Mirei

Mirei is one month old today! This past month has been a blur, and I can’t believe how fast time is flying this time around.

(As I did with Mio, I’ll be taking photos of Mirei sitting in my white desk chair and wearing her monthly onesie every month until she’s one year old.)

The Rundown at One Month…

Stats: You’ve definitely plumped up! We took you to the doctor this past weekend and you weighed 10 lbs 4.5 oz. You’re feeding very well and sleep a lot too, and you’ve gotten noticeably heavier in the past couple weeks. Your arms and legs, which seemed skinny at birth, are now pretty chubby, and your cheeks (which were quite impressive to begin with) have filled out even more. We’ve introduced bottle-feeding with pumped milk to give me some freedom, and we’re impressed that you drink a solid 4 – 5 ounces at once sometimes!

Things You’re Doing Now: We love watching you when you’re awake, because you always stare back or look around with a very intense, wide-eyed look as if you’re always startled. You sleep well during the night and after we feed you and put you to bed at around midnight, you only wake up to feed around 3am and then 5/6am and go right back to sleep after nursing, so we haven’t been too sleep-deprived! During the times that you’re awake during the day, you are sensitive and seem to always want human touch and warmth, so I have to constantly hold you or put you in the Ergo baby carrier if I want to multi-task. You don’t seem to like the swing as much as your big sister did, but like being rocked in the bouncer. Your umbilical cord stump fell off relatively quickly within the first week, so we’ve been giving you baths every couple days. You would scream and cry every time for the first few weeks, but you seem to be a little calmer the past couple times we’ve bathed you. You make a lot of funny sounds while sleeping, and we can’t help but chuckle at all the coos, whimpers, wheezes and grunts that we hear coming from your bassinet. You liked the pacifier for the first week but like Mio, you didn’t seem to care for it much afterwards — which is probably a good thing, since we want to avoid pacifier addiction (it can be embarrassing if you’re still sucking on one at two or even three years of age!). Your neck seems like it’s already somewhat strong, and we noticed you’ve been starting to lift your head for a couple seconds at a time before we even started tummy time. Your legs muscles also seem to have been strong from birth, as you’re always trying to push against the floor or our legs while we’re holding you upright, as if you’re attempting to stand… must be from all the kicking you did inside the womb! Though you can be fussy at times, we feel so blessed and fortunate that you are so healthy and sweet, and we’re looking forward to watching you grow in the coming months and years. But while I was anxious for Mio to grow up and start talking, walking, etc., I don’t feel like I’m as in a hurry this time around now that I know how fast it will all fly by… so don’t grow up too fast! We want to cherish each of these moments with you.