ONE month old

Liam is 1 month old!!

• Whew, what a month this has been, I can hardly believe it. I kinda feel like I missed the first 2 weeks of his life since he was in the NICU!
• Liam was born with RDS(respiratory distress syndrome) and spend 11 days in the NICU. Once he got a dose of surfactant into his lungs he started improving with each day.
• He loves to show us his little smiles, especially just after he eats.
• At his follow-up appt with Dr. Z he weighed 8lbs 4oz . This was just after he turned 2 weeks old.
• He loves his swing the most. He has fallen asleep many times in it!
• Liam lets us know as soon as he is hungry. And boy you better be fast! :) he eats every 3 hours during the day and I let him go up to 5 hours at night.
• We think he may have had gas pains and reflux. We started him on gas drops and when that didn't help much I cut dairy out of my diet. I began to suspect that he might have reflux and his doctor prescribed him some medicine that seems to be helping!
• He also gets the hiccups after almost every feeding. Almost as often as he did in my tummy!
• Right now he has very dark hair and dark blue eyes.
• I think Liam looks just like chris, but he also looks very similar to Avery as a newborn, can't wait to see how he changes.
• He loves to sleep on his tummy, everytime I put him down for some tummy time he ends up falling asleep and doesn't make a peep till its time for him to eat again! I wish I could let him sleep all the time on his tummy, he is very relaxed and I think it helps ease his gas pains. I think he likes being on his tummy because when he first was in the NICU thats how he spent most of his time.
• Right now he's sleeping one good stretch of 4.5 hours at night, hopefully that'll increase soon :)
• Liam is quite the snuggler, he often fusses until he is picked up by someone. He loves to be held (especially on your chest), rocked and bounced around. This is quite a change from how Avery was! I often wonder if its because he didn't get much attention in the NICU, he wasn't held much and didn't get attention unless his monitors went off, he was crying or it was time to feed him. :(
• Our little guy is quite the mommy's boy! He loves it when I hold him. He loves his daddy too though!!
• For only a month old he has really good head control. He can hold it up and look around!
• He hasn't fully decided if he wants to be a pacifier baby. He has a love/hate relationship with it, he has also found his thumb on occasion!

This amazing little dude has completed our family in a way I never thought possible! Happy ONE month birthday Liam David!