Ok, so quick update on Sean and the family. He is napping now (finally, after being woken up from his nap earlier by the dog barking) so it gives me a quick chance to catch up. I already cleaned some bottles for the day, so now it's blogging time!
Sean is 6 weeks and 5 days old today. He is my little angel, and I love him dearly. He had a rough patch for about 2 weeks- going through a growth spurt, and we were trying to figure out his hunger cues versus just being plain fussy. The doctor had me start supplementing with some formula because his weight wasn't quite where it should be, and during our nursing times he never seemed quite satisfied or full. After starting on the formula supplemenst, he is a much happier baby, and gained a whopping 14 ounces in one week! As of Wednesday, he was 6 weeks and 2 days old, and weighed 10 lbs 2 oz. Very exciting! He is finally outgrowing his newborn clothes and fitting his 0-3 month clothes a bit better.
Sean has definitely turned our world upside down- Mike and I love him to pieces, and wouldn't trade him for anything. But he is quite a handful sometimes! Generally I would call him a happy baby, and fairly self sufficient (as far as babies go!). But when he wants to be cuddled and held, you'd better do it, because his cry goes from 0 to 10 in a second!!
This week we started having him sleep in his room in his crib. We have the monitor set up in our room so I can hear when he needs to eat in the middle of the night. Typically he is going down for bedtime between 9 and 11 pm, sleeps until 2 or 3 am before needing to eat, then going back down until about 6 or 7 am. Those times vary, but for the most part I can count on 1-2 feedings in the dark before it's late enough in the morning that I can get up and get moving.
Today Sean has really been turning on the smiles : ) He has been experimenting with smiling all week, but this morning he was really enjoying sharing his smiles with his daddy and me : ) Also he is starting to laugh sometimes, but mostly in his sleep. It's really, really adorable to hear him giggling over the monitor.
Our good friend Angelo has been staying with us on our couch for the last 2 weeks or so- it has been really nice. He is an excellent cook, so we are never missing out on good home cooked meals. And he cleans up after himself (and us too sometimes!) And he loves Sean, so Mike and I actually got to go on a date last week to the movies, and also for a ride on his motorcycle yesterday. And Mike was wonderful enough last night to watch Sean from 6pm to 11pm while I went out with my girlfriends. I had a blast! It has been so long since I got to really enjoy myself out on the town with my ladies, so I really appreciated every second of it!! Of course, it was hard each time I left to keep my mind off of my son at home, but I am glad to be doing it earlier than later. I am sure it gets harder if you wait too long for that initial "going out without baby" experience.
Well that's all I have for now. I have tons of pics already posted on facebook, and they are not loaded onto Mike's laptop (where I am blogging right now) so no pics in this post. But next time I will try to post some more pics, and possibly some video too : )
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