My babies loves each other

I enjoy seeing these two together. Caden especially loves Carson. He giggles and squeals anytime Carson so much as looks at him. And Carson usually adores Caden.

Right when Caden came home from the hospital

Many times after I put Caden down, Carson would immediately do leg checks on him.

Carson would always want Caden on a pillow with him. Then he would tell me to take a picture.

This day Carson said, "Hold Caden, Ma'am?" It is so sweet when he says that.

Another pillow picture

Pillow picture. They need a hashtag #pillowpicture

Carson has gotten really good at his Miley Cyrus impersonation.

Caden's 6 month

So Caden is so sweet.

He never really cries or fusses. 

I didn't really have to do much to sleep train him. As long as he's swaddled and nursed, he just goes to sleep.

He goes to bed between 6:30-7:30 and wakes up around 6:30. He usually wakes twice to eat. There have been a couple of 10 hour stretches, which are glorious! Until I realize I'm about to explode. No crying it out for this little one ( fingers crossed I'm not jinxing myself right now). I'm happy though because Carson was much harder. More crying with him.

I have fed him avocados, pears, green beans, squash, and sweet potato so far. And he took a bite of my banana once. We did oatmeal a few times when he was 4-5 months old just to see how he would do. He loved it sometimes and wasn't interested the other times.

He's pretty good as sitting up. 

He really wants to crawl. He rolls everywhere. He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks like crazy. He can scoot himself backwards. And the past couple of days he has figured out how to move one knee forward. So we'll see what happens with that. 

No new teeth yet. Still just the one.

He smiles ALL THE TIME. And his dimples are the best. His hair is crazy--but cute. 

He just started saying, "Buh, buh, buh," over and over.

He squeals. A lot. Sometimes it's really loud. He does it on purpose too, which is funny. And he thinks it's funny, which is more funny.

He loves Carson. Anytime Carson even looks in his direction, he gets excited. Sometimes Carson catches on and will play with him. They will sit and giggle at each other for a few minutes. 

He loves sleeping on his side. It's the cutest.

I made a bow for Simone's baby. But I couldn't resist to put it on Caden.

And because I love comparing their pictures--here are both of their 6 month pictures. They look so different now!

Caden 2, 3, 4, and 5 months

I've been awful at updating Caden's baby life. So here are months 2-5.

March 7th. He really started smiling around this time.

2 month picture

First park trip in AZ

One day I put Caden in his bouncer in the bathroom so I could shower or something. As I was getting up, I bonked the bouncer then tripped over it. Caden's buckled self got a good bonk on his head. I felt SO bad. I cried with him. Worst mother moment ever.

3 month picture!

His little swimsuit was so cute!

4 month picture!

He's got this mad-scientist hair. He had a couple of days where I thought he was teething. I don't know what it was, but it was the worst couple of days. Nothing ever came through, either.

5 month picture!

During months 4 and 5, Caden and I went through a major biting problem. He bit me so hard one day, that I bled. And it wouldn't heal. And it was extremely painful every time I nursed. Like the worst pain ever. Then I got mastitis from not nursing on that side. It was bad. I had to do saline soaks and pump to get it to heal. And even pumping killed. But a week or so later, it finally started getting better. 

A month later, he bit me again really hard in the same spot. It opened back up and I had to go through the whole process again. Luckily, I knew how to get it to heal. But unfortunately, he wouldn't take a bottle this time. So I suffered through it. ( No mastitis this time, so the pain was a bit better). But I literally had an open wound on my nipple for another week! Not fun.

He knows he's not supposed to bite me and has stopped. But I almost gave up nursing. I went through a little biting phase with Carson at the same exact age. It wasn't nearly as bad. But he learned not to do it. That was the only thing that kept me going.

Since the day Caden started smiling, he's pretty much been doing it. He is such an easy baby. Love him to pieces. 

Caden's baby blessing

Caden was blessed on February 16. He was exactly 1 month old. His dada gave him a beautiful blessing. Thanks Jimett for writing it down for me!

A lot of people came! Jimett and her family. Tyler and his family. Marci. Ryan and Annie. Darin and Rachel. Caden is very loved! It was so fun to have so many cousins to play with.

Caden 1 month

Caden is such a sweetheart.

He hardly cries. 

A week ago he started smiling and cooing when I look at him and talk to him. And every night--in the middle of the night--he will just grin at me. He would much rather smile at me than go to sleep. It makes me want to stay up with him and smile at him back. He is such a smiley baby! I love it.

So at 3 weeks he got what I thought was baby acne. Carson had it around that time. But Caden's wasn't going away with breast milk. Carson's did. A few days later I noticed he was getting cradle cap on the back of his head. I decided to leave it alone. It eventually went away but came back. And his poor face was getting worse. It turns out he had cradle cap on his face. I didn't know that was even a thing. I googled around and discovered you can use Listerine on the head. That did the trick! But not on his face. I used aquafor for a few days. When that didn't work, I resorted to the hydrocortisone cream. We are on day 2 and it's almost gone. Poor guy. 

I'm glad he poops like a normal baby. Carson was constantly poopy for months! And because of that, he always had a diaper rash. We had to use cloth wipes until he was 3 months old. Thank goodness Caden only has 1 or 2 poopy diapers a day. 

We had a dental appointment for his tooth. They didn't know what to do so they sent us to an oral surgeon. He thinks it's his baby tooth opposed to a neonatal tooth (extra tooth.) He said since it's not bothering him or me and it isn't loose anymore, we can just leave it. He said it would be way too hard to get x rays to try and figure it out. So we're not doing anything with it right now. When's he's 2 or 3 we'll look at it again. I think it's a baby tooth. I wonder when his other teeth will come in. 

He still isn't sleeping too great. He has ok nights and bad nights. Carson was a better sleeper at this point. If I get a 3 hour stretch, I'm happy. 

He rolled over today. We kept putting him on his tummy to see if he would do it again. And he did. Over and over. It was way funny. We weren't expecting that!

First bath

Tooth.

First dental appointment.