Milestones

So, it appears we are getting somewhere. I left the house again today (dentist appointment and then lunch with BFF Beth) and it went well! I even nursed in the booth at Chili's (right by the freaking front door with no nursing cover -- I used a sleeper I had in my baby bag to cover up.) I feel like I'm getting to a better place with being out and about with 2 kids. I even did some housework today after our adventure. I'm hoping the rest of the week continues to go smoothly!

So, I realize that tiny babies have less interesting milestones than bigger kids, but Colin really has changed so much in his almost 3 weeks on the outside that I simply have to note it!

- Has been smiling in his sleep for over a week now, but still no awake smiles yet -- although sometimes you can see in his eyes that he wants to, I swear!
- Is intensely interested in looking around now. He still gets cross eyed once in a while, but is definately focusing on contrasts and faces and seems to be genuinely excited by them
- Sleeps really well at night, even with the time change. We seems to hover around 8-12, 12-4, 4-8 over the night hours, which really is not bad at all.
- The gas, spitting up and pooping are either a) getting better or b) i'm not as stressed because I'm used to them. Not sure which, as I'm still sleep deprived, but I think it may be a little of both
- He is huge. Ginormous, even. I held a brand new baby (8 lbs, 7 oz) this past weekend and it was like night and day.
- Colin is awesome at holding his head up, just like Lily was at that age. Tummy time is no problem over here (actually, he sleeps on his tummy sometimes in my bed, hence the nice 4 hour sleep blocks). Oh yeah, you read it right. I'm a rebel. I cosleep AND I let him sleep on his belly sometimes. We walk on the wild side over here :)


As for Miss Lily, she is still in adjustment mode. She is the best big sister to Colin ("Hey, Baby Col, whatcha doin'? Huh? Whatcha doing?"), but has become a little sadder without being able to verbalize it, really. She has started saying less-than-nice things and when she doesn't go her way, she says "I'm going away!" and then runs to her room and slams her door. Its all very dramatic. So, we are taking more time to love and hug on her and trying to help her put feelings into words, but its not going so well. I don't think she even knows why she is upset, really. When I ask her questions, she says "I just want to cry. I don't want to be happy." We talk about how its okay to be sad sometimes, but how we can be happy too. Its a process and we are getting there.

This appears to be a sad face, but its really a frustrated face

My sister and Lily calming Colin