Quick One

Just a quick update for today, I'm off to spend some time with my boys and I didn't post yesterday - couldn't miss 2 days in a row!!

Last night was a much better night - back to our 1,4,7 o'clock pattern. The little guy has been pretty cranky this evening though. He napped for a few hours around lunch time and this afternoon in his crib.

It was another warm day today, warm enough for just a onesie in the house. I had pants on Beckett this morning so we could run out to get some milk. When we got back I put him in his playdome and heard him squirming around and the next thing you know, I looked and he had squirmed right out of his pants!!!


A few more spontaneous smiles today, still hard to say if they're in response to our smiles or just due to gas, but they're still super cute!!

7 weeks old today....I can't believe how fast the time is passing.

Day 3

Well, we had a less cranky boy today (so far anyways, the day is not over yet!!) If I had to guess what was/is going on, I'd have to say growth spurt. He's been eating more often, he ate every 2 hours overnight last night, which makes for a tired mommy today. Then this morning he seems wide awake at 8AM, but I put him in his crib so I could get up and do a couple of things, then when I went back to get him, he was sound asleep again and slept until about 10:30!!! Needless to say, I was awake by this time but I did have a couple hours of me-time to get some stuff done, have some coffee and breakfast, etc...

Today he's wearing a cute little Joe Fresh dinosaur outfit that Daddy bought him while he was still in the hospital. We're kind of in between clothes sizes right now. He's outgrown any newborn clothes as of the last couple of weeks, but many 0-3 month clothes are still a bit to big - the arms and legs have to be rolled up a bit. The weather has also been a bit confusing when it comes to dressing him. It's cooled off significantly in the last week or so, so I've been making sure he's wearing long pants and socks when we go outside.

Beckett still seems to be sleeping quite well in his crib, too. I liked having him close by in our room, but he makes a lot of little sounds when we put him back down after a feeding, and with him in our room that was keeping us awake longer than necessary. I also think he wasn't sleeping as well in his bassinet in our room, so hopefully the crib sleeping will continue to be a positive thing for all of us!!

One Cranky Baby

Well, we've had one cranky baby on our hands these last couple of days. I'm guessing he may be going through a growth spurt. He's been eating as often as every hour, although last night he slept from 10:30 until 2:30, then until 5:30. He drank 5 oz. in his bottle last night. And basically anytime he's not eating or sleeping he's screaming, even when you're holding him, which usually calms him down.

Our First Post

I really wish I would have started this 6 weeks ago when Beckett was first born, but as a new mother I was just trying to stay alive and awake, so record keeping wasn't top on my list of priorities unfortunately. So I'm saying I'm going to start now, hopefully updated daily or so. We'll see how it goes!!

So, what's going on at 6 weeks at 3 days old??

• Well, in the last week or so Beckett has started making soooo many more sounds. Lots of cooing and noise on top of the crying sounds he knew how to make in the weeks prior!!
  
• We've seen a few more spontaneous smiles in this last week too, although they don't seem to be in response to anything yet.
  
• I'm sure he knows his name now, as when I say it he seems like he looks right at me.
• Still getting up 2-3 times through the night, never sleeping longer than 4 hours at night.
  
• He's still eating every 2 hours or so during the day.
• He seems to be napping a little bit each day around lunch time or so, but I still wouldn't say this is a regular thing as I just let him sleep when he wants to sleep and don't try to force it if he doesn't want to.
• He's working really hard on holding his head up on his own, but it's still a wee bit floppy.
  
• He slept in his crib for the first time 3 nights ago, on Friday, August 28th when he was exactly 6 weeks old.
• When we give him a bottle it's hard to say how much milk he will drink. On Saturday night we gave him 3 oz. and that wasn't quite enough.
  

We're still taking tons of pictures but I wish I could say I was staying on top of the photo editing and organization!!!

Beckett wore his first "grown-up" outfit the other night. He wore a little pair of jeans and a white polo onesie and a cute little pair of white sneakers.



I'm finally getting used to being home with him everyday. I wish I could sleep when he sleeps, but I always find so many other things to do.