New Holiday

April 9 shall now be known as Belly Button Day! Mom was changing Caleb's diaper following an afternoon feeding. Mom asked dad to come over and see Caleb's belly button. Sure enough, the remnant of Caleb's umbilical cord had fallen off and we could see his cute little belly button. This is Caleb's first picture where his belly button can be seen.

Mom sent a text message letting several family members know of the momentous occasion. Caleb's Uncle S responded and asked if he had an innie or an outie. At first, it was an outie, but over the last couple of days, it has drawn back to be an innie.


BONUS PICTURE
One of the items we found at Babies R Us and added to our registry was a SleepSack. A sleep sack is a wearable blanket that is designed to prevent SIDS. The baby is placed in the blanket which is then zipped up. The blanket has an opening for the arms so they can be free. The blanket is designed to keep the baby warm, but because the baby is wearing it, the baby does not get his face wrapped up in the blanket and suffocate. The newborn size also has a swaddle feature which is an extra piece of fabric that attaches to the blanket by velcro and then wraps around the baby and attaches with more velcro.

We tried this on Tuesday night hoping a nice tight swaddle would help him sleep. Because the swaddle is held by velcro, we can get it nice and tight so that he can't wiggle his arm out and loosen the blanket. Although we only had moderate success with his sleep on Tuesday night (which we don't even know whether it was directly attributable to the blanket) we love it and used it for two days. The gift received was a two pack which also included a second blanket for a larger baby. We are looking forward to using this blanket often.

Caleb looked so peasceful in his blanket on Wednesday morning. One of the things I love about this picture is the sun just peeking in on Caleb's bassinet.