Oliver - 3.5 weeks

Oliver is 3.5 weeks old now and we are getting to know who this little person is.  He really is a good baby - he does not, however, like being in his carseat, being hungry, or being not quite full.  He also can be a bit cranky in the evening time, but nothing too horrible. 

He sleeps swaddled in his bassinet with blue b folded over his legs for anywhere from 2.5-5 (woot!) hours at a time.  And my favorite - he generally goes right back to sleep very easily.  I've planned to move him to his crib Sunday night, so we'll see how that goes.

He is the king of grunts and grunts so loud all the time. 

Likes to stretch and loves to lift his head up.  During tummy time he can lift his head, turn it the other way, and put it back down. 

I swear he is having real social smiles already which is so cute. 

He is a big burper but also spits up which is new to me.  Gabs had an iron stomach and only spit up about 4 times in her life.

At 2 weeks 6 days he had gained 12 ounces from birth. 

He loves to lay upright on my shoulder and sleep. 

Will take his paci periodically but still doesn't love it.  Which is fine I guess.

I'm still exclusively nursing him (he has had about 6 ounces of formula in his life), so we will see how that keeps progressing. 

The first week or two Gabrielle would get really upset when Oliver cried, but now she just looks at him and tells me "I think he's hungry...or he pooped his pants". 

She also thinks he has mastered his numbers already.  She'll get so excited when he's waving his arms around "he did a five!" or "he did a one - he knows his numbers!"

Oliver was laying on the floor the other day and Gabs and I were sitting by him and his flailing arm hit a maraca she was holding.  Gabi got so excited that they were "playing together". 

She really does love him.  She gets excited when he's awake and yells "His eyes are open!  It's awake-y time!"  and says "hi my big boy-ee".  So cute.