G plus K 143: Looking back through the month

Kaelin's 1st New Year Eve..Happy New Year

My baby boy turned two months yesterday! He is growing too fast. Just two months ago, my son was seven and a half pounds, and now he is about 12. I must admit, as he grows, things to do with him become much more fun. Kaelin has always been alert since birth, but now he stays awake for longer girths of time. That gives me more time to play with him, and help my son explore the things surrounding him.

THE MANY FACES OF KAELIN..

I TOOK THIS AS HE WAS SLEEPY..BUT THEN..

HE WENT TO THIS..AND THEN..

BACK TO THIS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES..LOL..

After Kaelin’s five-week checkup, Dr. Andrews scolded Gerald and me, due to us allowing Kaelin to fall asleep on us. Trust me, it did not start that way. Around two weeks, Kaelin disliked sleeping alone, and would not sleep if he were not in one of our arms. It is funny, for I told Gerald a couple days before Kaelin’s checkup, that we had to break that habit, or it would only bite us in the end. Dr. Andrews agreed, and gave us some tips to break it, including me reading a book he referred. I am proud to say it took us three days to break Kaelin from that bad habit! He now will sleep alone through the night. It was not easy! The first night, Gerald and I took turns patting him to sleep while he screamed, and screamed. Kaelin did not like what we were doing to him. I felt so bad for him. He would sleep for about an hour and wake up screaming. While breaking the habit, I noticed my son despises sleeping on his back, unless he is at an incline. Which could be the reason he stopped sleeping on his own at two weeks. While Kaelin naps during the day, I put him on his tummy. I know, I know..babies are supposed to lie on there back these days, but he sleeps better on his tummy. I only do it during his nap, when I am around to frequently check on him. At night he sleeps in his bouncer, for that is the only way he will sleep on his back due to the incline. Sometimes you just have to do what works best for them.

Things I do not want to forget:

-Kaelin started trying to crack smiles in his sleep around four weeks. I could tell his face muscles were preparing, because he was doing it frequently in his sleep. At five weeks he gave me his first smile! Now all I have to do is get him to smile when I say smile. It will be tough, I know. Kaelin is a tough cookie when it comes to smiling.

-At five weeks, I was trying to put Kaelin on his tummy, and my cousin Megan had just walked through the front door. Kaelin wanted to see, so he propped his body up with his arms in a push up position. I was shocked when he did this! I told TaNisha who was sitting right next to him to look, she replied, “I told you Kaelin is buff!” It was funny; of course Kaelin’s arms did not even last longer than 10 seconds like that. They were shaky from the very start he propped up.

-Kaelin now spits up sometimes

-He has loved to stick out his tongue since birth, and now he sticks it out & blows bubbles with his spit

-There was three nights that Kaelin slept through the night until 10:30 am without waking up once. I had to check on him to make sure he was still breathing. After those three days, he went back to his regular schedule. Goes down at night around seven, wakes around 10:30 pm. I will change him, give him a dream feed, and then put him back down. Kaelin will then wake up around 5:30 & 8:30 am to be changed, and he goes right back to sleep until 10:30 am. 10:30 am is when Kaelin starts his day.

-Diaper and bath time have finally become more peaceful. Around six weeks Kaelin started to embrace his bath time, and he does not scream during diaper changes anymore. Well, just as long as he is not sleepy, or just waking up.

-At six weeks Kaelin started making cooing sounds, and he now tries to play with his toys by batting the toys hanging down. Kaelin also likes to watch television now.

Kaelin watching Sesame Street

-During nap time, I transitioned him to his crib to sleep, and he cannot tell the difference. Prayerfully once I move him to his crib permanently at night, he will do just as good. But I am not ready for that just yet.

-White noise works wonders for Kaelin when he gets upset, and we use it while he sleeps as well

-AT seven weeks I noticed Kaelin is starting to drool from time to time.

-Kaelin wears 0-3 month clothes. At seven weeks, he started to really fill into them, and he is out of the size zero shoes, and into a size one.

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KAELIN THROUGHOUT ONE MONTH: