One Month

Ashlyn will be one month tomorrow! I cant believe how fast time has gone by! It seems like just yesterday that we were bringing her home. We took Ashlyn to her one month check-up today. She was seen by the doctor that I saw when I was a kid. He even remembered my Mom and I. She now weighs eight and a half pounds! She has gained a whole pound in a month. She is in the 50th percentile for both height and weight. The doctor thinks her eyes will end up being brown. Joey and I were hoping for blue. He also said that she has reflux and colic. That probably explains while she is so fussy at night. He said there is medication we can try for the reflux, but he does not feel she has it that badly. So, we are going to try not to go the medication route if we can. As for the colic there is basically nothing we can do :( We just have to wait for her to outgrow it. He said most babies outgrow it by two months. I hope things do get better. It is the worst feeling when your baby is crying and there is nothing you can do as a mother to make it better. She did sleep for 4 hours last night! I hope she keeps up with that because I could get used to some longer stretches of sleep! She is still a very sweet girl and we are loving her more and more each day!!! She is starting to smile in her sleep and her doctor said she should start smiling soon which I can't wait for. Sorry I have not updated as frequently as I would have hoped. We are very busy right now and this colic has thrown us for a bit of a loop!