Another day in Paradise: One Month Old!!!!

Holy cow!!! How has a month already flown by!?!? It's hard to believe that Rylee has been in our lives for a whole month now. It has been amazing and we are having so much fun with her. She honestly makes me laugh every day. She makes the funniest little faces and has started to develop a little personality which I love. Lately she has started grunting a lot and we have come to the conclusion that this little girl can really pack a punch. We had no idea babies were so loud when they do their business. As Ryan said last night, "she farts like a man" haha We can't do anything but look at each other and just laugh, most of the time asking "was that you?".

She is growing up so fast and I swear she changes every day. She has gone from drinking 2-4 ounces per feeding to anywhere from 5-8 ounces! I am trying to keep up with her in the feeding department. Unfortunately she never did latch on and it got to be WAY too frustrating for both of us. Luckily she is still getting what she needs but pumping is such a pain!

Her sleep pattern is pretty consistent at about 2-4 hours most of the time. At night though she seems to sleep for longer intervals, WOOHOOO!!! The other night she slept from 10pm to 4am...it was amazing!!! We have a pretty good system going...even if we do go to bed at 8-9 o'clock most nights! I am up with her all night and then Ryan takes the first, early morning shift before he goes to work. I tried the whole "sleep when she sleeps" thing and it's just not working. She is wide awake in the morning when I want to be sleeping and then in the middle of the day when she wants to sleep, I am wide awake. Thankfully I don't feel sleep deprived, so we must be doing something right! During the day I have started putting her in her crib for naps, we want to make her transition a little more comfortable. She is growing so fast that she is going to out-grow her bassinet before we know it.

Things that Rylee likes...

The fan...She puts her head way back and just stares at it with her mouth wide open!

Bath time...She loves being in the water and having the water poured over her head--even more than she did before.

Looking at her "guys"...We have started to stimulate our little girls mind and she loved looking at the shapes. I told Ryan we have to do whatever we can to make her super smart because there is no way I will be able to help her with her math homework lol!!!

When Rylee is awake she is super alert and constantly looking around and is aware of things going on around her. Her dad has her working on her muscle strength and seems to think she will be walking be the end of the month haha She does hold her head up very well which I am really impressed with.