{"id":18455,"date":"2018-01-25T20:37:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T02:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=18455"},"modified":"2018-01-26T05:48:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T11:48:02","slug":"one-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2018\/20180125-18455.htm","title":{"rendered":"One month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beth-Ellen is one month old today.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m no Instagram or Facebook savvy mom with a fancy blackboard listing my one month old&#8217;s accomplishments. I wasn&#8217;t that on top of it for baby number one or baby number two. And I&#8217;m not for baby number three, either.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;ve got a blog, and it <em>is<\/em> fun to keep a record of these oh-so-fleeting moments.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><strong> At one month old, Beth-Ellen is&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2018-01\/20180114_071752.jpg' alt='Tirzah Mae holds Beth-Ellen&#039;s hand' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;sleeping<\/strong><br \/>\nShe sleeps four to five hours at a time, breastfeeds, and then goes back to sleep! In her bassinet!  And stays asleep when I fall asleep! It&#8217;s an absolute miracle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;eating<\/strong><br \/>\nShe loves her mama&#8217;s milk and has only ever had it &#8220;straight from the tap&#8221; with no adulterations.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2018-01\/20180114_071802.jpg' alt='Beth-Ellen makes faces at mama' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;smiling <\/strong><br \/>\nHer mother is something of a skeptic when it comes to when a baby first gives a truly social smile, but even this skeptical mama is claiming these smiles (after all, they&#8217;re clearly in response to mama&#8217;s own smiles.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;watching<\/strong><br \/>\nThe days of calmly sleeping through absolutely everything are already gone. Beth-Ellen wants to see. If she&#8217;s awake in the MOBY, she&#8217;ll turn her head until you wonder if it&#8217;s screwed on backward so she can look at everything that&#8217;s going on around her. And if turning her head from side to side doesn&#8217;t work, she&#8217;ll lean herself back to look at the ceiling. She just wants to take everything in.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2018-01\/20180112_112309.jpg' alt='Louis gives Beth-Ellen a hug' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;loved<\/strong><br \/>\nIs it possible for a baby to be more loved? I&#8217;m not sure. Beth-Ellen&#8217;s big  sister and brother are enamored with her. The moment she&#8217;s anywhere except being worn by me, both of her siblings are at her side. They&#8217;re patting her, stroking her, giving her hugs and kisses. They&#8217;re turning on the vibration for her bouncy seat or providing a little mechanical bouncing action. They&#8217;re soothing her or singing to her or telling her that &#8220;I love you, baby.&#8221; She is very, very loved. <\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2018-01\/20180114_071846.jpg' alt='The kids maul Beth-Ellen' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beth-Ellen is one month old today. I&#8217;m no Instagram or Facebook savvy mom with a fancy blackboard listing my one month old&#8217;s accomplishments. I wasn&#8217;t that on top of it for baby number one or baby number two. And I&#8217;m not for baby number three, either. But I&#8217;ve got a blog, and it is fun &#8230; <a title=\"One month\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2018\/20180125-18455.htm\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">One month<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18455"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18455"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18470,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18455\/revisions\/18470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}