One month old!

Oh my goodness Teddy has changed so much already!  He's about 10 pounds now (probably more since I weighed him the other day).  He makes a little kissy face when he wants kisses- it's seriously the cutest thing!  He'll coo and stare at faces and objects.  He hooks him arm around mine now when I hold him, it's kind of like a little hug!  He can grab on to things.  On his tummy he can lift his head 45 degrees, sometimes even 90.  But he hates tummy time.  He can scoot his legs around, I think he's going to be an early crawler.  He holds his head up a lot when I'm holding him and prefers to be upright than held in the crook of my arm.  He's so strong.  He can push out with his legs and move his entire body- though not necessarily when I'm expecting it!  So, for now my hand is still holding onto his head or very near it.  He's really exploring his arms and legs and will move around a lot when he sleeps and even when he's awake.  He loves music and the other day he was wiggling all around while we watched Singin' in the Rain.  I tried gettig it on video but then he stopped, lol.  He is finally sleeping in his pack and play for a few hours at a time, but I must admit I miss snuggling him in our bed so I still let him come in sometimes.  He's a pretty noisy sleeper and makes all kinds of grunting and squeeling noises.  He actually remids me of Doug.  I rarely move in my sleep, and even then it's only after fully awaking.  The most noise I make is that I rarely talk in my sleep (aside from pregnancy snoring).  Doug is more mobile and is just loud!

And after having horrible back and shoulder pain for a few weeks I finally figured it out!  I realized I wasn't having any back support while sitting on the bed and that duh- there's things called chairs.  So now we actually use the nursery.  In the middle of the night I'll still nurse in bed though, unless Doug has to get up early. 

So we're still waiting on social smiles and I can't wait for him to laugh, giggle and dance around a bit.  Well, there's my baby alarm....

Update:  The above was written earlier on Sunday Dec. 12.  Since then Teddy's been super hungry and clingy.  He's been not wanting to burp and spitting up a lot.  It's been a little difficult to handle!  But still all worth it.  Just so hard when Doug has to work so much.  I still haven't cooked a meal since he's been born and have barely been upstairs for more than 10 minutes.  I am essentially in our bedroom or his 24/7.  Well, our bedroom also functions as our living room, which used to upset me but I suppose it's a blessing now.  Slowly but surely we're getting used to this parent thing and are figuring out what works for us.  The new plan is for me to cook enough food for several days when Doug has the day off and then I can just reheat as needed.  That way I don't need 30 minutes to an hour to cook a meal for us and I can heat it up whenever Doug gets off work, which varies and is never when he's scheduled.  And hopefully once Teddy settles into his own schedule a bit more I can figure out how to get more things down and have some free time.  Right now just when I think I can get something done and actually feel up to it he decides to wake up!  But of course he puts on good behavior when anyone else is around!  Hahaha.  I guess I can't complain too much about that.

A pic from Saturday when he was 1 month old: