1 month old today!

Look at this big girl! We went to the doctor today to make sure that Beni's baby acne was just baby acne and not something worse (it is, just a bad case of baby acne!) and she weighed in at 9lbs 8.5oz! That means she gained 1lb and 4.5oz in two weeks! Go Beni and mamma's milk! :)

Beni continues to be a "good baby" (when was the last time you met a bad baby?)- she's eating, she's sleeping and dirtying plenty of diapers. What more can you ask of a one month old? During the day, she sleeps really well in someone's arms (obviously recently it's been mine, but it was Joel's too), and at night she sleeps really well tucked right next to me in bed. She generally still eats twice a night (around 3am and 6am- having also eaten around 12), but sleeps soundly in between feedings- even if we get up to change her dipe! During the day I really don't pay too much attention to how much or often she eats or sleeps- I feed her on demand, and she sleeps when she wants. It works for us!!!

What else can I tell you about Beni.... she still gets the hiccups a lot. She doesn't like to have her neck touched. She often sleeps with her mouth open. She hates the car seat, most especially when it's not in the car and/or the car isn't moving. So, I have to make sure to only put her in the seat at the very last moment, and well, we dread long red lights. :( It's just miserable to listen to her cry. She's starting to follow things with her eyes- although most of the time she still stares off just past your face... She still loves the sound of her daddy's voice...I swear she actually calms down when she hears him on skype. :)

That's about it... we both can't wait for Joel to get back...we're just biding the time until then!