Precious Paige

Paige had her one month check up on Monday this week to make sure she was gaining weight on our breastfeeding only plan. I can tell she's growing quickly because she's filling out (and outgrowing!) clothes and she's starting to fill out her car seat better. Her official weight on Monday morning was 7lbs 3oz, meaning she gained 27oz in two weeks. The doctor said it was a phenomenal weight gain and he would have been happy with 12-14oz. Let's hope she keeps it up! She may be able to wear her sister's wardrobe after all.

Highlights of our month together:

* Paige grunts constantly...day, night, in her sleep, while awake. It's a loud and disturbing noise that led me to check with the pedi. His best guess is that it's gas or she's learning to clear her throat. Either way, after a check he said there's no obvious physical reason for it.

* Reese brought home a cold from school and Paige has it. If this is any indication of what's to come, her immune system is really going to get a work out being a little sister.

* While Reese practically lived in the Baby Bjorn her first few months, Paige is too small to fit in it. She may reach the 8lbs min weight limit soon, but even at that, I'm worried her hips won't be wide enough to fit through the leg openings for a while longer. In the meantime, a friend loaned me a Moby Wrap to use. I'll admit that I was a little skeptical since it takes some practice wrapping, but I'm totally sold now. Paige loves it and I can use it to carry her around when I take Reese out in the neighborhood. I think we'll eventually switch back to the Bjorn, but for now it's a great stand in.


* Due to her weight gain the doctor has given us the go ahead to let Paige sleep up to 5 hours at a stretch at night (if she can). So far she hasn't made it much past 3 consecutive hours of sleep, but who knows--at least for now we don't have to wake her up as often. For now, she's sleeping in her swing in our room.

* Paige is in desperate need of a pacifier and I'm on the hunt for one. She loves to suck to soothe herself and for now is using me as her pacifier before each nap. Sometimes it works out, but she often gets upset when she gets a mouth full of milk instead of just something to calm herself. I tried a smaller version of the kind Reese used as an infant (Playtex Binkys), but we haven't had any luck.