Progress

So little Blake is just over 6 weeks old. Time is seriously flying. He is still sleeping well but we have had a few unsettled days. Putting it down to the heat but also the dairy in my diet so I am going to cut it back and see how we go. Already he seems more settled this morning. I have managed to get him sleeping the right way around. He spends more time during the day awake and first stint at night is now 5-6hours then a 3-4hour block then a really quick top up feed and back down for an hour or so.

His circumcision is all healed now. The ring fell off early this morning. :) so glad
It's all done.

He started smiling at 5weeks old! He has the most beautiful full face smile. Both my boys use their whole face to smile. One of the most beautiful things in the world to see your kids smile. Can't wait to hear a giggle.

Blake had his 6week paed appointment yesterday and he is going really well. He is on par with Tyler except for weight.
Tyler 6 weeks:
Length - 58cm (75%)
head - 38.4cm (25%)
weight - 5.2kg (75%)

Blake 6 weeks
Length - 57.5cm (75%)
head - 38cm (25%)
weight - 4.73kg (40%)

So Blake is a lot lighter than Tyler. A whopping 570g difference. For only being 20g difference at birth that's a massive difference now. paed was happy with him though and doesn't want to see him until 12months. I won't go back unless there is a reason too. I will just book into my local CHN they are very thorough and will tell me if there is anything I need to see a paed for.

Blake being lighter could be due to my diet is a lot better. I am having the required calories and all the required food groups I am just eating super healthy. I wasn't doing that with Tyler so my milk probably contained lots of fat calories.

I went back and had a look but I had Tyler in the jolly jumper at 7 weeks. It was only very briefly until he got tired and dropped his head, only about a minute or so but I will see of Blake is up to it on friday. He definitely isn't as strong or energetic as Tyler so it will probably be too soon for him.

Dr went over the whole solids thing. 4 months will he here before we know it.

Tyler is doing so well at the moment too. Other than cutting his molars. The last one started bleeding as I was brushing his teeth last night so it's broken the skin and hopefully now he will get some relief from it. At least a little before his incisors start cutting.

He has started talking a lot more. He says or at least tries so say every word we say to him. Hopefully he starts putting a few words together soon.

He rarely uses his high chair now. He normally sits at his big boy table and eats except for dinner we always eat dinner at the table together. I want to get a booster seat so he can start sitting at the table with us rather than in his high chair.

I am thinking about starting the process of getting him to sleep in his big boy bed. Biggest issue with this is he can get out of it easily so it might be a battle of having to put him back into bed. Maybe I can try a couple of times for each nap and then if he won't settle put him into his cot. They are already in the same room now so that wouldn't be too hard.

All his bottles are gone, he now has a sippy cup. He doesn't drink much at all so I think they will be gone soon too.

Now he has most of his teeth he is eating so much more. He isn't a fan or being fed at all and prefers feeding himself. He has started showing a great interest in using his cutlery. Still a while of perfecting it but certainly likes trying to pick food up and put it in his mouth.

He is getting extremely bored of being stuck inside but with it being so hot it's no good for Blake outside :( I take him out into the back yard in the afternoons while blake is napping in the aircon but all day inside is very boring for a toddler. I love summer but having a new born in the heat is no good for them so I am actually looking forward to summer being over this time. Bring on next summer though. Tyler will be 2 and Blake 1. It's going to be so much fun. :)