1 month old

It's really hard to believe that Tyler is already 1 month old. In such a short time he has brought so much joy to our lives. :)

He still eats about 8 times a day, but now takes a little more milk (almost 2 1/2 ounces) at each feeding. I am a little sad that he is no longer latching on well to the bare breast anymore. He pretty much refuses it and pushes it away. It breaks my heart! He'll take it with the shield on, but will typically fall asleep half way through and when I try to lay him down to sleep he'll wake up and cry and still be hungry. By this time I'm usually pretty frustrated, so I just offer him some milk via bottle. I'd really like to be able to breastfeed, but it seems him just might not like it. I'm still trying for now and will probably schedule an appointment with a lactation specialist to see what more I can do if anything.

Tyler stays awake for longer periods of time now. Instead of instantly falling asleep after eating, there now seems to be a 50/50% chance he'll stay up. He likes to look around at shadows and light. His eyes will follow voices. He has started to flares his arms and kicks his legs a lot more and has even started to stick his tongue out once in a while. He likes to sit in his rocker with the vibration mode on and we've recently started putting him in a swing, which he also seems to like.

It is now apparent that he doesn't really enjoy bath time yet unless you catch him in a very very good mood. And he like most babies doesn't like diaper change time. :P