Liam 1 month

Liam 1 month

Liam is 1 month already and changing rapidly.  The little scrunched up, sleeping boy, is not a bit more stretched out and a bit more awake.  We fall in love with him more and more everyday.  Liam is just a joy.  He is so calm and enjoys just looking around quietly.  When his big brothers are in his face and jumping on top of him, he just continues to look around, seemingly not bothered at all.  The times we hear Liam the most are when he gets hungry or can't fall asleep quite as fast as he wished.  But the crying quickly stops when you pick him up and put him over your shoulder, almost instantaneously.

We feel it has been a really great start.  Easy going and lots of time to adjust.  We are so thankful for this beautiful blessing in our lives and we praise God daily for Liam and how well things are going.

Some things to note:
1) Daily schedule.  Sleep...awake 20 minutes to 1 hour...sleep 2.5-3.5 hours, awake 20 minutes to 1 hour...repeat!  Although he does take 4-5 hour sleeping stretches at night where he then wakes up to eat and falls asleep again.  So he is basically sleeping from 11pm to 8:30am every day.

2) Silas and Benjamin absolutely love him.  They have not even once been too rough with him or complained about us needing to take care of Liam.  Silas especially is really proud that he gets to sit next to Liam in the back of the car.  He takes it as a job, and is very serious about it.  If Liam spits up or starts fussing, Silas wipes him or gives him his pacifier.  Its quite obvious to see how much Silas truly enjoys having that role.  Benjamin is also sweet with Liam and asks about him every morning.  Benjamin gives him lots of kisses and says "Liam" so sweetly!

3) His favorite sleeping position is scrunched up on his stomach on top of our chests.  He calms right down and falls alseep very quickly.

4) We tried giving Liam a bottle and he just wolfed it down.

5) He enjoys baths and laying out at the changing table.  We have used the blow dryer the first weeks but use it less now as Liam just seems content without it as well.  He prefers to look over his right shoulder when he is on his back, but can now track something for a little bit so we can get his head turned a bit.

6) The first 3.5 weeks Liam slept best while being held, but the past week he has seemed to sleep more soundly when we lay him in his portable bed. He has also taken a few long naps in his baby carriage outside and loves walks!

7) Started making cooing noises around 4 weeks...not many but some.

8) Is now 56cm long and 4.9 kg (22inches,  10.8lbs)

1 month pictures

Other randoms

Liam's baptism

Welcome to God's family Liam. October23rd , 2016, Liam was baptised in Skjern Bykirke. The day started with guests at 11.30 for lunch.  All of Søren's family was there and made it a very festive day.  Farmor had made some beautiful table decorations and we all sat down for a meal.  The kids were excited to play together so they left the table quite quickly and played so well all day.  The adults enjoyed a relaxing time after lunch.  We opened presents and had some ice cream and brownies before heading to church for the official event! Liam as always was very calm all day.  Being passed around and being woken up constantly didn't change his mood.  He was also very calm in church and for a lot of it just looked around.  

There were two baptisms and Liam was second.  He fussed VERY shortly and VERY quietly when Pastor Jens did the actual baptism and put water on his head, but that was it.  Søren and I smiled at each other when the baptism had taken place. It really is a special event and we feel blessed to have a church we enjoy to have our children grow up in.  

After the church service we headed back to our house for a light dinner,  There was a little time to play after dinner before all the guests headed home.  It was a very nice day to celebrate Liam!!

Liam is here!

We present Liam Adrian Madsen.  Born September 27th, 2016 at 5:29am.  He weighed 3980g and was 53cm long.  The birth went really well and after only 5 hours total of labor, he was born in Herning hospital.  We brought him home 4 hours later and everything has continued to go well.

The first week was filled with lots of napping together, short visits from friends and family, and lots and lots of sleep.  Yes, Liam slept for like 3 days straight after he was born.  Only waking up to eat and then back to sleep.  Søren and I also were able to sleep quite well, so that was amazing! Søren had a 2 week maternity leave right when Liam was born, so the big boys also got a lot of attention when they came home from preschool and daycare.  During the day Liam, Søren and I relaxed a lot, slept, talked without getting interrupted and went for walks.  It was a beautiful time.

Now at 2 weeks, Liam still sleeps alot.  Probably at least 20 hours a day.  He wakes up between naps for about 20 minutes where he just looks around and is very calm.  He loves to have the blow dryer on, on the changing table and he just looks around with his big dark eyes.  Then its time to sleep for another 2-3 hours before eating again! At night Liam has slept for 5 hours straight a couple of times, and then just wakes up to nurse in bed and falls right back to sleep. Silas and Benjamin are also fans of Liam giving him lots of kisses and talking about him. They are also very helpful, coming with a blanket, pacifier or toy.  And yes, sometimes the toys are showed off right in front of his face while he is sleeping, but he doesn't seem to mind! We are so thankful for such a great start as a family of 5.

Day 1:

Cousins visiting:

Quality time: