Wow, this is fantastic...two days in a row of having a model baby. I think he must have been reading the Gina Ford book too as even his feeds and sleeps were running to clockwork as outlined in the book for a 6 week old baby. In fact, he never requested his 10.30pm feed and slept from 7.30pm-3.20am...and even then it was only that I heard him move about a bit and thought he should be fed. After that it was 5am and then 7am when he woke for feeds, just as it was yesterday!
After yesterdays rain and winds we made the most of a bright morning and went to visit Jamie, who was happily distracted from putting up curtains to entertain and be entertained by the new improved Curtis. Millie was also delighted to see Curtis and licked his head whenever she had the chance. Curtis had smiles for everyone today :-)
Its amazing how much can change occurs in 24hrs. Today he was far better at holding his neck up when on his front, stayed in his bouncer for a whole 10 minutes while I tidied up (we've been progressing by an extra minute each day for the past week or so), he watched his mobile for about 8 minutes and spent some time entertaining himself in his cot by generally throwing his arms and legs around, and let me put him on his playmat for 5 minutes without too much stress. Up until now we have had to carry and hold him nearly all the time as he protested every time we put him down anywhere.
On these good days we are able to more easily identify his various moods and cries. Today he showed Jamie one of his latest cries: the low sad cry accompanied by a quivvering bottom lip. I never thought I'd say his crying was cute...but this one is!
The only disadvantage with the new bedtime routine is that Gareth doesn't get to see Curtis so much, but I'm managing to take several video clips through the day to keep him updated on the wee man's day. Sad though isn't it that Gareth and I then spend our time together in the evening watching Curtis's video clips over and over and missing him as he lay sleeping next door. New parents huh!
After yesterdays rain and winds we made the most of a bright morning and went to visit Jamie, who was happily distracted from putting up curtains to entertain and be entertained by the new improved Curtis. Millie was also delighted to see Curtis and licked his head whenever she had the chance. Curtis had smiles for everyone today :-)
Its amazing how much can change occurs in 24hrs. Today he was far better at holding his neck up when on his front, stayed in his bouncer for a whole 10 minutes while I tidied up (we've been progressing by an extra minute each day for the past week or so), he watched his mobile for about 8 minutes and spent some time entertaining himself in his cot by generally throwing his arms and legs around, and let me put him on his playmat for 5 minutes without too much stress. Up until now we have had to carry and hold him nearly all the time as he protested every time we put him down anywhere.
On these good days we are able to more easily identify his various moods and cries. Today he showed Jamie one of his latest cries: the low sad cry accompanied by a quivvering bottom lip. I never thought I'd say his crying was cute...but this one is!
The only disadvantage with the new bedtime routine is that Gareth doesn't get to see Curtis so much, but I'm managing to take several video clips through the day to keep him updated on the wee man's day. Sad though isn't it that Gareth and I then spend our time together in the evening watching Curtis's video clips over and over and missing him as he lay sleeping next door. New parents huh!
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