One Month Old

Unbelievable how fast time goes. Caiden is one month old today. We'll get his one month stats at his doctors appointment next week, but here is the rundown from us.

Personality: Caiden is generally an easy going baby, although recently he has had some cranky days. He can usually entertain himself pretty well, in fact sometimes when he is fussy the solution is to put him down and let him shake it out (wiggle time...).

Sleep: Caiden has been doing well in this department over the last week. He frequently will get a 5-6 hour stretch (pretty good for this age!!), followed by another 2-3 hours. Unfortunately, it can take a while after he eats for him to fall back asleep. And try as I might to move it earlier, his bedtime seems to be stuck at 10pm for now. And he is usually awake for the day between 7 and 8am. Naps are still all over the place, no schedule there. Some days he only takes a few cat naps but others it will seem like he has been sleeping all day.

Food: When he's awake, Caiden will eat just about every 2 hours. I am trying to stretch that out, but since he doesn't eat much at night I think it's okay that he is eating frequently.

Activity:  He is not a fan of tummy time, but we still try to get it in as much as possible. His neck strength is improving, this morning during a little tummy time he held his head steady at 90 degrees for a few seconds. He can focus on faces, and starting yesterday he will smile in response to a smile (with a lot of coaxing) . He also smiles quite a bit randomly, especially as he is falling asleep. He has rolled over once, stomach to back. We tried to get him to do it again so we could get it on camera, but no dice (he did get close though).

Size: We don't know an accurate weight, but using our scale it looks like he is in the 11 pound range. He's a big boy! Much bigger than most of the babies in our Mom's group, even though they are older! He doesn't fit in newborn clothes or diapers anymore, and even some of the 0-3 month clothes look like spandex on this little guy. I've started using some of the 3-6 month clothes already.

Well, it's 10am here and Caiden is already on his 3rd outfit of the day. Looks like it will be a laundry day...