Xander slept for nearly five hours straight last night! When he woke me for a nighttime feeding, I couldn’t believe it that it had been so long since I had put him to bed. I sure hope that this is the beginning of a trend, five hour stretches are sure a lot better than two or three hours!
Yesterday was a rather exhausting day for him. He had another bath. He enjoyed this one a lot more, or at least he fussed a lot less. The whole bath experience seemed to wear him out, he spent most of the day either nursing in my arms or snoozing in my Mom’s.
Today he’s been pretty awake and active. He’s had fun with some tummy time. He can lift his head up and turn it from side to side and lift his whole back end off the ground but still no lifting with his chest or arms.
He’s gained a lot more control of his arms. It used to be that he’s thrash them about and if they happened to go by his mouth he’d nibble his fingers. Now he actually moves his hand directly to his mouth to suck on his fingers. He also likes to grab onto my hair (ouch!). I can’t wait until he has more hand control and can start playing with his little toys!
This morning we had fun reading his books.
We’re still at the stage where I enjoy the book more than he does. My favorite one to read to him is Sandra Boynton’s Doggies. It’s a counting book with different dog sounds and of course, Poppy Seed and McCoy have to help read it to him. Really need to get that on video.
It’s just amazing how much he’s growing and changing! Tomorrow he’ll be six weeks old! Has it really been six weeks?!
