1 Month

We made it through the first month, and our little Sonia is filling in well!

At Sonia’s 1 month check-up everything looked really good. She weighed 7 lb 7 oz and was 19 3/4″ long (5-10th percentile), and had a head circumference of 14 1/4″ (25-50th percentile). She’s still gaining weight at over 1 oz / day (the high end of what the lactation specialist says is normal), but the pediatrician said she should be growing faster to catch up to her feet, head and overall strength – which was again very impressive. Luckily my pump came earlier this week and I started drinking Mother’s Milk tea to try to increase my supply.

This was a busy week for Sonia and she took it all in stride. She got her first bottle feeding from Daddy,

and she met her Grandpa Raddatz for the first time.

She also went on several fun outings including to downtown LA to be shown around Eric’s office, and to two of her friends’ First Birthday parties.

Even though she developed acne, dry scalp and rapid onset male pattern baldness this week, it was still a very good week for Sonia 🙂

Unfortunately this was not a very good week for Luna. She had several bouts of GI issues, and didn’t take to Dad & Cindi being around very well. We also noticed a bump on her leg that the vet said was a growth (hopefully benign, we’ll find out in 2 weeks) that he removed on Saturday – although I was pretty sure it was just an injury from being hit by the stroller on one of our walks. The vet also diagnosed her GI issues and increased barking as stress anxiety due to the new baby and the change in her routine, and suggested we put her on Prozac. However, we think we’ll try to train and love it out of her first, and find another vet.

Looking forward to whatever adventures the next month will bring.