Caleb is 1 month old!
Weight: 9
lbs., 10 oz.
Length:
22”
Head Circumference:
14.75”
Diaper Size:
1
Clothing Size:
0-3 months
Super Caleb!
Nicknames:
We often call him “Curious Caleb” because he loves to hold his head up and look
around at everything!
Health:
His tear ducts were blocked. We were
given an ointment to use for a week and massages to do. After that treatment, one is better. However, the other one still seems to be
blocked. So, I’ll probably be doing
another round of the ointment on it.
Cute little yawn <3
Sleep:
Caleb is beginning to do a long stretch at night. He’s often going 6+ hours after his bedtime
feeding. So, he’s sleeping at least 5
hours straight and I’m getting around 4.5-5 hours. It’s so nice!
However, he sometimes struggles to go back to sleep at that point. A lot of the time, he’ll fall asleep if he’s
laying on me, but he won’t stay asleep if I put him down. He has spaced out his daytime feedings to
about 4 hours apart. I then do his
bedtime one after 2 or 3 hours, which I think helps him go a bit longer
overnight. He’s having more awake/alert
time during the day now. It’s fun to
have him awake (when he’s happy! Haha).
Diet: He’s
just nursing. He eats really well. The only time it’s a “struggle” is if he is
super hungry. Then he gets angry :) So, I have to calm him down before he’ll eat. He did start spitting up some in the last
week. It doesn’t seem to bother him too
much, though! :) Early on, I had a big
glass of milk and then Caleb seemed to have tummy-troubles the next day. So, I’ve limited my milk to smaller portions,
which he’s seemed to tolerate better.
Sometime here I’ll try more milk at once and see how he does. I also cut out onions because I had them a
couple of different times and he seemed to not want to nurse afterwards. I’ll add those in at some point, too. During his fussy times, I wonder if something
I ate upset him but I haven’t noticed any other patterns yet…
Handsome little guy <3
Loves: He
loves snuggles! I love the way he
cuddles up on my chest.
Dislikes:
Diaper changes, bath time, getting dressed… I think it’s just that he doesn’t
like it when he’s not being held :) So,
I lay him down for those things and he gets upset. It’s slowly improving though. He doesn’t scream through EVERY diaper change
anymore :) I have also adjusted to
dressing him while he lays in my lap sometimes, which seems to help. Maybe he’ll like bath time more when it’s
actually in the tub.
Milestones:
Smiles!!! You can’t always get a smile, but he’s definitely smiling. His first real smile was while Pete was
talking to him one night <3 All day
that day he seemed like he was about to smile (his eyes were smiley, he was
calm and pleasant, etc.) and I was afraid Pete was going to miss the real smile. So, I was so happy that Caleb smiled for
him! I’ve found that he’s more likely to
smile after he’s just eaten and had his diaper changed. He usually doesn’t go right to sleep and he
isn’t hungry, so it’s a good time! A lot
of the time I can get him to smile for me by singing to him (I Love You, a
Bushel & a Peck; You are My Sunshine; We Love You, Caleb, etc… :) ) He was
really smiley on his one month birthday.
We were at a friend’s baby shower.
It was fun because some of my family got to see his smiles too!
He's so wiggly :)
Baby Gear Love:
Fisher Price Rock & Play! This is what he sleeps in every night :) The Boppy
is super helpful with nursing and as another place to lay him down. He seems to like being in the Baby Bjorn carrier. I’m also going to try out a friend’s Moby wrap. Caleb doesn’t seem too impressed with the swing
and bouncer yet… Hopefully soon!
Oh! And we LOVE the SwaddleMe! He’s really good at getting out of swaddles,
so we had just stopped swaddling him.
During a particularly fussy night, I noticed that he would hit himself
in the face when he would get startled (crazy flailing arms!) :) So, we decided to try the SwaddleMe and he
has done a long stretch overnight almost every night since then (about 10 days
now).
Random Thoughts:
Caleb LOVES his pacifier (MAM brand)!
It’s so funny to see him being a binky kid, considering how attached I
was to mine when I was little haha… I’m excited to see him growing into his
personality over the coming days/weeks/months, but he already seems so much
older! He gave me a big smile and a
“coo” while I was talking to him on Saturday.
On Tuesday (technically in month 2, I guess), he got a huge grin on his face and then stuck his
tongue out… It was really funny :)
I think Caleb will love the Johnny Jump Up in a few months…
He kicks SO hard
I love his turtle bum :)
Mama Update: I gained a total of 33 pounds during the
pregnancy. That was definitely more than
I wanted to gain and it was frustrating for me at the time. However, 1 month out, and I have lost 24
pounds. I’m only 9 pounds over my
pre-pregnancy weight. I haven’t yet
recovered enough to return to exercise (although I’ve gone for 1 walk and gone
shopping a few times). I’m looking
forward to getting back to the Y.
Although the pounds have come off rather quickly, my shape is SO
different. I can get on a lot of my
pre-pregnancy pants, but then I can’t button them :) So, that’s my next goal! (I haven't actually taken a follow up picture to compare the size of my belly... Maybe next month haha! These pictures have been taken in the last month, though.)
This was 1 week after he was born, going to an appointment.
I’m feeling a lot better than I felt when I first got home
from the hospital. Feeling much more
like myself in terms of strength and energy (related to the blood loss). I’m definitely eager for when I feel up to
doing more, like I used to. At my follow
up midwife appointment this week, she told me it would probably be about
another month before I feel up to exercising and having full days, etc.
This was Caleb's 1 month "birthday," at a friend's baby shower.
This was Caleb's first Sunday in church.
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