Sleeping - we still have no schedule for this and it's something I'm really going to have to start working on. Night before last it was after midnight before he went to sleep. Last night he was out by 9. The not knowing every night can be exhausting. In my dream world, I'd like him to be in bed by 7 every night, a dream feed around 11, and then a feeding around 6-6:30 before I got Em up for school. So far he's slept while taking her to school and has been waking up around 8:30 or 9 for a few hours. Up around noon and then back down for a nap when it's time to get Emma. So, that's working out ok for the most part. If, you know, he actually sleeps. He still has problems staying asleep once I get him to that point. I'm starting to put him in my bedroom for naps since all that newborness disappearing I mentioned earlier? It comes with a price. He can't sleep through a lot of noise anymore. I'm hoping the dark and quiet will help him take better naps. I'm still thanking my lucky stars that he sleeps so well at night, though. The night he didn't go to bed until after midnight he didn't even wake up again until it was time for his morning feeding at 6. And last night he slept from 9 until almost 3am before waking up.
Eating - he's a piglet, for sure. I think once he's old enough for solid food, he's going to go to town! There have been time he's taken all 4oz and only an hour or so later start rooting around for me, so I think 5-6oz bottles are in our immediate future. I do wish he's take a pacifier since sometime he eats just to comfort himself. This results in _ a lot_ of spit up because he overfeeds. I keep trying different ones and you'd think I was shoving a stick in his mouth by the faces he makes. He even gags sometimes! Probably in the long run it will be good that he never took a binkie (considering the fact my almost 3 year old still has one, and seems to have no desire to ever give it up. He'll have it in his pocket on his wedding day) but right now I think he'd benefit from one. Emma never took one, but she didn't have any interest in sucking on anything, so it was never an issue. He is still nursing occasionally, but I admit this hasn't happened as much as usual over the last few days. It's been a hectic time with big sis starting school and for whatever reason, it was pushed to the back burner. He's been a bit more interested in it today, though. Funny, but last night during Em's square dancing practice, he started trying to latch on to my friends shoulder, so he still acts like a little nursling for the most part. :) He's going through a wicked good 6 week growth spurt right now, so I'm anxious to see what he weighs at the end of it. He's not been weighed in a while, but I'll probably do that this weekend so that I can compare it to what the scale at his doctors says on Monday.
Milestones - He's FINALLY starting to smile at me now. I mean, his first smile was when he was a few days shy of 5 weeks. But he's _really_ smiling now. Still hard to get on camera, but those shy smiles are the best. I caught the funniest smile a few days ago and it makes me laugh every time I look at it. Maybe because most babies don't smile with their lips closed? He looks rather smug, doesn't he? ;)
In other milestone news, he's continuing his mission of rolling early. He's now rolled both back to belly and belly to back (just once on the belly to back and twice the other way). His head control impresses me so much. It will be no time until I can just swing him on my hip when carrying him (although I'll miss the snuggly newborn carrying positions). He's cooing all the time now. He coo's more than he smiles, although dude has the happiest eyes ever. He "smizes" for sure. :) I'm going to perish from the cuteness when I get that first laugh from him.
Grumpy McGrumperson - Once again, his mood was just a little bit better this week than last. He still has his moments, especially when he's tired, but now I can say "he's just tired" which is so much better than saying 'I don't know why he's crying". He's also started complaining when he has a dirty diaper, which is also nice because I can _do_ something about those grumpy periods. I still can't just sit him down and let him amuse himself, because he immediately thinks "this ain't happening,woman" and sets me straight, but if he gives me sweet baby smiles I don't mind. ;)I hope I'll soon be able to drop this topic all together.
Me - My appointment is tomorrow, so I should get the all clear in that department. I either seem to be trying to start my first period or still have a little postpartum bleeding. I did have a gap of about 4 days between them. Weight loss is still a slow going process. I've had two friends tell me this week that I've lost all my baby weight, which is nice to hear but also not true. I have somewhere between 8-10lbs left to lose, depending on scale and time of day. I start exercising, do really well at it for a couple of days, and then drop it again. I'm hopeless. I also continue to have problems with my face breaking out, which also happened with Emma. I can't quite remember when that started clearing up but I still notice it when she was around 3mo in pictures. Since it's hormonal, it's not easy to treat. I figure by the time D's baby acne clears up is when my (mommy?)acne will as well.
Coming up - a post all about Emma's first few days of school!
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