6 Weeks

At 6 weeks, Dalton is just under 10 lb.

He has dropped to 2 feedings most nights, and it is getting easier to burp him.  However, he still gulps rather than pumps while nursing, which may be contributing to his reflux, or that may just be normal for his age and development.  I have been holding him upright after feedings for up to 30 mins, and he still will have a reflux at 45 min or an hour after feeding.  Sometimes this wakes him up leading to disrupted nights, but more and more he is able to get himself back to sleep.  He still “snores” so noisily after those night time feedings that we barely get any sleep at all after the first one at midnight 🙁 This certainly wasn’t helped by him catching Sonia’s 2nd cold in 3 wks, either. The cold seemed to make him more congested in general, but the snoring is probably something he will just have to grow out of.  I recall we attempted to move Sonia into her own room at this age for the same reason.

This lack of sleep led to a very unexciting New Year’s Eve.  We watched the ball drop in NY on TV, and then went to bed 🙂

Dalton still has good days and bad days, but the number and length of the good awake times are increasing dramatically. He now likes to lay in his pack n play swinging his arms at the toys above him and looking in the mirror at himself.  So far, though, it doesn’t seem to be intentional when he actually connects with any of the toys.

Dalton’s smiles are also increasing in frequency, and he’s starting to make his first baby babbles, much to our delight.  Excited for this baby boy to keep growing and showing us who he really is.