baby boot camp

Evan started baby boot camp yesterday. It's a program to help him learn how to sleep for 12 hours straight at a time. That would be absolutely incredibly magical if he could do that. Right now we are on the 1st of 4 steps, and that is to extend his daytime feedings to every 4 hours. He was previously eating every 3 hours. I thought this would be next to impossible, but actually it was very easy, he barely protested. The idea is that he will be hungrier and therefore eat more at each feeding. Step 2 is to gradually reduce the amount that he eats during the night feedings until eventually they are eliminated all together. This step seems much more difficult. I am nervous about this step.

marathon sleeper!

Evan is turning 12 weeks old tomorrow, yipee! 2 nights ago he slept for almost 8 hours straight!!! It was absolutely amazing. Sometimes his night sleeps are shorter, but sometimes he breaks out with these super long sleep periods also! Lovin it!

Evan loves to smile and giggle and he loves it when people talk to him or are talking around him. We also got him this cute supportive chair that helps him sit up, because he totally can't sit up on his own yet. We call it the Yoda chair, because it looks like the Yoda's jedi council chair. Yeah, I know, really geeky.

A-ma and A-gong babysat Evan for a few hours this afternoon while Kyle and I watched Indiana Jones. Who knew, Evan can eat 5 ounces now!

freckle or mole?

I noticed a brown spot on Evan's belly a few weeks ago and I got all excited thinking it was his first mole. But then when I touched it, it came off on my finger...it was just dirt. Dirty boy. But then a few weeks later, maybe around 9 weeks old, I noticed a lighter color brown spot on Evan's left knee. And this one didn't rub off! It looks like a freckle, like a tiny little baby mole, and 2 weeks later it's still there. It's so cute!

loves the outdoors

Evan barely slept yesterday while my mom was watching him but he was perfectly cheerful when we got home from work. The weather was perfect last night, about 70F and Kristen and Joe came over for dinner out on the patio. I put Evan in his bouncer outside on the patio and he sat there and entertained himself while we ate dinner, that's a first! He's always liked looking out the window so I think he really enjoys looking at everything outside, though I'm not sure what all he can see yet! And after dinner we took a walk and Evan fell asleep right away and Kyle was able to put him down in his crib at 9:15pm, another first! And he slept for 6 hours! :) Yipee Evan! Evan has a big poopy diaper every morning around 7:30, and today it came shooting out of his diaper so I had to give him a bath! Funny boy. Evan slept 11 hours last night (not continuously, duh), was awake for 90 minutes and got really tired again. He's completely zonked out for his morning nap in the baby bjorn, he's such a sweet boy! Big day today, we're going to Costco.

10 Weeks Old

Evan has grown and matured so much over the last 2 weeks. He really loves looking out the window. Every time someone is holding him near a window, he turns his head upward to look up at the sky. I wonder what he sees? And he is getting so strong too, now every day when we give him tummy time he can push himself high up with his arms and hold his head and neck up for an extended period of time. I think soon he'll be able to face forward in the bjorn.

Socially, Evan is so much more interactive now. He smiles and giggles every morning when I take him out of his crib. I guess this means that he's had a good night's sleep! He looks at you with intention now and can follow your face. Oh he is so cute! He's also started sleeping considerably longer now, predictably 5 hours at a time. Two nights ago he slept for 6 straight hours, I hope this is a trend! On Mother's Day, Evan and Kyle gave me a plaster kit that we can use to record and remember how tiny Evan's hands and feet are. So sweet. When Evan is nursing, he grabs onto anything he can find, usually my shirt and it's SO sweet.

live & learn

In the late evening Evan typically sleeps through one of his feedings. But yesterday I let Evan take a luxurious 3 hour nap which caused him to sleep an hour after he was due to feed. Consequently tonight I have been up every 3 hours. So far his longest stretch of sleep has been 2 1/2 hours. It's a rough one.

8 weeks old

Evan had his 8 week check up on Monday and he weighed in at 11 pounds and 7 ounces, doesn't that sound huge! He's in the 51st percentile for weight. His length is 22 inches, 25 %tile. He also got his first round of immunizations. This was harder for me than for Evan. He had just fallen asleep and I had to hold his little thighs down so that the nurse could stick 3 needles into them. Then she put 3 huge bandaids onto his little thighs. Evan cried loudly for only a few minutes, maybe two, but then fell back asleep. I shed a few tears too. (Yes, I'm that mom. I can't help myself.) The doctor gave him a dose of Tylenol and we gave him another dose around midnight. He did so well!

8 weeks 4 days: During 'tummy time', Evan pushed himself onto his forearms and held his head and neck high for what seemed like a long time! He's getting so strong!

Oh his hair is so beautiful, it's about 2 inches long now. The doctor said that he will surely lose it, and that it will be replaced by his 'adult' hair. She also said though that sometimes the infant hair is lost at the same time as it's being replaced by adult hair, and some babies don't have a bald stage. I hope this is Evan.