The Life of Riley Paige: 1 Month Milestones

Undeniably, unbelievable! One month has already elapsed since we welcomed our perfect little girl into this world. We are happy to report that we are all doing fantastic and have just about adjusted to this new life!

1-WEEK CHECKUP
Height: 20"
Weight: 7 lbs 15 oz.

2-WEEK CHECKUP
Height: 20-1/2" (50th percentile for her age)
Weight: 8 lbs 12 oz. (50th percentile for her age)

ONE MONTH CHECKUP
Height: 21" (50th percentile for her age)
Weight: 9 lbs 15 oz. (70th percentile for her age. Holy Moly, Mommy's Milk Must Be Good! She's gained over 2lbs in 1 month!)
My little porker! Her Ped. is very pleased with her weight gain and development.

Sleeping Patterns: She sleeps from about 9-9:30pm until around 2:30 or 3am. Then back to sleep until about 7am. No complaints!

Places Traveled: Where hasn't she gone??? We're busy little bees! Her first outing was to Target, of all places, when she was 6 days old. She has also been to Publix, the Post Office, BJ's Wholesale, Wal-mart, to different family member's homes to visit, out to dinner to numerous places, and most excitingly, we are taking her for her first visit to Lake Wales tomorrow! She is going to love it, I just know it!

Accomplishments: She lost her cord stub on her 2 week birthday, so she got her first "real" bath then. She smiles a lot! Mostly for Daddy. She must like the manly voice. She attended her first photo shoot and did SO GOOD! She's found her fists and seems to be very fond of them. She has just about mastered her head control and loves belly time! 98% of her sleeping is done on her belly. She went in her swing for the first time, and liked it OK. She'll only stay in it for a few minutes without "yelling". She managed to remind me of the lovely pooping machines that breastfed babies are! As I was burping her one day, she managed to poop all over herself, me and the glider. I'm sure the look on my face was priceless, as I didn't know what to do first. I took a picture (below) to show David because I knew he wouldn't believe me! She soiled at least one outfit and one blanket a day, so I moved her up to size 1 diapers, hoping that since they were bigger, they would hold more poop. So far so good. The tabs might overlap when you put the darn things on her (they're big!) but, the poop stays in!!! Also, I've had to start packing up some of the Newborn size clothes, since some things were getting too short and I couldn't snap them! SO SAD!