Callahan – One Month Old

We’ve loved having Cal in our family. He’s such a little stud muffin! Here are a few things about him and what’s been going on the past few weeks…

Just as when he was first born, he loves it warm! We turned our thermostat up quite a bit for him. He’s always bundled up in layers of clothes, and blankets, and wears hats most of the time. When we change his clothes or diapers, we put a little space heater near (but not too close) to him, and he loved that. He was going crazy! His relaxed and smiling face was really cute. That’s when he really cries, is when we’re changing his clothes or diapers and he freezes. He has this little cry that sounds like a goat, and his lower lip chatters. It’s so sad, but kind of funny. Daddy likes to pamper him and always puts his clothes and blankets in the dryer to make them warm when we’re changing him. And Dave bought a wipe warmer (great product we’d recommend), which helps a little, but he still hates it.

Callahan is great with sleeping! He wakes up only usually a couple of times a night. And he doesn’t wake up crying, we hear him smacking his lips, or whimpering. And after he’s done feeding, he goes right back to sleep. So we’ve been very, VERY lucky with this little guy, as we haven’t been as sleep-deprived this time around.

He’s growing well! At his two week appointment, he weighed 7 lbs., gaining a whole pound! Hooray! His length was at 20 ¾ inches. At first I was worried because he would only eat about 5 to 7 minutes total about every 3 hours (or less), but he had plenty of dirty diapers, so I stopped worrying. As our pediatrician said, some are more proficient at getting it out quicker than others. Apparently, he is growing, and the chicken legs he had when he was born are getting some meat on them now. He is finally fitting into 0 – 3 month clothes now, before it was preemie stuff.

His umbilical cord fell off at exactly 2 weeks old, to which Emma excitedly said “His belly button fell off!” She always asked me when we were changing his diapers what “that thing” was, she could never remember the name of it. Also, she’s getting used to seeing the little boy part now when she helps change him. I decided just to tell her the correct anatomy terms for things, but she calls it his “peanut”.

It’s been a fun month, and hard to believe he’s already that old. Just like my Mom used to say all of the time “It seems like yesterday you were born!” I used to think that was silly, but now I know how she feels.