One month highlights

Liam is already 6 weeks old, still growing and changing all the time!  But I'll try to remember what he has been like for month one!

Kid loves to sleep!  He really does seem to sleep a lot.  I try to give him 3 wakeful periods a day, that's the closest I am coming to a routine. 

By the end of the month he generally sleeps one 5 hour stretch (starting at about 8, so it's not super helpful to me) and 3 hour stretches after that.  He doesn't usually cry, just grunts until I wake up and feed him.  Unless I'm being slow.  Then he might get worked up.

At 2 weeks old he begins holding up his head more often.  He's getting pretty strong now.

He smiles a lot in his sleep.  And it isn't GAS - those look different!  But on the 26th of October, he actually gave me an eyes open smile.  What a cutie pants.

Is a pretty easy going baby most of the time.  We're pretty lucky.

Special memory from month one:
We're tired.  Bill is trying to get Liam to take a binky.  He's got it and is in his bed at the end of our bed.  We hear him doing some grunting and snorting.   Bill says, "No grunt snort.  Just nuk nuk."  And lays down.  It cracked me up! Had to put that up.

Special challenge for month two:
Even though I am a little less frustrated by the sleep situation then I remember being with Miriam, I'd still like him to sleep well.  I picked up the Sleep Lady's  book again for a while, but honestly, I read for a while and start feeling like a failure because I 1) can't find time to continue reading the book and therefore/also 2) can't/don't/have no idea how to implement their ideas.  SO - any thoughts for getting some regular sleep.  Last night he slept from 11 to 5:50.  I guess this technically = sleeping through the night. Good job Liam!  Except - I've been here before - this is what you call a FLUKE.  :)  But maybe I can get him to only get up once a night.  I can maybe live with this.  Thoughts??