Caleb 1 Month

So I have seen a bunch of my friends do this on blogs and figured it would be a great habit to get into since I know I will type much more about Caleb than I would ever write in his baby book.  Just easier to type and I have terrible handwriting, great scrap booking handwriting but normal writing not so good.

Some of these categories will get a lot more exciting once he gets older but here we go for the big one month, crazy how time flies but how it also feels like Caleb has been in our lives forever!

Weight: He was 9.1 lbs when he was was born, at 2 weeks he was 9.7 lbs and at one month, really more like 5 weeks on how the Dr. appointment fell he weighed 11 lbs, our big growing boy!

Height: 22.3 inches also head size is 15.5 and at two weeks it was 15 and overall he is in the 80th-90th percentile overall.

Eating/Nursing: Nursing for now, Caleb is a wonderful eater and has been ever since he was born.  He loved to eat so much and was so strong that he hurt his momma pretty badly and we had to bottle feed him for a few weeks to give his mom some time to heal.  Since they he has been on a pretty consistent schedule of every three hours during the day and 4-5 at night.  After our 1 month doctor appointment he said we can let him sleep as much as he wants at night, so he has now gone up to a 6 hour stretch at night in between feedings which was awesome.  Hopefully that time will continue to grow as he does :)

Wake Time: Since about 2 weeks of age Caleb has been great with an eat, play, nap schedule.  During his wake time we read books, do tummy time, sing, he loves to look at the pictures on our back wall.  He also loves to look at the light and outside.  After one of his evening feedings we usually have bath time too, which he likes as long as he is in a good mood when we get started.  We try to also take a walk at least once a day if the weather is o.k. so he can have some outside time as well.

Napping:  During the day Caleb is on a pretty good schedule of eating, wake time and then napping for about 1-2 hours.  Sometimes he falls asleep really easily and sometimes he gets quite upset first.  Most of his naps are downstairs on his Boppy Lounger, he is pretty good at sleeping through noise especially the dog barking, kitchen noises etc.  We will start him napping in his crib in the next two weeks or so.  Also, we have determined that he loves sleeping in the swing a little too much and have stopped putting him in it during the day as he then doesn't sleep much at night if he has had too much swing sleeping time during the day!

Night Time Sleep: Around his 10/11pm feeding we start to put him straight to bed after he eats which usually goes pretty well if he has had enough awake time during the day.  He sleeps still in our room at night in the newborn napper in his pack n' play. 

Skills: Since birth he has been holding his head up which is quite amazing!  Since then he has gotten even stronger and holds up his head very well during tummy time.  Also during tummy time he is great at using his legs and often can move around a little bit during tummy time and sometimes uses his legs to push himself forward!  He also has great eye contact and even was told by the pediatrician he had some of the best eye contact at a month he has seen.  He still loves to look over your shoulder at shapes and bright lights but if you talk to him he will follow your voice as you talk and look around when he hears other voices. 

Language: He mainly is just making baby noises at this point with the occasional coo when we talk to him.  Most of the noise he makes is when he is crying :)  More to come on this topic as the months progress!

Fun Facts: Caleb is growing and changing every day it is so amazing.  When he goes to sleep you can watch him smile during his last phase of falling asleep it is very cute and usually the only smile we would see up until this past week.  During the week of April 28th Caleb started to show us his pretty smile every so often.  Even at times that wasn't because of gas or falling asleep.  We are excited to see how this progresses in the coming weeks and to see smiles more often!
Caleb's eyes were very dark blue when he was born and recently they have gotten even lighter blue so we are hoping they stay very blue, we shall see.  He had quite a bit of hair when he was born and seems to have lost some on top but kept most of his hair on the sides and in the back so far. 
Many of the comments we have received are about how adorable he is and how he never looked like a newborn.  Also, people have said how big his hands are and how long his toes are, which in looking at his daddy's baby book people said about him as well!
Clothing size, Caleb is already wearing 3 month clothes and only wore newborn clothes for about a week and a half!
Caleb loves to be swaddled and when he is starting to get tired if we wrap him up tight he calms down after a minute or two and always sleeps so much better and longer if he is wrapped up tight.

Libby checking out Caleb...she is very good with him but doesn't really understand what he is doing here yet and I think she keeps hoping he will leave and her life will go back to normal.  Sorry princess he is here to stay:)

 Some nice tummy time!

 When we don't swaddle him he loves to have his hands up by his face, usually not behind his head but thought this was too cute not to post!

 More tummy time!

 All wrapped up in one of his favorite blankets... 

 This one seems to be a common picture to my posts...haha!

Caleb testing out his chair...Libby watching what is going on from a distance...

 After tummy time a little time on his back checking out his toys...

 Copying Daddy's move...

 1 month picture and onesie to match!!

Stay tuned to watch me grow with monthly pics with my elephant chair!