But, really, Will is such a miracle. As I look into his eyes I feel like I've found a kindred spirit. He's such a loving and happy child, and he simply lights up the room. It can be hard to get up out of the bed when he needs to be nursed, but once I'm holding him I really can't complain. I used to think that Christian and I laughed a lot, but I do believe that the amount of laughter in this house has gone up considerably. I mentioned this before, but it is remarkable to see how everything is so new and exciting to him.
Developmentally, I've noticed that he has begun to 'check' things out with mommy... as in, he will play eagerly with a toy on his bouncer for a while and then begin to look concerned, but once he is able to find where I am at in the room and receive a smile from his mommy, he smiles back and returns eagerly to his toy. :) It's very cute. Physically, he remains a big boy. At his three month vaccination visit (I revised his vaccination schedule a little bit), he weighed in at 17 lbs! Now, that's a big boy :). And, amazingly, he's mostly breastfed (with only the occasional formula bottle once a day). He simply demands a lot of nursing when he is up. Thankfully, he has begun to sleep 9-10 hours straight in the evening (though I wish he would start that sleep sooner than midnight- but I'll take what I can get!) , but that means he takes little or no naps during the day and will cry for nursing every 1.5-2 hrs. Oh, well. :) Perhaps you can see why I can't get much done? Perhaps those of you who have nursed can give me some advise. Should I, during these long sleep times at night, still wake up every 4-5 hours to pump or should I indulge in the sleep myself? Currently, I just go back and forth. I obviously don't want my milk supply to decrease (which it did, dramatically, for a while this past month--though, I thankfully got it back up again), but I also desperately need the sleep. ?? I'm just not sure.
Okay, so photo time!! :) I'll start with the earliest pictures from the past month and go down chronologically (you know, they grow so much at this age). Here he is continuing to grow those neck muscles. (don't mind the pile of papers in the background that we eventually got to :)
And here's a series of pictures I took with Christian and Will. Once Christian comes home from work, Will is generally really excited to laugh with his dad... as you shall see.
Fun, huh? That was instead of having a video on here (I still can't figure out how to get the videos off of our camera and onto the computer).
And here I am with Will. First, we begin by talking to one another ... he can get quite serious about that... and then I try to get him to laugh. :)
Now, these next ones depict what I generally see when I get home from work late on Monday and Tuesday nights. Father and son...
Can you guess what they're doing?
Yes, Christian is playing a computer game and, well, he doesn't look it, but Will is fast asleep.
And here were a couple photos to demonstrate how big Will has gotten (it's hard for those of us who see him day in and day out to notice these things).
As you'll remember, these first photos are when he was just 11 days old...
And these are at 3-3.5 months old...
A happy guy. :) Blessings to you all!
