A smile

Its amazing how quickly babies change. Mr. Austin is changing so much, so fast. I can't keep up.

He is starting to smile and interact with us. He will "talk" to us and coo like there is no tomorrow. It is such a sweet noise. I love it.

He is no longer a newborn, and is now such a "baby" now. He no longer has a "fussy" time in the evenings, and is always a pretty happy baby...as long as he eats when he wants it and sleeps when he wants to! He is even on somewhat of a little schedule during the daytime...or at least we are, and he fits right in. He is definitely on a schedule at night, and he did that one all on his own! As long as we feed him a few times, he is good.

He has been taking lots of little naps throughout the morning while we are out places, and then he takes a large nap in the afternoon from about 1 to 5ish. He sleeps on his belly, unswaddled, and he loves it. I feel comfortable with him on his belly during the day because I have a video monitor on him, so I can see what he is doing...Gavin only has been sleeping about an hour and a half for his nap, so when he gets up we are able to spend time together. We watch CG, eat a snack, prepare dinner together, and play outside...all while Mr. A is fast asleep. Its a special time for us.

At night A is swaddled up, and he sleeps well like this too...so we are just doing what works...only problem, we only have one size large swaddle....the rest are small, and he is getting too big! We will see what happens. Hard to change something that is working well!

Austin still spits up quite a bit, but it does not really bother him much. He loves to eat, and is a great nurser. He will nurse anywhere with any noise...at this age Gavin would only nurse in a quiet place...which made it hard to be out anywhere. Gavin was also almost 2 pounds heavier at this age...they are such different boys!

Gav calls him "Mr. Austin" now instead of "Mr. fussy pants" :) These boys make me such a happy mama!