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Caleb is six weeks old and getting so big so fast. During the first few days of pooping/crying chaos, I thought that it would last forever. But now, Caleb’s doing so much better and I realize just how short of a phase that really was.

Caleb’s fussiness is almost gone. Now when he fusses or cries, it’s for a reason. I just go down the baby care checklist (hungry? poopy? gassy? tired? bored?) and almost every time, one of them is the culprit. It’s nice to actually solve his issues instead of suffer through them.

We’ve had some really good days of cooing and playing. He’s now on the verge of the big gummy smile we’ve been looking forward to. We’ve gotten him to grin a little several times so far. He also has really good head control already. He will look around when he’s held upright and he can get up on his elbows during tummy time. Here’s a picture of when I caught him doing it yesterday:

He’s also been “talking” up a storm. Whenever we start talking to him, his face lights up and he starts making tons of cute little noises. Our little “conversations” are probably the best part of my day. You can see him and Andy talking in the video at the beginning of this post.