I think he grew..

Yesterday I looked at Beckett and I'm sure he is bigger than he was the day before!!! It seems like he just grows overnight. He's almost too big for his playdome and his co-sleeper. We've only used the co-sleeper a couple of times, but there have just been nights he doesn't want to be away from us and it's at least gotten us some sleep!! He's lying in it right beside me as I type. He was up last night from 2 until 4, then up again at 5, so he's fighting sleep now!! He seems to do that alot...you can tell he's tired, his eyes keep wanting to close, but it's like he's afraid if he goes to sleep he's going to miss something!! Then he gets cranky because he's soooo tired. He napped in his crib for a couple of hours around lunch time yesterday. The day before yesterday he didn't have any significant naps all day, then yesterday afternoon he was cranky, so we put swaddled him and put him in the playpen at around 6, and then moved him up to his crib just before 10, and he slept until 11!!! 5 hours!! That is his longest stretch of sleep yet. Until last night the nights have continued to be good.

We have an appointment with the public health nurse later today to get him weighed and see if we can figure out why we are still seeing these green bowel movements, although this mornings was more back to normal colour. We've been trying some more sitting up positions when he's eating to make sure he's not getting too much milk too fast.

I have to remember to type in the list of all his weights later. I've been keeping track of them in a journal, but I think it would be a good idea to have the list here as well.

Good Night Last Night

I'm hoping not to jinx anything by saying this, but the last three nights have been good ones!! Last night Beckett managed to stretch out his feedings a little more than usual. He went to be at around 10:30, and woke to eat at 1:30 and 4:45. Then I think it was 8 when he got up next time, after which we were up for the morning.

We went for our first walk around the neighborhood alone yesterday, just Beckett, Milo and I, and today Daddy came with us.

We have been having some rather unpleasant green BM's since Thursday. I'm hoping it's aftermath from his growth spurt and will resolve itself, but I think I'll make an appointment to chat with the doctor about it on Tuesday anyways.

Quick One

Just a quick update for today, I'm off to spend some time with my boys and I didn't post yesterday - couldn't miss 2 days in a row!!

Last night was a much better night - back to our 1,4,7 o'clock pattern. The little guy has been pretty cranky this evening though. He napped for a few hours around lunch time and this afternoon in his crib.

It was another warm day today, warm enough for just a onesie in the house. I had pants on Beckett this morning so we could run out to get some milk. When we got back I put him in his playdome and heard him squirming around and the next thing you know, I looked and he had squirmed right out of his pants!!!


A few more spontaneous smiles today, still hard to say if they're in response to our smiles or just due to gas, but they're still super cute!!

7 weeks old today....I can't believe how fast the time is passing.

Day 3

Well, we had a less cranky boy today (so far anyways, the day is not over yet!!) If I had to guess what was/is going on, I'd have to say growth spurt. He's been eating more often, he ate every 2 hours overnight last night, which makes for a tired mommy today. Then this morning he seems wide awake at 8AM, but I put him in his crib so I could get up and do a couple of things, then when I went back to get him, he was sound asleep again and slept until about 10:30!!! Needless to say, I was awake by this time but I did have a couple hours of me-time to get some stuff done, have some coffee and breakfast, etc...

Today he's wearing a cute little Joe Fresh dinosaur outfit that Daddy bought him while he was still in the hospital. We're kind of in between clothes sizes right now. He's outgrown any newborn clothes as of the last couple of weeks, but many 0-3 month clothes are still a bit to big - the arms and legs have to be rolled up a bit. The weather has also been a bit confusing when it comes to dressing him. It's cooled off significantly in the last week or so, so I've been making sure he's wearing long pants and socks when we go outside.

Beckett still seems to be sleeping quite well in his crib, too. I liked having him close by in our room, but he makes a lot of little sounds when we put him back down after a feeding, and with him in our room that was keeping us awake longer than necessary. I also think he wasn't sleeping as well in his bassinet in our room, so hopefully the crib sleeping will continue to be a positive thing for all of us!!

One Cranky Baby

Well, we've had one cranky baby on our hands these last couple of days. I'm guessing he may be going through a growth spurt. He's been eating as often as every hour, although last night he slept from 10:30 until 2:30, then until 5:30. He drank 5 oz. in his bottle last night. And basically anytime he's not eating or sleeping he's screaming, even when you're holding him, which usually calms him down.

Our First Post

I really wish I would have started this 6 weeks ago when Beckett was first born, but as a new mother I was just trying to stay alive and awake, so record keeping wasn't top on my list of priorities unfortunately. So I'm saying I'm going to start now, hopefully updated daily or so. We'll see how it goes!!

So, what's going on at 6 weeks at 3 days old??

• Well, in the last week or so Beckett has started making soooo many more sounds. Lots of cooing and noise on top of the crying sounds he knew how to make in the weeks prior!!
  
• We've seen a few more spontaneous smiles in this last week too, although they don't seem to be in response to anything yet.
  
• I'm sure he knows his name now, as when I say it he seems like he looks right at me.
• Still getting up 2-3 times through the night, never sleeping longer than 4 hours at night.
  
• He's still eating every 2 hours or so during the day.
• He seems to be napping a little bit each day around lunch time or so, but I still wouldn't say this is a regular thing as I just let him sleep when he wants to sleep and don't try to force it if he doesn't want to.
• He's working really hard on holding his head up on his own, but it's still a wee bit floppy.
  
• He slept in his crib for the first time 3 nights ago, on Friday, August 28th when he was exactly 6 weeks old.
• When we give him a bottle it's hard to say how much milk he will drink. On Saturday night we gave him 3 oz. and that wasn't quite enough.
  

We're still taking tons of pictures but I wish I could say I was staying on top of the photo editing and organization!!!

Beckett wore his first "grown-up" outfit the other night. He wore a little pair of jeans and a white polo onesie and a cute little pair of white sneakers.



I'm finally getting used to being home with him everyday. I wish I could sleep when he sleeps, but I always find so many other things to do.

One month old!!

Today we had our one month check up with our family doctor. Beckett weighs 8lb 6oz, and is 53.5cm long. He cried the whole time the doctor was in the exam room!! He's in the 25th percentile for height and weight. The doctor said everything looks perfect!! Beckett peed on the exam table!!