Sleep. Eat. Repeat.

What I took to be a lazy eating habit turns out to be a very efficient eating habit, according to our pediatrician. I was concerned that Caleb wasn't eating enough, and that when he did eat, he took forever. But at his two week check-up he boasted 12 ounces in weight gain over the past week, coming in at a healthy 8 pounds, 14 ounces. The doctor is pleased, and so am I. His excellent weight gain means that the relatively few minutes he spends eating at each feeding are highly productive minutes. That means no more stressing out at 3 a.m. when he'll only eat for 10 minutes. And that means no more spending an hour trying to wake him up to get him to eat more. I feel like a good night's sleep is almost within reach!

We've got a great kid on our hands with little Caleb. Over the past week he's started to have more awake time during the day which is resulting in really great sleep at night. Last night I only had to wake up one time to feed him, resulting in a cumulative 8 hours of sleep for this tired mom! Abby was five weeks old when she finally started sleeping through the night (10 p.m. to 8 a.m.), and if Caleb holds to his current pattern, I'm hoping he'll be doing the same very soon.

When he is awake, Caleb's a pretty laid back kid. He kind of has to be with his big sister running around like a mad woman throwing toys and books at him. Hopefully all this good eating will pay off and he'll be able to defend himself when he's a little older. For now, I guess it's our job as parents to keep Abby from whacking him on the head with her hard back copy of The Cat in the Hat. Again.