Smiles and Laughs...

You are a little over 7 weeks old at this point, and your personality is starting to make an appearance.  What started as little giggles and laughs in your sleep, has graduated into full blown smiles and laughs when you are awake.  There might be no greater feeling on earth than watching you crack the first of, what I hope are, millions of smiles in your lifetime.

Over the past few weeks, you have been in pretty good spirits.  Either that, or your mom and I are starting to figure out what makes you tick.  Regardless, the stress of a perpetually crying baby is beginning to wain, and we have started to really settle into our parenting roles.  Actually, your mom has really started to settle into her parenting role.  I think I still have some work to do...

You have been sleeping really well at night.  Not quite all the way through the night, but you have gone for 6 hours straight at one point.  Granted, while you slept for 6 hours straight, your mom and I didn't, because we were constantly checking to make sure you were still breathing!  We have started to notice that you sleep really well at night after you have a bath, so that has become part of your nighttime routine.  You really seem to enjoy the water, and we have even used it as a method to calm you down during some of your fits.  The flip-side to your enjoyment of bath time, is that you HATE being taken out of the bath!!!

You are also starting to stand for longer periods of time.  Don't get to excited, you have TERRIBLE balance!  BUT, you can put all of your weight on your legs for 20-30 seconds at a time.  I haven't done any research to see if this is normal or if you are some kind of mutant, but it makes me proud anyway.  Next project will be to get you some more tummy time so that you can learn how to crawl.  We have probably neglected your tummy time a bit over the past few weeks, but we will make a concerted effort to rectify that in the next few weeks.

Overall, things are still going well.  There is a bit of debate of your actual size at this point, but you have a doctor's appointment coming up in the next couple weeks, so that should solve that.  Basically, everyone thinks that you are a monster, but the question remains, just how much of a monster are you.  The guesses range anywhere from 11 pounds to 14, which is a pretty big range for a 7 week old. 

Till the next time...

Dad