Baby Johnson Diaries: May 2008

Caleb is now 4 months old and changing every day. It's so crazy that each day brings something new that we've never seen or experienced. I'll do a brief recap and also provide some pictures of Caleb's 3 month photos at JC Penney's.

These last couple weeks have been active for little C-Note (Caleb's Rap Star name). He's started cutting not one but TWO of his front teeth. It's so cute and you can feel and see how sharp they are. They've already cut through the skin. If that wasn't enough, Caleb rolled over from his stomach to his back for the first time yesterday. Stu was very excited because he got to witness it first while I was doing dishes. He feels like he's going to miss out on firsts with the little man, so maybe Caleb wanted to show him first!

This past Friday, Stuart and I decided it was time to start sleep training. Caleb, from the time he was born, has not liked to sleep on his back because he has acid reflux. Because of this, we got used to putting Caleb to sleep in his car seat or the base of his swing to keep him more upright. And we also kept him at the base of our bed by putting the seat in the bassinet. Up until now, his beautiful nursery was merely a large walk-in closet / storage room. Getting him out of our room was a priority so we could get a better nights rest and we also heard that the longer we wait to train them, the harder and longer the process became.

On the first night, Caleb was so sleepy that he fell asleep instantly when we put him in his crib. He only woke up to feed once that night. On Saturday, we put him to sleep and he fell asleep after about 15 minutes of crying. We checked on him a couple times to comfort him a bit. He woke up 2 times that night to feed. Not to shabby! Last night, he fell asleep after 2 minutes and tonight was his worst night - it took him 1/2 hour to fall asleep. But I will say that some of my mommy friends tell stories of their kids crying for over 2 hours before falling asleep. So I think Caleb is doing pretty darn well! Stuart and I feel like we have our evenings back again and we sleep SO much better now.

Lots of love,

Beth, Stu and Caleb

It's hard to believe nearly 4 months have passed since my precious Caleb entered this world and changed our life forever! He's a total gem but I won't lie about how overwhelmed I was in the beginning. Now we are all settled in and really enjoying our time together... so much, in fact, that Caleb has inspired me to go beyond my comfort zone and pursue my newfound desire to be a card carrying stay-at-home-mommy. No longer will much of my identity be tied to my profession. Nope, in June I will be assuming the head role of the Johnson house and lovin' it!

If you've wondered where we've been the last couple months, I will recap with a pictorial of Caleb's growth. Getting on the computer on a regular basis and having two hands to type has proven more difficult that we thought!