As unreal as it seems, Caleb turned 1 month old on September 30th! I'm still trying to wrap my head around this one. Our sweet boy continues to be such a blessing. He has begun smiling in the last week, although these are few and far between. His first REAL smile (not the sleeping ones) was at a toy on his play gym. He has since smiled twice at Mommy. One time was when I asked him if I could have a smile and he burped 3 times in a row and then grinned. It was adorable :)
Our BIG boy weighed 12 lbs 5 oz (95th percentile) and was 23 inches long (90th percentile) at his one month appointment. This was actually when he was about 5 weeks old because our doctor was out of town... at 4 weeks he was 11 lbs 13 oz. Either way, WOW!!
He has become much more alert over the last couple of weeks and his vision and tracking have improved. He enjoys tummy time for about 10-15 minutes and often will fall asleep after working so hard trying to roll over (he gets about 1/4 of the way). I do let him nap on his tummy about once a day but watch him like a hawk... it seems he takes after Mommy and would prefer to sleep this way all the time! He also does a cute "inchworm" while on his belly.
Our handsome little man's face became plagued by baby acne at around 2 weeks old. How awful! Isn't it bad enough that he'll have to battle this during adolescence? Anyway, you'll notice this in some of the pictures. It's started clearing up a bit now.
Caleb has started sleeping between 4 1/2 - 6 hours at a time per night, although I'll admit the 6 hour stretch only happened once. Then he'll eat, sleep 2-3 more hours, eat again early morning, and sleep 1-2 more hours. The nights he sleeps a 5 or 6 hour stretch he may only wake once to eat. Not too bad, and we're hoping things only get better! We love our sleep. :)
Other general info:
LOVES: warm baths! He will get so relaxed and calm and his limbs just float in the water. It's so cute!
LIKES: eating, being snuggled, his sister's voice, music/singing, watching fans, being outside, Mommy and Daddy's bed.
DISLIKES: being cold, getting strapped into his carseat, being swaddled into his miracle blanket (basically anything restrictive!... he's strong though and can wiggle partially out).
Some photos of our 1 month old chunkalicious boy:
Awake tummy time.
Asleep tummy time.
The contentedness of bath time.
Mommy and her little man.
His hair looks auburn in the sunlight!
Lounging on the Boppy.
He also loves snuggling in Sissy's bed.
Sleepy sweetness. :)
Watching the fan.
Mr. Handsome :)
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