The Irelands: Nolan- 4 weeks/1 Month old!

Wow! Cant believe its already been a month since Nolan arrived! We celebrated his 4 week birthday at the Mall of America! :) He cried in his car seat for 10 min leaving Hutch and about 10 min leaving in MSP. Otherwise he was excellent! Slept in his carseat stroller the majority of our trip!

He is still in the schedule for eat for 30-45min, awake time for an hour or so and than naps in either a solly baby wrap, swing, bouncy seat or on our chests (cant pass up the newborn cuddle stage) and repeat! He is a very content baby during the day and barely crys, but now at night he has started to be more fussy. His sleep has taken a turn for the worst in the past week. He now hates being on his back! He will fall asleep perfectly fine after nursing and be very content but within a minute or two of lying him down on his back he is awake and fussy! We think its a combination of reflux and gas! So we have switched once more to elevated sleeping with the rock and olay sleeper. With this he will at least sleep for 2-3 hour stretches at a time. But still if he usnt burped multiple times he gets either gurgly or after awhile super gassy with gas pains. He mainly just fusses and squirms in pain and really doesnt full on cry. If we are very persistent with burping he has much better nights! We will probably try some gripe water or gas drops if it gets worse! We are also struggling with Lucass sleeping now! We think this is his regression - with Nolan being up with me he feels he needs to be up to! Ugh talk about lack of sleep around here. Although we are thankful he hasn't regressed in potty training!

Nolan seems to be growing so fast and although he has his gas/reflux issues, he is a very content handsome little guy! He has officially grown out of newborn clothes and diapers! He still loves tummy time and will sometimes spend 4-5 min on his belly trying to lift his head! He also started smiling a bit. Usually right before he eats or after he eats! He has began enjoying play time on his activity mat and he has started to bat at toys and has even been able to grasp toy rings and a rattle already! Its so much fun to see him grow and even at only a month old you can seem him learning new things every day! He is still not a fan of diaper changes, clothes changes, and bath time! But i think thats pretty common! We couldn't love our new addition any more! So blessed to have two healthy boys!