance" at the Fest Hall. Your dad commented that this was probably the least we had ever drank at Oktoberfest with me have 0 beers and he only having 2.








Overall, you handled the trip like a champ and true Korb (or maybe Hendryx?) I think you may already be ready for a trip to the real Oktoberfest in Germany! Okay, maybe not just yet!





This month you also went to the wedding of our good friends Jay and Theresa. You were not as passive this time around and wanted to eat rather than dance the evening away. Your dad and I did get to squeeze in a few dances towards the end of the evening while you caught some shut-eye. at the wedding, you also got to meet another future friend- another Lucille! She is the daughter to our West coast friends Heather and Buzzy.



All in all it was a really great first month together.

This picture just cracks me up...the vomit dribbling from your mouth really does make you look like you partied like a rock star.

Lucille at One Month:

One Month Stats

- Weight: 9 lbs 6 oz  - 48th Percentile

- Height: 22 7/8 inches - 99th Percentile

- Head: 14 3/4 - 84 Percentile
- Still rocking the ambiguous Slate Blue Eyes
- Lighter Brown Hair ( still not the much hair, but in the light it looks light brown)
Milestones
- Your belly button fell off.
- You started following objects back and forth with your head. Mr. Moose especially.
- You started sleeping 3 to 4 hours at night,
- You started smiling (occassionally)
- You had more alert time- although still very minimal.


XOXO,

Momma and Daddy