Monday, April 12, 2010

Happy one month!

This first month with Beckham in our home has FLOWN by! I can't believe how quickly time goes with two kids...It's sad & makes me want to hold on even tighter to the moments we have right now. Here are a few things about our sweet baby boy on his one month birthday:
-Still loves his sleep although we do have a little more awake time during the day which I love-Falls asleep for the night around 9-10 & then sleeps through the night till 8 or so, just waking up at 2 & 5 to eat. Last night as a one month old gift to us, he slept his first 6 hour stretch from 11-5!
-He is incredibly mellow and patient. Hardly ever cries and when he does it's about 10 seconds worth. Willing to wait for me to feed him & pretty good at soothing himself when I can't meet his needs right away.
-So cute.
-Has baby acne & peeling skin
-Loves his binky
-When he's awake he just stares and looks around; taking everything in. When he's being held while awake he will focus on whoever is holding him and just check them out so intently. He grins a lot-we call it his Mr. Magoo face-and it melts my heart. My mom said I made the same face when I was a baby.-He looks a lot like me, but I can see resemblance to Grayson and Zac
-He grunts {loudly} more than any child I've ever heard & makes a sound that closely resembles a horse and/or lamb depending on how loud he is.
-He has awfully bad gas-thus the grunting-so I finally bit the bullet and went off dairy yesterday. We'll try that for a few days and see if it helps at all. I feel so bad for him when he's obviously so uncomfortable & hope this helps.
-Nicknames so far: baby brudder, handsome man, beckham boy, grunter
-Is lucky to have a cousin & brother so close in age to grow up & play with {3 under 27 months-actually doable because Grayson LOVES entertaining & helping with Jaeger-don't know if I could do it daily though!}-Has peed on me multiple times {Grayson never did this!}
-Loves to be swaddled
-Sleeps in the cradle in the living room beside me on the couch
-Likes his swing
-Has become a good nurser. Our routine of nursing/burping/nursing/changing has been whittled down to about 35 minutes which is great.
-Loves Grayson & doesn't seem bothered by his constant "loving" {aka: being followed & laid by wherever he is}-Doesn't cry when he needs his diaper changed
-Loves his bath
-Really a sweet baby
-Totally has us wrapped around his finger
I was holding him and kissing his face the other night when he was wide awake and Zac asked, "Do you ever get tired of him?" I said, "no way. The first year is just total bliss." And I am totally taking it all in. Love you Beckham!

5 comments:

Kylee said...

He is already gotten so big from when we were last there. It sounds like everything is going great. You are such a wonderful mom. Love you.

Amber said...

Oh, Karli - he is just so beautiful! I LOVE that first photo of him... he's so sweet. Can't wait to come over and cuddle him again soon! ( :

Elizabeth Peterson said...

I cant believe how lucky you are to have such a sweet mellow secoond baby. My second baby was soooo hard. I love the pictures esp the last one. He is so cute!

Kyle and Tiffany said...

First of all, those are adorable pictures! I just want to snuggle and kiss the little man. Those first few months when they are so little and new are priceless. Beckham sounds like a wonderful little baby. Isn't that a huge blessing when you have two kids to take care of? You have an absolutely adorable little family, Karli!

Kelsey Peterson said...

Thanks again for watching Jaeger for us on such short notice. I didn't have any fears leaving him with you.
AND you give me courage watching you with two boys that I can have another child...not like it is going to happen soon....but I worry about it.
Beckham is so adorable that is why I had to bring my cousin in to see him! Love you all!