Six Weeks

What's new at six weeks? It's about the same as five weeks, actually. The smiles are great! He's been cuddling, shaping to hold on to you when you hold him. He sucked just his thumb last Saturday, just once, not his fist or his arm as he had been doing. It's funny, because I saw him suck his thumb in one ultrasound, but he goes for larger sucking targets since birth. Last week, he could hold himself on all fours, and push himself higher from there, and move forward one crawl; this week he can even push himself up when he really wants. He seems awfully frustrated that he can't crawl yet! It's best to help him crawl if you like your hearing. And unfortunately, he vocalizes in his sleep now *sigh*. He has a lot to say when I'm trying to sleep, and it's not about feeding either. The first month was easier at night: if I heard baby noises, I needed to get up to feed him. Now I have to decipher the noises and look at the clock to decide if he's hungry or just talkative. Or if he needs his diaper changed, meaning possibly an hour of coaxing him back to sleep. I could manage the first four weeks of sleep deprivation, but this ... on the other hand, I can now fall asleep in no time flat, and a fifteen minute nap feels great! I used to be a sleep onset insomniac (two hours to fall asleep, dropped to thirty minutes when I started working on my PhD), and my rare naps used to be two hours. I could get used to these new sleep habits if I don't have to feel zonked. He also has a bald spot on the left side of his head. I don't know where his original dark hair went, but it's coming back blond and the contrast looks like no hair. So there's plenty to watch and learn!