Gil is a month old!
I can hardly believe it. And I thought time went by quick with just Gwen!
Gil is growing like crazy. At his two week appointment, he was 7lbs 8oz - up from 6lbs 4oz on day four … that’s 1lb 4 oz in 10 days! Go, Gil!
Then yesterday at his one month appointment, he weighed …
wait for it …
10lbs 8oz! That’s a weight gain of 3 lbs in 2 weeks - 3.5 oz per day. My midwife said in her 7 years of midwifery, she’s never seen a weight gain like that!!
He’s a long baby - already wearing 3-6 mo onesies, although 0-3 mo sleepers still fit him fine. I suppose his length is in his torso … even the 3-6 mo onesies look a bit like scoop-neck shirts 
Gil has LONG awake periods - I’m talking 1.5 - 2 hours. He’s still nursing VERY frequently - every 45 minutes to an hour - but is at least giving me small breaks of awake time in between marathon feeds. He’s happier lately - not *quite* so fussy - which is lovely.
Nights are still rough - after a 3-3.5 hour stretch at the beginning of the night, he’s normally up every 1 - 1.5 hours. He’s also got a ridiculous habit of having lots of gas needing to poop sometime between 3 and 5AM and being very uncomfortable about it. Brad often takes him downstairs after he no longer wants to nurse and helps him work out the gas or poop. He’s often awake for 30 - 45 mins with me before Brad gets up with him, so that’s a long awake stretch in the middle of the night. Ah well. I just wish there was something that could help him work out the gas/poop *before* bed, as I suspect he’s waking so frequently due to discomfort.
Gwen’s doing well with everything - it’s definitely helped that it’s been nice and we’ve been able to spend our mornings at the park It breaks my heart, though, to not be able to “come!” with her wherever she wants to go. Thankfully, there’s no shortage of women there that she’s comfortable with - it’s nice o know that she’s securely attached enough to take the hand of one of my many mommy friends and drag them along with her I’m *definitely* looking forward to Gil having some happy and awake and not nursing times so he can hang out in the sling while I chase Gwen around. For now, if he’s not sleeping at the park, he’s nursing!
