Yesterday marked Dale at 4 weeks: 1 one month-old who has adjusted to HisLife just fine. Given that we’ve had as much time to watch him grow, this was the perfect time to reflect on parenting, his personality, likes, and dislikes.

We had our 1 month pediatrician appointment in the morning, and found that he’s continued to grow as much as we’d suspected:
Weight: 10lbs, 9.32 ounces! 72% (he was only 8lbs, 4 ounces two weeks ago) – way to feed, kid.
Height: 21.85 inches: 62% – way to rise, kid.
Head: 15 inches exactly: 47%. Brain usage: 96% – way to think, kid.

As for other achievements, Dale can often be observed thinking into space (no, it’s not gas) and this morning I asked him to contemplate circles and he began to grunt out Pi to 20-some places. He got distracted at 25, but there’s time for the small details later.
On the topic of numbers, he now feeds 4 ounces of breast milk (from the bottle) every three hours, and can achieve the same from Mom directly in just about 15 minutes or less. I guess the record is 7 minutes for babies, but he certainly doesn’t need to eat faster.
He’s also becoming more predictable as routines start to set in. For example, within 10 minutes of a feeding he’s guaranteed to wet his diaper – good to know (and five minutes ago he just peed all over my hand and foot). He also likes to try and work himself up at these times, but a cool jet of air blown through his hair immediately pacifies him. On the topic, he just started taking the pacifier and loves it – I’m waiting for him to rip the Nuk right out of its base.
On Monday he graduated to sleeping in his own crib, in his own room, and we monitor him via some high def acoustic microphones. We now sleep better than ever, and I think he does too.
Despite all of the change, he still HATES the swing, although I’m hopeful that this will change someday. Otherwise, all of that hard work is going to benefit some kid on Craigslist.