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Aaron is now a month old and is doing really well! He has grown lots in the past four weeks, probably because he loves his food from Mummy.  The last time he was weighed he was over 10 lb and that was a little over a week ago, so he must be pushing on 11 lb now. He was putting on more weight per week than the average, so he has had no problem with eating. Unfortunately, this means that he fills his nappy up a lot as well!  I have lost count how many nappy bags we have got through since he was born – it feels like hundreds!

He has had his first hearing test, which he passed successfully the second time. The first time, the machine that measures whether he can hear properly or not, was not working correctly, so the health visitor had to come back a week later with a different machine to try again. She reported no problems at all, that was great.

In the past week or so, Aaron has started smiling to us.  It is very cute!  The first time we thought it was just a bit of wind, but it definitely isn’t. He is also very strong and can hold his neck up for a long amount of time and has a good look around. He has been down on his stomach on his play mat, and he was able to lift his head up far enough to turn it round from side to side. This is very impressive seeing as gravity is obviously pushing his head down to the ground!

Sleeping hasn’t been so great recently. He tends not to like sleeping in his basket during the day, although he will do at night time. The only problem being that he tends to not sleep for very long at night, and even during the day at the moment.  This has led us to be very tired indeed with only a minimal amount of sleep each night!  When he does go to sleep, Ben tends to wake up, so we have to get up with him anyway! We are hoping in the next few weeks his sleeping pattern will change and we can get more sleep.  He is also a very noisy sleeper and snores quite a lot! 😉

There are a few things he tends to like at the moment which settle him down.  He likes to be sung Silent Night and he likes the bouncer and the TV.  He can sit in his bouncer for a good 30 minutes whilst looking at the TV. He also seems to like riding in the car as it puts him to sleep almost instantly!

Ben is still being very good to him, and tries to help us out with him too much really!  A good big brother so far! 😉

Come back again soon to see some new photos of Aaron!