6 Weeks Old

Luke is 6 weeks old today! Here are some updates of what he has been doing...

1. Obviously, he smiles. And it seems to get cuter every day.

2. Our first month together was a bit tough. He was quite fussy. Some days seemed like all he did was scream. Evenings were the worst. We'd spend an hour pacing the hallway to get him to sleep. He seems to be decreasing with all of that. He still screams but it is not nearly as long now.

3. He's eating 5 oz every 2-4 hours. I thought since he's eating almost double the normal amount for his age that it might hold him over longer. No luck. He still wakes up twice a night.

4. He's finally gotten used to the car. We've been out a few times and he's fallen asleep in his carseat.

5. He's also adjusting to sleeping by himself during the day. He will sleep in his swing for a long period of time at least once a day, so it allows me to get something done around the house. Most of the time though, he is more content sleeping on me and wakes up when put down.

6. He likes his play yard. He kicks at the toys a lot. He will actually lift his legs up toward the hanging toys to get them. And he is at the beginning stages of rolling over! He's been kicking one leg over the other and will be on his side, but his arm keeps him from going all the way over. I even caught him rolling himself out of his chair...guess I better start buckling him in!

7. Just today he started talking to himself. He was in his crib, woke up from his nap, and was jabbering away.

8. He seems to have taken a liking to Dr. Phil! Today he was in his swing, which is low to the ground and doesn't face the tv, but he apparantly was determined to see what all the drama was about and strained to turn his head toward the television. He watched Dr. Phil for a full 30 minutes!

9. Today he looked much longer and all of a sudden didn't fit in a few things. So we took a measurement from his heals to his head...24"! Man, we have a growing boy!

10. Oh! And he is balding! He is losing all that cute baby hair, but just on the top of his head. He still has that little mullet in the back (although we trimmed it so he wouldn't look like a balding old man trying to grow a mullet!)

Next week I will go back to work at least 2 days a week. Mondays he will get to play with Olivia who is just 4 weeks older than he is. Olivia's mom stays home with her and has offered to take on Luke as well. Wednesdays he can come to work with me for a few hours and Sundays he can stay home with Dad. So that will be our next adjustment.