One Month

Even though Ben is 1 month old today, I feel as if he has been a part of our family for much longer! Like he should be older than only 4 weeks. In fact, all this week I have been thinking that he is 5 weeks. And along with that thought came the "Great! Only 1 more week until he is sleeping through the night!" thought (According to babywise, at least. Which I said the same thing with Andrew and six months later, he began sleeping through the night!)

A few weeks (although it feels like months) ago, I visited the lactation consultant. Just to check on some "issues" we were having with nursing. As I explained his sleepiness, unwillingness to nurse longer than 7 minutes, and using me as a pacifier, she asked how old Ben was.

I replied, "I don't know. About three weeks."

She responded, "Okaaaay. When was he born?"

Me: "October 19"

Her: "That makes him a little less than two weeks. These behaviors are perfectly normal." (Although I am sure she was wondering about the "normalcy" of the mama who does not know how old her son is!)

Me: "Really? Not even two weeks? Are you sure? I feel like I have had him for forever! I mean, like smiling and sitting up should be occurring next week."

This may be a long year!

Honestly, he has been a joy of a baby. He has begun to laugh in his sleep, which is just the sweetest! And, for the most part, nurses and sleeps really well. Most of his "issues" are just my high expectations because I think he is older than he actually is! (Which, really, is only going to make him very successful in life!)And I am blaming him and his need to use me as a pacifier as the reason why I haven't updated my blog profile!

Poor kid, already feeling the effects of being the second child!