Reid, RJ, Reid Dude, Little Dude, Little moose, (Those last three are your sister’s nicknames for you)
What a sweet boy you are! I feel like Heavenly Father knew exactly what He was doing when He sent you to us. Your mild temperament (so far) has allowed us to still give your sister the attention she needs, especially as we transition from one to two children and figure out how to best divide our time/attention. Thanks for being a pretty easy baby!
You are our skinny, scrawny, little, old man. Although you weigh more than you look. You were almost 11 pounds at your one month doctor’s visit which puts you in the 80th percentile for weight. You’re also very long, 80th percentile for height. I think the size of your head makes you look really little. You have a tiny head. Our biggest question right now is who do you look like? Some people say my dad, some people say your dad’s dad. Some people think me. Nobody ever thinks your Dada. =) It will be fun to see how you develop over the next few months and who you start to look like.
You are a typical newborn--eating every 3 hours, sleeping for about 2 in between. The other night you gave us a 4 hour stretch in the night and I felt like that was heaven.
You have a love/hate relationship with being swaddled. It’s seriously the best way for you to sleep longer stretches, but you just grunt and groan and try and work your way out of it for the last 45 minutes as you’re trying to wake up. So I usually only swaddle you for one 3 hour stretch at night, and you spend the rest of the night sleeping by one of us.
The other day as I was getting your sister dressed, and you were relaxing in her crib, you put yourself to sleep in there. It was hilarious and something your sister didn’t do until she was months old. Maybe I’ll luck out and you’ll transition really well to your own crib. Or maybe it was a fluke. We’ll see!
You love to be snuggled and warm, which is the opposite of your sister. When you get sleepy, all you want to do is be wrapped in at least 2 blankets and cuddled up with Mom or Dad.
You are becoming more alert and attentive. You are very good at focusing on someone’s face and you can tell you are dying to “talk.” You have started smiling recently, and it is the cutest thing. You do a little half smirk thing, that I love.
Thanks for coming to our family, little dude! Oh how we love having you around. Especially that sister of yours. She hugs on you all day long and you are the first person she asks for when she gets up in the morning and from her nap. I hope you guys will become best buds.
We love you!
