Our little Pete is one month old today! He celebrated last night by spending his first night in his crib :) I enjoyed having him sleep with me for the first several weeks but this past week he didn't do so well with that so I knew it was time to move on.
Hank wants to know where he is all the time.
Vivian wants to hold him all the time and she's pretty decent at getting him to calm down and be content in her arms.
Kate wants to hold him too but she doesn't sit still longer than a minute to do so.
Hank always wants to know if he is awake. He kisses his forehead and says things like, "you're my best friend, brother" or "I love you Pete Pete"
Pete has wanted to be held and snuggled a ton his first month but I can tell he is getting more and more comfortable with being put down and on his own for a short time in between feelings and naps. At this point I am not worried so much about how he naps, but just that he does :) he is still comforted by a good tight swaddle and will usually do the first nap like that in his swing or in my arms. Then the rest of the day I wear him in my Solly baby wrap and he sleeps like that so well. I have absolutely been saved by that wrap and I'm so mad at myself for not using it with Hank or the others! It has been so helpful! I can wear him while he sleeps so that I can do chores or cook or help other little ones. I will do a separate post about it maybe!
He is cute cute but has been plagued by baby acne for the last two weeks...it looks like it is clearing up but seems to be taking longer to go away than the other 3. They have all had it at about the same age.
He has a very high pitched scream, wow!!
He hates diaper changes and being moved around quickly. He cries and cries with diaper changes to the point that I ordered a wipe warmer last week, ha!
His hair seems to have a hint of red to it. I can't wait to see how it changes.
He loves to look at fans and light fixtures on the ceiling.
I swear he has smiled at me when I talked to him with the high voice baby talk! Can't wait for a few more weeks when he will be able to smile all the time.
Most importantly, he is a good nurser and healthy. I take him this week for his one month check so I will have his stats to share then. I also took some pictures with my nice camera so I will try to post them this week too.
I really adore his profile with that sweet little nose.
Yes, we had a moon pie for the birthday dessert. I was going to bake him a cake but I knew he would only take a bite or two and it wouldn't be worth it so we just got something that the kids could share! Truly the important thing is the birthday song and blowing out the candle so to me it doesn't really matter what the cake is!
