Today was Laila's one month checkup! She is now 21 inches long and 8 pounds 2 ounces (as a refresher, she was born 19.5 inches long and 6 pounds 8 ounces). Everything looks good and healthy - so that's great! She does have a little case of dermatitis, but the doctor said it should go away on its own in about a month or so. In the mean time she told us we could put aquaphor on it and wash it with diluted baby wash once a day. She did really well at the doctor, but then again she didn't need to get any shots - apparently those start next month. Not excited for that! The doctor told me that I should probably introduce a bottle soon since nursing is well established because if we wait too long then she can have issues using the bottle. I wonder if she will have issues with it anyway - I know she has issues with the pacifier - she usually gags on it a bit. She definitely can't keep it in her mouth - you have to hold it there - but that's not that uncommon. There were a few babies who were a few month olds at work who still had trouble keeping their pacifier in for long.
On a completely different note, she has been sleeping with her eyes wide open more often which is both slightly creepy and funny. Mostly it just makes it hard to tell when she is actually awake or asleep. The other night my husband commented on how calm she was because she was just laying in her co-sleeper between us wide awake ... it took him about ten minutes to realize that she was actually asleep.
AMAZING NEWS - the night before last Laila went five hours between feedings!!!! This is the longest she has ever gone and it meant that I got about four hours of sleep! Oh my god, it was amazing. I was a bit disappointed when she didn't sleep that well last night, but oh well. Fingers crossed she does it tonight.
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