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Sunday, January 13, 2008five weeks oldmilo has changed more in the last week than he changed in the entire first month of his life, and that's not an exaggeration. the first (and best!) piece of news is that his fussiness period is over! blissfully over! he had a little bit of gas and indigestion this week but it didn't lead to the kind of colicky crying that it had in the weeks before. now he only cries for two reasons: he needs to be fed or he needs to be changed. it's always one or the other. i can't even express what a huge relief that is for us, to know exactly how to interpret his communication and meet his needs. his eyesight has also vastly improved and he can finally see us, which means that not only does he sustain eye contact with us, but he can see enough of his surroundings that he can start putting things together and making connections. for instance, until this week, i couldn't put him down in the bed unless he was in a deep sleep. if he wasn't in a deep sleep, he'd wake up a minute or so after i put him down and start crying. now, if i put him down and he's not completely asleep, he might wake up a little and look around, but when he sees that he's in bed and he's between his parents, he closes his eyes and decides it's safe to go back to sleep. here he and i are, taking a little nap on the couch:  and here he is with his dad, sleeping in on saturday:  then, last night while i was holding him, milo laughed for the first time! he's been grinning since he was born, but this time he grinned, looked off in the distance, grinned again, and then laughed! i really wish i knew what he was thinking about. it wasn't related to anything i was doing, for sure, so i can only imagine how great it will be when i can make him laugh. milo is also sleeping in long stretches now -- last night he sleep for five hours. i think that was his longest yet. this week, i've usually only had to wake twice a night to nurse him, instead of three or four times. i think a lot of credit goes to the fact that we are trying to make sure that he gets out of the house for some sunlight at least once a day to establish those circadian rhythms. here he and i are at junior's yesterday for brunch:  milo stays in and sleeps in the carrier the whole time when we are out, and just this week, he went: on walks to the vegan mini-mall (three times!), to dinner at nutshell, and to brunch at junior's. i'll try to take some pictures this week of milo while he's awake, but i usually forget because i'm too busy just enjoying him. matt and i are having so much getting to know our son.
posted by joanna @ 9:20 AM
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