caiman 1 month old

such a precious little man. i can't believe he's already one month old. he's simply perfect.

Caiman is a little snuggler, which i love! he just nestles right up to your chin and lets you love him. he is also a very good eater, but he sucks so hard. he just goes in for the kill. now that i'm toughened up i'm good, but those first couple weeks he was my little piranha man. he's a good sleeper too and just an all around good baby. when he's upset, going into his sisters room is the only thing that cheers him up. he loves looking at all her things on the walls and listen to her blaring music. and he hates a wet diaper. we always know when he's wet because that and when he's hungry are the only times he cries. and he pees almost every time we change his diaper. i've lost track of how many times we've all been peed on, except tanaya, he hasn't peed on her once.

caiman was circumcised at a week old. although we wanted it for him i couldn't bare the thought of the doctor hurting him. they assured us they completely numb the area but it still made me cringe.  john had to be the tough one and take him in and hold his hand while i sat in the parking lot and cried. john called me when they were finished and i went into the hospital room and nursed him.  john assured me that he was totally numb and he was just fine through it all.  john was so fascinated by the whole process that he wanted to share details with me but i couldn't handle knowing what they did to him, so he told his friends and my brothers instead :) they gave john a little finger binky to give caiman before i came in and john said he now understood how hard he sucks because he was killing his finger. the days after he healed like a champ, although the vaseline we used to help him heal and make sure he didn't stick to his diaper gave him major diaper rash. now he's totally healed.

caiman had a couple gassy days that weren't very much fun because his belly hurt, but his uncle ryan showed us how to rub and bounce them out of him. ryan spent a few days rubbing and bouncing for hours until caiman felt better. he's such a cute uncle.

on august 23 he weighed 8lbs 8oz - double numbers must be his thing. he has been SO much fun to get to know, and snuggle, and kiss. we all just LOVE him!