Cade is now one month and I can't believe how much he is grown. He is 10 lbs 6 0z and 21 1/2 inches longs. He loves looking around and seems to really know my voice. Some nights he sleeps for along time and some nights he doesn't. We love having him around and can't believe he hasn't always been with us.
My boys all ready for church.
My boys all ready for church.
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awww you are such a beautiful family... i just cant wait... he is absolutely the cutest little guy ever... brock thinks that he has the greatest posses... he thinks he is a stud and hopes Callin is just as cute as cade.
Lookin' great Kacie!
What a cute one month old! I just love looking at the pictures of you guys! You guys are such a wonderful family!
Time does fly! I can't believe that Reagan is already 10 weeks old...and it seems like yesterday I was patiently awaiting his arrival! Y'all are a beautiful family and I can't wait to see more pictures ;)
aw...and haha i do notice the matching hair lines :) i can't wait to see you guys!! only a little longer, yeah!
Aw! What cute pictures!
I can't believe he is already a month old. Time goes by so fast. He looks just like you. You look like you are adjusting well. Enjoy every stage. They grow up so fast.
Kacie,
I'm so glad I stumbled on Becca's website via Bettijo's website. I had no idea! It's so exciting to see you with a cute little one. We're actually expecting #2 at the end of May. Come see us at frankandheather.com.
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Well he was pretty consistent in the night. After we would put him down he'd sleep 4 hours, then 3 hours, then 2 hours and want to eat everytime he woke up. What I decided to do at 7 weeks was wean him off the feedings by offering less at each nighttime feed each night. That took 2 nights. Then the third night when he would wake up I would let him cry for about 10 minutes (it is sooo hard to wait that long but you have to be consistent!) and then I would go in, offer him his pacifier, pat him on the tummy a few seconds and tell him softly that it wasnt time to eat and that he was learning to sleep and I loved him. Then walk out :) He normally fell back to sleep after that but only for like 10-15 minutes so it would start back over again..all night pretty much. Each time I would wait 10 minutes and go in and do the pacifier thing and if he cried immediately after that I'd wait 15 minutes before going in. (You increase the amount of time you wait each time, that way they don't learn that they have to cry a certain amount of time for mom to come in). We did this for three nights in a row, trying to be as consistent as possible. It was rough and we were pretty tired but its worth it because it finally clicks and they learn to soothe themselves and sleep longer without needing food.
What I do now for feedings (and what I was doing during the training process) was to feed him and put him to bed around 7:30pm. Then when I go to bed around 10pm I would wake him up for a feeding and put him right down (they hardly open their eyes). Then around 4:30 or 5am I would feed him again and put him right down (sometimes a diaper change halfway through the feed if I could smell something). Then he'd wake up on his own around 7- 7:30am. I hope this helps! If you want to read up on it all before you start so youre prepared and understand kind of the process, I recommend the books BABYWISE and THE SLEAPEASY SOLUTION. ANy more questions just ask! I asked a TON of people while I was doing it because I wanted to hear everyones and opinions and methods!
Oh until he's around 7 weeks I was able to put him into a routine by using the methods in the book BABYWISE. Its staying on a 3 hour feed/wake/sleep cycle. You start the day at the same time every morning (give or take a half hour) and feed him a full feeding. Then keep him awake and play with him until he gets fussy and tired (look for his signs of tiredness because once you learn those signals its a lot easier!). Bruin's usually awake around an hour including the time it takes to eat. So when he got fussy I would wrap him up and rock him to sleep and put him down. If he woke up early from his nap those first few weeks I just tried to put him back to sleep but if he wouldn't I would just hold him and play with him until it'd been about 3 hours since the last time he started eating. Then feed him and start the process again. I did this all day and it helped his body get on a rhythm so he knew what to expect. Sometimes they show signs of hunger before the 3 hours and its ok to feed him early cuz sometimes they have growth spurts. But I would try everything else I could think of to make him happy before I resorted to feeding him. (unless its obvious and he's sucking his fists like crazy and stuff!) Ok, now that I've written a book on your comment page... haha sorry! Good luck! And just take what works for you and go with it, this is just how I approached it and its worked for us :)
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