Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Grady-6 weeks old (yesterday)
Well I am officially past the post Partum phase. Officially realesed back to almost full duty hehe. I have a limit of lifting no more than 30 pounds. THAT will make moving (crossing my fingers it happens) VERY interesting!
Grady is doing wonderful. He is honestly a great baby. He is not a shrieker, not a screamer. He rarely really cries. He is a very content little man. He is starting to social smile more :) It totally melts your heart when he gives you his elvis lip grin.
I wonder what he is dreaming of, what he is remembering (from whenever past life...who knows) when he giggles in his sleep.
He is so alert. He will watch you very intently when you talk to him. He looks as if he understands every last bit of your ramblings and that he gives a rats behind about the flood of junk you are talking about.
Grady is still co-sleeping with us. As of yet we have had no problems. When he starts sleeping through the night he will move into his bedsideco-sleeper full time and then his crib. We are getting better averaging 5-7 hours of sleep at a stretch at night :)
He is losing some of his hair. We are wondering if he will be a blonde or a redhead... his hair has a lot of both colors in it.
His favorite nighttime routine....you would think a bath...but NO, he loves to take a shower! On a fussy night I thought the warmth and the steam would do him some good so I took him into the shower with me. You have never seen a happier baby when we got out of the shower. He was so content and all smiles after the shower. I think it is a little warm hydromassage for him. Heck one night he dang near fell asleep in the shower with me lol. After his shower I dry him off and he gets a little baby massage with the bedtime lotion. After that he nurses and he is off to dreamland. He goes to sleep quite happy and content.
Dad still feels like Grady doesn't like him. Well I guess it would be more accurate to say he feels unneeded by Grady at this point. It is harder for him to calm Grady and obviously he does not come equipped to feed him. But as time goes on Grady will become more and more social with others.
Grady is totally enamored by hisolder brother. DS#2 talked to the baby while I was pregnant every day now just the sound of DS#2's voice grabs Gradys attention immediately .
I could gush for a long time about my kiddos but I will stop now hehehe
Grady is doing wonderful. He is honestly a great baby. He is not a shrieker, not a screamer. He rarely really cries. He is a very content little man. He is starting to social smile more :) It totally melts your heart when he gives you his elvis lip grin.
I wonder what he is dreaming of, what he is remembering (from whenever past life...who knows) when he giggles in his sleep.
He is so alert. He will watch you very intently when you talk to him. He looks as if he understands every last bit of your ramblings and that he gives a rats behind about the flood of junk you are talking about.
Grady is still co-sleeping with us. As of yet we have had no problems. When he starts sleeping through the night he will move into his bedsideco-sleeper full time and then his crib. We are getting better averaging 5-7 hours of sleep at a stretch at night :)
He is losing some of his hair. We are wondering if he will be a blonde or a redhead... his hair has a lot of both colors in it.
His favorite nighttime routine....you would think a bath...but NO, he loves to take a shower! On a fussy night I thought the warmth and the steam would do him some good so I took him into the shower with me. You have never seen a happier baby when we got out of the shower. He was so content and all smiles after the shower. I think it is a little warm hydromassage for him. Heck one night he dang near fell asleep in the shower with me lol. After his shower I dry him off and he gets a little baby massage with the bedtime lotion. After that he nurses and he is off to dreamland. He goes to sleep quite happy and content.
Dad still feels like Grady doesn't like him. Well I guess it would be more accurate to say he feels unneeded by Grady at this point. It is harder for him to calm Grady and obviously he does not come equipped to feed him. But as time goes on Grady will become more and more social with others.
Grady is totally enamored by hisolder brother. DS#2 talked to the baby while I was pregnant every day now just the sound of DS#2's voice grabs Gradys attention immediately .
I could gush for a long time about my kiddos but I will stop now hehehe
