Baby LaTour: 1 Month of Happiness!

Gabe turned 1 month old this week. Wow, time flies! (I think that's my new saying!)

Getting older so quickly!

This week Gabe is practicing his smile more frequently. I love it! Can't wait to teach him to smile at "Cheese!"
At his 1 month pediatrician appointment, the doctor commented at how great his head control is for a baby his age and how alert & active he is (arms & legs always moving!). He weighed in at 8 lbs even and grew a half inch longer since birth (now 21 inches). His head circumference was 14.5 inches, but I have no measurement to compare that to, so more on that if she measures it again in the future.
I am happy that Gabe's rate of weight gain has increased (from 13g/day to 17g/day) with changing the formula supplementation down from 4 to only 2 feedings per night. I have hopes that dropping them totally in exchange for breast feeding directly will help that increase more. So this week, we are down to only 1 bottle feeding per night (50/50 formula & pumped breast milk). I'm pumping the same amount he's eating at that feeding, so I am hopeful that my supply will be just fine when we wean down to no bottle feedings at night. I've stored quite a few bags of breast milk in the freezer, but I know that they won't last more than a few days without my continued pumping/storing once I go back to work in January.
This week I have to go pick up Gabe's birth certificate from the City Clerk's office. Good thing I paged through all the documents from the hospital, because a single pink sheet of paper told us we had to call to check that it was ready to pick up. Different from his social security card that arrived in the mail on its own. Seeing documents with his name on them makes it so real for me that he's a little person!
Our boy loves to sleep in the most awkward positions! Take a look: