One month milestones

WSP: 1 month
10 pounds, 10 ounces (75th percentile for weight)
23 inches (90th percentile for height)

Today is officially Sawyer's one month birthday. He celebrated by watching TV for the first time. I didn't really expect it to work, but I popped in a Baby Einstein DVD and the little guy was instantly transfixed. I propped him up in his chair and he watched, kicked and cooed at the TV for about seven minutes before he lost interest. In baby land, that's a long time. Until now, his attention span has been about two minutes. The movie plays Bach and flashes bright and simple images across the screen. It's EDUCATIONAL.

W.S. hit several other major milestones this morning. I put him down on a blanket to take some photos and rather than getting frustrated in about one second, he was kicking and cooing and entertaining himself while I took 50 pictures. The cooing is supposed to be a major developmental step. From what I could tell, he was just talking to himself, but its amazing how thrilling that can be. Then, I put him on his stomach and he turned his head from one side to the other to check out the view on either end. I was so proud! Okay, don't laugh. This may seem relatively boring, but to a new mom, its monumental. Watching TV, cooing and moving around independently – this is all a promise that my little milk guzzling baby blob will someday have personality and will be interested in something other than my boobs.

Page 238 of my "Baby Bible" states that a baby's personality reveals itself through the qualities that develop first, since every baby develops at a different rate.

"Babies often send the first clue that they're going to be more active than most right from the uterus; suspicions are confirmed soon after birth when receiving blankets are kicked off, diapering and dressing sessions become wrestling matches and baby always ends up at the opposite end of the crib after a nap."

This describes Sawyer perfectly. The book adds that active babies can be challenging because:

"They sleep less than most, become restless when feeding and can be extremely frustrated until they're able to be independently mobile."

Yup. The upside is that they are alert, adventuresome and quick to learn. And, as long as we keep him strapped in and tied down to avoid injury, everything should be okay.

Looks like Sawyer is well on his way to becoming a kickin' snowboarder, skier and surfer! Still working on that first smile though, and if he flashes it at anybody other than me, they're dead meat. (p.s. Scott, yawns don't count).