The Baldwin Adventure: Brooklyn's First Month

We were all happy to bring Brooklyn home the the Baldwin house. She spent most of her first month sleeping of course. Not sure how she was able to do that with her very loud brothers!! Guess she will learn to sleep through anything. She was able to sleep for some good stretches at night even at such a young age. At her 2 week appointment, the doctor told me it was ok now to let her sleep for 4 hours. I didn't tell him she had slept almost 6 the night before. Of course this didn't always happen, but she was able to go 4-5 hours most nights which was great for a newborn. Being the third time around, I wasn't too worried about waking her up in the middle of the night like you are told to do during the first few weeks. She was gaining weight like a champ.

She received many kisses from her brother Ben. He was constantly giving her kisses on her head and feet and Blake offered many as well. The first week we were home, Ben and Brent got sick with what appeared to be a cold, but the swine flu was going around like crazy. I was a little worried and shipped them off to the doctor for the flu test which was thankfully negative. Poor Brooklyn received her first cold the second week of her life and it was pitiful to her her cough and be congested! Thankfully it was just a cold with no fever. Keeping her germ filled brothers away from her was certainly a chore since they love to be close to their new sister and give her lots of love.

2 week Stats
7.5 lbs - 25-50%
20.8 in - 75%

1 month Stats
8.15 lbs - 50%
22 in - 90%

Ben was glad to have his sister come home. Blake was still at school