Routine/No Routine

Caleb eats every 2 1/2 to 3 1/3 hours...except when going through the 6 weeks growth spurt we've currently hit. He's eating more during the day and sleeping more at night. Except yesterday, when he refused to finish most of his bottles, leaving 1/2 - 1 ounce behind at every feeding.

Caleb takes a really great afternoon in his crib right around the 1pm time frame, except when he refuses to sleep anywhere but on my chest and then only for an hour.

Caleb loves to cuddle, except when he just wants to lie down on his back and wiggle and flail his limbs for upwards of an hour.

Just when I think we're hitting a routine, it changes. We're attempting to follow the Babywise Parent-Directed Feeding, but one of its major tenets is a consistent first feeding time. For awhile we were shooting for 6:30 am, and lining up his late evening feeding accordingly. But we can't predict when he's going to sleep for 3 hours or 4 hours. And I'm not going to set up an alarm and go wake him up to eat when he's just eaten 2 hours ago. So I'm taking comfort in the fact that (minus this growth spurt craziness) he's always eating full feedings, he doesn't cluster feed, he naps pretty well and he's a great sleeper who always sleeps in his crib at night. He's so adorable and already getting so big and looking like a little baby boy.

Party time! #bigbed #nakedbaby

Seriously, like the rest of the day...

Such a little love -- I can't resist that teeny face