The Heavins: One Month Old

Okay, before I actually begin this post, I want to say that I 'probably' won't post every time Eli is another month older, but I can't promise that every post I make from now on won't be entirely about him! You have been warned! ;)

As you can see, Eli is already one month old. Actually, one month and three days, and I can't believe how quickly it is going! Anyone who is a parent always says how quickly the time goes and they aren't kidding! Mason and I are sure enjoying every minute of it, and it makes me sad to think about taking him to daycare. Luckily, I still have a little over a month before I will have to do so, which is wonderful!

Elias seems to be adjusting to life outside the womb pretty well. He hasn't mastered the whole "we sleep at night" thing, but I guess for a one month old he's doing pretty good! ;) He usually sleeps for three to four hours at a time before he's ready to eat. One night he actually slept for five. However, I didn't get to enjoy it because I kept waking up to make sure he was breathing since he did not wake up to eat. He tends to be a noisy sleeper so when he actually gets quiet we wonder what's going on! He also moves all the time when he sleeps so we have been swaddling him so he doesn't wake himself up. Swaddlers are one of the Best. Inventions. Ever. At least we think so!

As I mentioned in my previous post, when Eli was first born, he had a touch of jaundice. Because of that, his doctor wanted to see him sooner than normal. When we took him in for the first time his weight had dropped to 6 pounds 15 ounces, and his jaundice levels had peaked. The doctor prescribed a biliblanket for him and he had to lay on that 24/7 until his levels dropped. By the following Friday (July 20th) when we took him in, he was back up to 7 pounds 2 ounces, and his skin looked so much better that the doctor didn't even make us go get his levels checked again.

Shortly after that our little munchkin got a clogged tear duct in his left eye. I, of course, had no idea what it was, so I called the on-call nurse (again) and they prescribed him some ointment. Though Eli wasn't at all phased by how bad his eye looked, I was a wreck. If he would have had any idea what was going on he would have thought his mama was nuts! ;)

Aside from that, he has been doing fabulous, and we love having him here. He's a lot more alert now, and he has started grinning a lot more, though he doesn't realize he's doing it. We love trying to get him to smile! We've also had a lot of visitors, but the traffic flow has finally calmed down a little. Since Mason is going to be starting classes again next week and school will be starting again soon, I'm kind of glad we are getting to spend so much time just the three of us. Because once everything gets going again it will be hard to get that time together. We will, however, be making a trip to Iowa over Labor Day weekend to meet some more people. So hopefully Eli will enjoy the long car ride!

That's been about it on our end. Our days basically consist of feeding, wiping butt, and cuddling our little guy. It's definitely the best time I've spent! : )