Self Soothing

Nice hat! He weighed in today at 6 lbs, 10 oz.

He was a bit of a gremlin today. The boy just did not want to sleep today!

Nisha has her techniques to calm him down and make him sleepy, and I have mine. Hers is very nurturing and soothing. Mine is:
1. Bundle him TIGHT.
2. Put a pacifier in his mouth even if he doesn't want it. He'll get upset enough to want to suck on it.
3. Even in the bundle, hold his arms down so they can't move at all no matter how hard he tries to fight it.

Mine is not very friendly. Mine also doesn't create independence. I need to learn the real ways! Nisha's ways are really nice, and she's starting to develop that Mommy touch that I can't replicate.


Like how he throws that left hook at the very end?

Sorry it's been awhile...

It's been a little busy here in Kaviland, so apologies for the lack of my usually high turnaround time for entries. Thank you for reading and checking in on us.

The boy's growing! Kavi's already outgrowing some of his clothes! Kind of surprised me!

Well, he's 6 lbs, 7 oz. Hopefully he'll be a solid 6 and a half pounds by the time my parents arrive this Friday.

He's been a little blt fussier than usual...hopefully that will improve. Everybody tells me I'm going to miss this stage of him being like this. I find this hard to believe...! I can't wait for him to be able to hold up his head and communicate with us!

Oh, Nisha got these nice Dr. Brown bottles that are supposed to really help with acid reflux and air getting in...and tonight Kavi made it clear that this evening he did not want the nipple from that bottle, he wanted the more rubbery, slower-flow nipple like he had at the NICU. Maybe it was just an evening time thing, because he took from the Dr. Brown just fine before. Picky picky picky!

Anyways, here are some random Kavi videos:

This is of him being put in a car seat, because he's supposed to be sleeping, and we don't know what else to do with him! haha


Here he is getting a bath, cuz 'ol boy was filthy! You can only puke on yourself so many times before Mommy dunks you in a bucket.

Like Father, Like Son

What happens to Kavi when he turns into a gremlin:


Our friend Asmita brought over an Indian baby swing called something like, "Gord-Diu". It usually works very well to help babies fall asleep...in fact, you'll rarely see cribs on India, but you will definitely see these Gorf-diu's all over the place. The West has not embraced this invention for whatever reasons.
We thought it was a sure thing for Kavi, and it did work for awhile, but if the boy's determined to be awake, he'll fight with all his might to stay awake. Here's a video of the brief sleep Kavi got from his Gord-diu before he turned into a gremlin:

No Longer a Preemie!!

OOOOH!!
Today is Kavi's expected due date! So he is no longer "gestational"! And he weighed in this morning at, drum roll please....

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...SIX POUNDS, ONE OUNCE!!

Yahoo!! We met and exceeded our goal!! Happy second birthday, Kavi! So for probably a year or so, he'll have two birthdates, February 12 (actual) and April 17 (gestational). Reason for this is so we can calculate developmental milestones correctly, adjusting for the gestational. But my guess is that since he is so strong and very determined, his actual age will catch up with his gestational age development pretty quickly. In fact, a couple of weeks ago, our pediatrician told us that he was already acting like a 2 week old, so hopefully he'll keep it up!

If you go back and look at the first few posts of this blog, and see his pictures of when he first arrived, and compare them to now, it's really great to see how much he's grown!

Enjoying a Massage...

Ahhh, the good life!

Not much new...

So there's not a whole lot of new stuff to report about Kavi. He's been breastfeeding a little bit longer, and he does about 3 of them each day. During the night, he bottle feeds.

He's 5 lbs, 15.5 oz, so he's right on the edge of 6 lbs!

Every day, Nisha takes him out for a walk in the sling and puts a hat on him.

Otherwise, not much new news to report.

No more face scratching!

Kavi's tiny little hands are growing sharp nails. The problem is, they are too small for us to cut. The best we can do is that when they get too long, we can peel them a little. So, with these sharp nails and his sporadic hand/arm flinging and constant face grabbing, he ends up scratching and cutting his face a little.

Yesterday, Nisha's mom suggested to put on little gloves on him. We had them, we just never used them! Great idea! It totally works! Thanks Grandma!

Here's a video with Kavi wearing his new gloves: