Fifteen weeks old

Loves his new bath seat. 

Caleb thought he needed a new hat

Calvin might just be one of the happiest babies in the world in the morning.  He is all smiles when he first wakes up.  Now if we could just get his wake up call a little later in the am, that would be wonderful! It's not terrible, but he's been wanting to be up around 6:15 lately...Travis got this video of his morning smile routine.

Fourteen weeks old

Calvin is really starting to want to be around the family more.  He used to be content to lay on the floor while we ate dinner, but now he wants to be at the table with us. He is sitting in the bumbo on the table, but we are a bit nervous that he might tip it over and fall to the ground, so we are going to get out the high chair for him this week.

Likes:
- bright colored toys.  He doesn't hold them yet, but will stare at them for a long time and is starting to reach for them
- music
- being outside when it is cloudy or overcast
- bath time...I wish we would have gotten some video of his bath on Saturday night.  He was kicking like crazy!
- diaper changes -- he loves dry diapers and loves to lay on his changing table
- sitting up
- eating and gaining weight like a crazy man.  He's in 6 month sleepers and shirts.  His 6 month pjs tonight were even a little on the short side!

Dislikes:
- being outside when it is really sunny or windy
- being held like a baby...he wants to look out at the world
- using his legs.  He has no interest in having any weight on his legs at all.  He keeps them folded underneath him instead.


It seems he's ready to be done being swaddled, but for the life of me, I can't remember how we weaned Caleb off of it!  Calvin sleeps with one arm out already and is waking up with his other arm free as well.  I put him down for a nap today with both arms out and he slept an hour.  It did take him longer to fall asleep though.

Three months old!

Not happy about the walk...scowled the entire time. 

7:00 pm nap

Dinner time with the family. 

Thirteen weeks old

Calvin sure is a happy little guy lately.  He loves his sleep, but in between naps, he's happy and smiley.  This week his schedule was three 30-60 minute naps and then one giant 2-4 hour nap each day.  Sometimes this was the first nap of the day, but usually more towards mid day.  He still doesn't like to be up more than about 60-90 minutes at a time. He sometimes ends up being awake for 2-2.5 hours in the evening only because we are trying to not let him take a nap at 7:00 at night.  We try to time it that his last nap is around 5:00, but sometimes that just doesn't happen.

The big news this week is Calvin moved to his own room and we are all sleeping great!  He's been in there four nights. The first night I woke a lot to stare at the monitor, but now I'm feeling refreshed after a better night of sleep.  Calvin grunts and kicks from about 4:30-6:30 every single morning in his sleep.  This meant I was basically awake form 4:30 on each day.  We can't hear this through the monitor so I am able to go back to sleep after his 4 am feeding.  The boys also spoiled us by both sleeping until 7:30 Saturday and Sunday!

We got to be outside a lot this weekend and Calvin is starting to like the outdoors more and more.  He will sit in his stroller and watch big brother play.  He really likes it when the neighbors stop to talk to him.  He is a social little guy and is all smiles when people peek into the stroller and talk to him.

The other big news is that Calvin's allergy tests came back as negative!  The doctor did warn us that false negatives could happen this early, but we are hopeful that isn't the case.  We also have the green light to do the early introduction of foods beginning at four months since allergies are in the family.  The current research in the allergy field is showing that severe allergies can be avoided by introducing common allergens in between 4-6 months.  I'm planning to talk with our doctor at his four month check up and our allergist to get their advice on how to do this.

Getting used to his stroller.  The toys give him something to look at and help block the sun!

Loving the sunshine!

Always watching big brother

Such a smiley little guy

Twelve weeks old

Calvin has been working on it for a little over a week, but he's now mastered the roll over (front to back).  He did it a couple of times when he was ten weeks old, but this week, he's been doing it pretty consistently and isn't scared when he ends up on his back anymore.  Now that he can roll, he will stay on his belly for a nice long time and babble.  He's getting more and more vocal and does a lot of cooing.  He's trying to reach for the toys on his activity mat, but not having much luck yet.  He's also really liking to sit up and look around.  He will sit in the bumbo seat, but he leans his head way back and sometimes arches his back so I'm afraid he's going to tip it backwards.

He's still growing rapidly.  He's up to 14 lb 7 oz and 24 inches long!  He's in size six month sleepers and shirts.  Still in three month pants.  Some of his 3-6 month clothes still fit too.

Brothers talking to each other.

Just hanging out in his six month pjs!