One Month Old

Madeline turned one month old yesterday (and I'm just getting around to posting this now, oops).  She is such a sweetheart.  She's opening her eyes more and more.  She can track objects that are right in front of her face - it's neat to see how we can hold her gaze.  Most of the time she eats pretty well and doesn't have any problems going back and forth from nursing to bottle feedings.  She takes great naps during the day, sometimes for more than two hours (and then I have to wake her up to eat).  Nighttime is not so wonderful...she's doing the newborn thing where she wakes up just as we're ready for bed.  Once she's awake in the middle of the night, it takes an hour or two to get her back down.  During the day she naps in the pack & play in our main living area.  At night she's in the bassinet beside my side of the bed.  She does not like to be swaddled at all.  After swaddling Ben for so long, it's strange to have a baby who just goes to sleep without being wrapped up.  We make sure to bundle her up in lots of layers because it's been so cold here.  She has been out and about to social functions several times, and she does well being held by all of her adoring fans.