It's Been Too Long!

It's been WAY too long since I last posted! I have many drafts saved...but never get to post them. That has got to change!

It has been exactly 6 weeks since my last post, and Caden has changed so much! He now weighs around 18 pounds.

Here is a list of some of the things he does now:

1. Rolls over from his back to his front like a pro!

2. Laughs and giggles!

3. Babbles and chatters all the time.

4. Jumps in his Jumparoo!

Now we are working on sitting up.

He is so full of personality now, and is getting so much easier! However, I am pretty sure he is feeling some teething pain so that might change soon, lol. I have also discovered he does not do well in heat, and will not sleep when it's too warm.

Right now at night he sleeps about 8 hours, wakes to eat, then another 3 hours (though he wakes himself up by becoming unswaddled and pulling his pacifier out - it drives me crazy!)

Nursing is great now, bottles are a distant memory. He eats every 1 1/2 hours, and his days usually look like this:

Wake up/eat at 8am

Nap 9:30am

Wake/eat 11am

Nap 12:30pm

Wake/ eat 2pm

Nap 3:30pm

Wake/ eat 5pm

Nap 6:30pm

Wake/ eat 8pm

Bedtime 9:30pm.

So yes that's 4 naps a day, and everything is in 1 1/2 hour intervals. Of course Caden doesn't always follow this exactly, and will miss the last nap pretty often, but then he is super grumpy until bed time. Also, if I go out with him it messes up his schedule, like church on Sunday mornings for examples. Then he is crabby all day! I struggled with knowing how much sleep he needed, and if he was getting too much, but he is a sleeper like his parents and if he doesn't sleep enough he is super cranky.

In 3 days he turns 5 months old. I can't believe it! He is still exclusively breastfed, and in about a month he will start some rice cereal, then some other solids down the road.

Though he has his cranky times, Caden is very loving and smiley. He gets bored very fast, and still dislikes tummy time, but when he sees mamma or daddy, his face lights up and he gives the biggest smile! That's what makes every sleepless night, every tantrum, and every leaky diaper worth it!