Ben's Blog

How??  I really don’t know….the time has gone so fast!

He has grown so much in his first month of life its unbelievable.  He is longer for his weight, so he is going to be a big boy when he is older, and the size of his feet…..they are quite big already!  He has already grown out of most of his newborn vests and baby grows, only his T-Shirts, trousers and various other bits fit him now.  Lucky we have stocked up on 0-3 months clothes for him, just in case.

The last few days he has also started smiling and babbling to himself, which is a little early than expected.  He has a very cute smile and grin! 😉  He has also taken to lying on his back on his blanket on the floor and staring at the TV, so it looks like he will be a telly-a-holic when he is older.  He is always kicking his legs while he is lying down as well, which is good exercise for him and leads me to think he is going to be a bit of an athlete!

About 2 weeks ago he had his first bath, which he very much enjoyed!  He was kicking away as well!  Kelly bathed him the first time, and then I bathed him last week.  He didn’t enjoy it much the second time around, but I think that was due to pains in his tummy at the time and excessive wind.  We have got some medicine for that now, so hopefully it will settle down a bit.

He has mostly been sleeping very well at night, it is just a bit of a struggle to put him down as he always wakes up.  He prefers to be cuddled and easily goes to sleep whilst being cuddled.  Last night was a bit better though, as I think the medicine started to take effect, so we all had a much better nights sleep.  We are still shattered though!

Ummmmm…what else has happened with him??!?!!??  I can’t think to be honest! 😉  We have taken him out in his pram on several occasions and he seems to enjoy it.  He doesn’t cry anyway!  We also took him out in the car for a proper ride on my birthday.  He was settled when the car was in motion but cried a bit when we stopped up.  Kelly then had to give him some food to calm him down again.  We went out to Cadover Bridge on Dartmoor and took him outside for a bit, but he was fast asleep so didn’t take much in.

If I think of anything else, this will be the first place I will report it! 😉

Here are some more photos of the little fella.