Happy 1 Month Birthday!

I CANNOT believe how fast the last month has gone!!! I'm going to make a valiant effort to write a brief recap of the boys individually each month...we'll see how long that lasts, but were it not for mobiley uploading to Facebook, I'd already have forgotten many moments over the last month. Maybe one day I'll actually write stuff in a baby book. Ha!


Tony

Tony is the king of the drunk baby face as he eats like a champ! I will likely compile a series of his drunk face pictures at some point, because they are really hysterical.

While tiny, he's catching up in size to Alex and officially outgrew Preemie sized clothes on January 5th. It's going to be sort of sad to pack those away.

He's had some issues with a blocked tear duct in his left eye which necessitated my first call to his pediatrician when he was 10 days old. Overall, it's not bad...has only been goopy twice for a day or two.

He's always been the better eater of the two, but I finally figured out this week why he was getting so fussy after eating. We thought it was gas or colic, but it seems that he may just have mild infant reflux. (LOVE Google!) So I started keeping him more upright after eating and not putting pressure on his stomach for at least 20-30 minutes and he hasn't spit up (other than a little drool) or had a screaming fit once. Assuming this trend continues, I'll just discuss it with his doctor at his 2 month appointment in a few weeks. He's eating regularly, gaining weight, and sleeping almost as much as Alex (and Alex sleeps A LOT).

Tony loves his awake/play time. He loves looking at lights and the ceiling fans. Loves his swing. His legs are very strong and he scoots himself up towards the top of his crib. He seems like he'll be the one that is always running around and leaping before he looks.

Alex

Very early on, I nicknamed Alex "The Thinker" (it was December 9th actually) and also the "Sleep Expert" and those are both still 2 of his strongest personality traits (so is "Cry Baby", but that's less cute). When he's not sleeping or eating (or crying), he's wide awake looking around, taking everything in. He'll not only look before he leaps, but will sit there contemplating the best way to do so. Hopefully he balances his brother out a bit!

He was my little yellow jaundiced baby until shortly after 3 weeks. Thankfully that is gone, because he HATED naked baby sun time. He hates to be naked/exposed/cold. He's guaranteed to cry/scream during diaper changes unless you catch him during one of his intermissions while eating. The kid takes his time eating and savors his meals (despite his regular gulping and initial attack). He is most content snuggling against his boobie...we're concerned that his first word will be boobie, but it's cute how much he loves those things!

Alex has slowly been transitioning from Newborn to 0-3 month clothes...just in time for Tony to get all of his hand me downs ;) He has good control of his head and arms, and thankfully is foot is starting to be almost "normal". At birth his right foot was turned out to the right at an almost 90 degree angle because he had been holding Tony up with his foot and it was tweaked that way. We were told it wasn't anything to worry about and that it'd straighten out on its own, which it appears to be doing with a little stretching help from the 'rents.

Happy Birthday Little Men!