the 6 week growth spurt...

Long time no update!

Well apparently at about 6 weeks old babies go through a major growth spurt. There is a period of 2-7 days where they eat nonstop (and I mean nonstop), are extra fussy, and don't sleep. We are on day 3 or 4 of this. Wednesday Brooks got shots so I am unsure if that was growth spurt day 1 or just revenge for the shots. The saving grace to all this has been that Brooks is officially doing some social smiling. He is getting pretty interactive with things so the fuss time is balanced out with a playful happy baby that once in a while figures out how to smile. He also seems to be realizing he can make noise- we have had lots of squeals and shouts this week. So as rough as it has been, it has also been fun.

This has pretty much been my week:


how mad does he look there?? LOL

Poor Eric has to come home to not just a cranky baby, but a miserable overtired wife. Last night B slept a little better, so hopefully that means the spurt is ending and my all-the-time happy baby will return.

Updates: we had our 1 month well visit at the pediatrician. Brooks measurements
weight: 10lb 5oz (birth: 7lb 4oz)
length: 21.5" (birth: 21"- but the ped got him at 19" so somethings off, he is growing)
head circumfrence: 15.5" (birth: 14")
cute factor: more and more adorable (birth: adorable)

evidence of said growth and cute factor:






A Boy and His Dog.
Ming has been pretty good so far. She doesn't do much with him- sniffs, once licked his leg, and then walks away. We did find her paws up on the crib checking him out one day, she sleeps on the rug in his room, gets jealous if other dogs get near his stroller, has buried one of his blankets in the couch, and has been awesome about understanding which toys she can't have. I think they are going to be best friends.

Activities: One thing that is great, is that B gets knocked out by the stroller. This has allowed us to get out- and we want to take him out as much as possible so that as he gets older he is used to it and we can go places with him.

His first jeans- worn to dinner to say goodbye to good friends of ours who are moving out of the city:

Meeting Daddy for dinner after work on Friday:



And lastly- a video of him and the toy his Nana gave him- he LOVES this thing. It allows me to put him down and either shower, fold laundry, whatever I need to do. It play for about 10 minute so is great. I like the video because you can see how into it he is and hear his little newfound voice sounds.