Happy 2 months Caleb!

Last week on July 4th, Caleb turned 2 months.  

What a month it has been.  

Feels more like a year because of all that has happened and all that has changed.  

Even just 2 weeks ago seems like months ago.  

I left my camera in Fairview so my friend Amy came and took these great photos.  Thanks Amy!  They turned out great.

This month was a month of filling out.  He went from a skinny newborn to an (almost) chubby baby.  The newborn look is gone and we are into full baby.  I just love his chubby thighs and cheeks.

Oh those scrunched up lips and chin.  

Caleb's sleep definitely is evolving.  The first 6 weeks it was pretty much a consistent pattern of eat, sleep, poop.  Now he stays awake about 30 minutes to an hour after each feeding and loves to play under his play gym and to kick and wiggle around on the floor.  

C has also learned hand to mouth.  This is his preferred thing to suck on.  The paci which we worried he would get too attached to is not so interesting anymore but man, that hand.  Good stuff.  

And a big first of this month - SMILES!  It was so so fun to see those first smiles and now we are rewarded often with sweet little smiles and responses.  Its quite a thrill.  

I love this boy so much!

Look at that tummy!

Tired out after the mini photo shoot.  What a sweetie.  

At 2 months Caleb is...

Size: Caleb is into 3 month clothes and newborn is waaay too small now.  Even some of his 0-3 month clothes are too short.  Some 3 months clothes are still too small.  He's filling out and has some chunky thighs and cheeks and quite a belly.  

Likes: Caleb is developing some real likes right now.  At about 6 weeks, I brought out his play gym and it has lights on the top and objects.  He loves to sit under it and look at the lights and listen to the music.  He gets really excited and kicks his legs and moves his arms around and hits the hanging toys.  Yesterday he even grabbed one although it might have been on accident.  He actually likes bath time right now.  He also likes to be in the bjorn.  

Dislikes: Waiting to eat which I rarely make him do and feeling tired.  Those are the two things that consistently make him cry.  Other than that, he's pretty chill and I can't think of much more that he doesn't like right now.  

Working on: C is getting better at holding up his head and enjoys his tummy time but only for a little bit.  We've got a good routine going now of eat, play, then sleep but we're working on going 3 hours between feedings.  It happens about 2/3 of the time probably but sometimes he is just ready early so he eats earlier.  I want him to eat when he's hungry though and so I don't make him wait just to stay on schedule.  We're trying to find some sort of schedule but I'm taking it slow and not stressing over it.  I think more important right now is that we've got consistent routines.  

Eating: I'm so thankful that Caleb is such a good eater.  We have had almost no problems with nursing.    He does take a bottle and I hope that continues.  He has a bottle probably about 1-2 times a week.  We started with Tommy Tippee bottles and he seems good with those.  Its so nice to have a break sometimes to go out with friends or just to give Ben a chance to feed him.  

Sleeping: This seems to be the biggest issue for babies.  The issue with the most opinions and confusion and contradicting information.  Rock or not.  Sooth or cry it out.  Right now I'm in the soothing camp.  I'm not ready to let him cry it out and there really hasn't been much of a need to.  He goes down really well at night after we started a night time routine and nap time seems to be ever evolving.  He sleeps in many places and sleeps well.  He is waking up consistently about 2 times a night.  Last night he slept from 9pm to 3am which was amazing for me!  6 hours!  It was glorious.  Fortunately even when he does wake up, he goes right back down after he nurses.  

Its so fun to see the change.