Jade, One Month!

  We reached the one month mark already! Feels longer and shorter then that all at the same time. Jade is a comfortable weight and is gaining right on track, weighing in at 9 lbs 7oz, she doesn't feel quite so newborn and fragile anymore which is nice. Breastfeeding is going much smoother than last time and I can already see some chub on her legs, much different than Hazel as she didn't gain super well for the first 6 weeks. We are out of the newborn clothes and into 0-3 clothes. Jade has been a lovely baby so far, maybe because I know what I'm doing this time, maybe just a character thing. One thing that we have noticed so far is that Jade is either content or she is NOT, which I hear may be contributed to the redhead traits. 

We have a nice system going with Jade sleeping in her crib during the day and in the bassinet in our room closet during the night. I'm hoping we can keep this up for a while as so far she is a lot quieter of a sleeper then Hazel was (or I'm less paranoid?), But Jade may outgrow the bassinet quicker then I want her too.

Night time feedings have been going well and she has done some four hour stretches already, though typically she does three hours. So far the hardest thing has been waking up fast enough as Jade doesn't give much warning, she is either sleeping or awake and crying quite loudly and my brain just doesn't quite wake up that fast! Though I have a feeling it will learn to. 😅

Hazel is starting to adjust and I'm learning how to teach Hazel about Jade. We took out the baby toys so that Hazel has some toys to give to Jade when she is sad. Hazel is learning how to help burp the baby and helps find outfits when we are changing Jade. Hazel has learned that when Jade cries she typically needs milk and is happy to help with the blankets if Jade got "to much milk". 

Looking forward to seeing these girls grow up together, though hopefully not to fast!

Jared was pretty excited when this outfit fit already, as he was looking forward to his little giraffe again if the baby was a little girl!