Growing up so fast...

Oren is now 15 weeks and 4 days old, weighs 12lbs 5oz and is growing up so fast!

He can now reach out to grab objects, all which go straight into his mouth! He can almost hold his own bottle when he is drinking. He can blow raspberries and had nearly learnt to blow kisses... He has rolled over... We are teaching him to swim... we're so proud of how quickly he is learning.

Ive added a couple of photos here to show how much he has grown in the last few months...










Oren at 8 days old and then 13 weeks old

















Oren at 2 1/2 weeks oldand then 15 1/2 weeks old











Oren at 3 weeks old and then 13 weeks old




Its lovely to see our little boy learning so much, every milestone is a real delight! However, MummyB misses her very little boy too... and is getting broody again already!

Nap time...

Oren is a pretty good baby when it comes to night time sleeping, but he doesnt sleep very much during the day and I was starting to get a little worried about it (although none of the health visitors are!) as he does look tired sometimes and gets tiny baby-bags under his eyes…

So for the last few days I have been putting him down in his cot, and trying to help him learn to sleep in it during the day. Its been a bit hit-and-miss so far, usually involves a fair bit of him crying, and hasnt meant he has taken more naps or longer naps. However, this morning saw a bit of a breakthrough as he slept for nearly two hours! This is amazing as Oren’s naps usually last 30 minutes at the most. It gave me loads of time to research myself - I felt so spoilt!

Daddies recent Memories

Daddy has been very remiss at making his entries. So he is going to do a recap here that will probably be edited a few times before he is happy with it. Oren is now 14 nope 16 weeks old and never ceases to bring a smile to my face with one of his cheeky grins.

It has been a real emotional rolercoaster in recent weeks, but i suppose one thing i do want to put down for posterity is that i am amazed at the depth of endless love you can feel for your child. I am so lucky to finally have a family of my own and dont think I could wish for anything more (except maybe another child)

OK now about Oren, I find it truly amazing how quickly a baby developes. Watching him learn to smile and seeing how that smile developes into something that just melts your heart. He now has different smiles including a very cheeky one. Even more impressive is how now he even laughs to hear him laugh is enough to lift my spirits regardless of how crap a day i may have had.

Having watched him grow and develope I can honestly say along with mummy my life is now complete and the bits that have been missing are now there.

We have also had to go through the worry of him not gaining weight for nearly 6 weeks and watching him go down and down on the growth charts. This has been a truly stressful and worrying time for us both and even now still holding breath until next weigh in. Oren has gained a bit of weight at last just need to know it is continueing.

Oren though is an amazing boy and he is developing so fast its hard to keep up, but we have had pleasure of him learning to smile, to laugh, to grab for things and to hold them. It still mazes me watching him mimic our facial expressions. The funniest has got to be how he has learnt to roll his bottom lip down in a grump it is so funny. But so far he will stick his tongue out and have taught him the basis of blowing a kiss whichg he is still trying to master :-) he has a brilliant sigh that not sure mummy impressed with.

Time just seems to be going so fast and I just dont seem to find time to update site etc. I enjoy every minute with Oren yet time in the evenings by the time I get home from work seems to go so fast. Oren really is a treasure and back to sleeping through the night. But his routine is to be put down at 8pm so most nights i get to see him for only and hour or so :-(

Now he will hold his bottle although coordination is not there so he can get in quite amess.

We have started taking him swimming and he is due to start his swim classes this weekend which i cant wait for. On the last visit I proceeded to take him under water with me on three occasions which gave mummy a bit of a fright but he absolutely loves it so it looks like we have water baby on our hands.

Gaining weight again... phew

Oren finally had a good weight gain again this week. Actually he had an amazing weight-gain, 10oz in one week! We are now combine feeding him, so I am continuing to breastfeed, but we are topping him up with formula where we need it. Its good to see him flourishing, and growing. I have had to pull out the 3-6 month babygrows this week, and they fit him perfectly! Hopefully, he will continue to grow… he is such a happy little boy its wonderful to see him doing well.