IrishOboe

Joseph does more than poop and pee and it’s about time I wrote about it.  He’s growing quickly and can hardly be thought of as a newborn and it’s only been five weeks!  He has smiled since birth but for the past week he has been consistently smiling directly at people.  Daddy gets the most – he loves playtime with daddy!  I get a few, but mostly I have the privilege of seeing him smile when he nods off to sleep.  He might fight sleep vigorously since he always wants to watch what’s going on, but once he does start to fade often the first sign is a big, bright, beautiful smile.

He also loves to look at the ceiling no matter where we are.  It’s not just a matter of his head falling back.  He purposely pushes his head back so he can look up and then stares with big eyes.  He insists on doing this even while in the Moby Wrap, so usually I have to have one hand supporting his head and I’m still one-handed unless he’s a sleep and then I can tuck his head away and work with both hands – a rare privilege these days.

He gets better and better about holding his head up when on his tummy.  He kicks like crazy and if you put a hand behind his feet he’ll launch forward since he often holds his head up and kicks at the same time.

He still only sleeps 2-3 hour stretches even at night, but at night he’ll go right back to sleep after the eat/change, so that is a great blessing!

It’s fun to watch him grow and change!