ONE Month Old!

I can hardly believe that a month has flown by! We celebrated Braylor being one month old on Thursday, June 30 (since there is not 31 days in June). This was also the day I found out that I would be working with the Eufaula City Schools for the upcoming school year. We had lots to celebrate, so we went to eat at Old Mexico. This was the first outing since Braylor was born, and we enjoyed it so much!
A few things about Braylor that I don't want to forget:

• He drinks 4oz. of milk every 2 hours.  That means I breastfed every two hours for the first part of the month. It took him 30-40 minutes to eat- 15-20 minutes on each breast! Needless to say, I was about to pull my hair out! By the time he finished, I only had an hour and twenty minutes before feeding again! This barely left me enough time to take a shower and get dressed! After going to his 2 week checkup, we learned that he was still weighing in at 8.6 lbs. He had not gained, but he had not lost, either. So, I started supplementing with formula. I would feed him off my breast, then give him a bottle with an ounce of formula. Shortly after, I began pumping. Even though I pumped every two hours, I had my milk in 10 minutes...MUCH better than being tied down for 40 minutes! This showed me that I was producing an ounce of milk, where he was needing two ounces at each feeding. The two ounces didn't last long, so we bumped it up to three, then four. He is a growing boy!
• He loves to play on his jungle gym and listen to music!
• He only wakes up 2 or 3 times during the night..usually around 12 or 1 then again at 3 or 4.  
• We make SURE to keep him awake after 5:30 or 6 p.m. so he will sleep at night.
• He doesn't like taking a bath! We just introduced the whale tub as his 1 month was approaching.
• His poop looks just like mustard! He grunts and smiles and it takes him 10 minutes to finish! :)
• On June 28th, he weighed 9.9lbs. Big Boy!

I never thought I could love something or someone so much! He has my heart!