Week 4

Week 4 2/7-2/13

How big- no current weight. This is a big step for me but I have decided to stop obsessing over the numbers and the weight. He goes to the Dr. on 2/24 so we will find out his weight then. He looks healthy and I would estimate he is about 8lbs now.

Clothing Size- Newborn.

Eating- my little guy is happy, healthy, and eating J

Sleeping- Right now he is still sleeping at night with us and he gets up to eat about every 4 hours. This week he did sleep for 3 hours in the crib alone for a nap. Yay Sammy! Thank goodness for white noise because often he won’t sleep without it.

Movements- He likes to kick a lot when we unswaddle him and put him on the ottoman. We joke that he exercises and dances every moment we have him free from the swaddle. He now has learned how to pull his right arm out of the swaddle, he breaks his arm out every time.  He also does the funniest thing now, he will be in his swing and covered up. We will be sitting on the couch and we will look over at him and he waves his hand over the blanket at us. Seriously, the funnest thing this kid does on most days. Watching that little hand stretching over the blanket and it peeking out over the blanket at us at random moments.

Milestones- We have been getting more smiles lately. He has this smirk thing he does and one side of his mouth stays up and one stays down. Cute cute cute! I love our morning snuggles when he is the happiest and we play, smile, and stay awake for hours together. This is my favorite time of day to bond with him.

Hardest moment- Sammy had a huge meltdown on Monday 2/10 in the evening.  I was upstairs watching TV and the boys were down here. Huge crying uncontrollably spell. This then led to a family meltdown where Mom cried because Dad only gets to see him for a few hours in the evening and Sammy is here crying to no end. Dad feels like he can’t calm him down and that Sammy is unhappy with him. Lots of talking, some quiet time, and a big family hug all together put out this moment.  We as a family will be the first to say that the newborn stage is tough. Each week it is getting better and better.

Best moment- The other night when Frank got home from work and he was cuddling Sammy on the couch. Frank was talking to him and they were having a good time while I was sitting at the other end of the couch. It was music to my ears to hear this conversation and the laughs. Then I hear Frank say “ Sammy just smiled at me”! We were waiting for Frank to have this moment and the moment happened! I don’t know if anyone would know the extent of my happiness after this.

Highlights- Nonna is here to visit. She came over on Tuesday night and we hung out here at the house. On Wednesday 2/12- Sammy stayed home with Nonna while I had to do a few things in the afternoon. That evening we went to a work going away party in which Nonna and Sammy were the guests of honor! On Thursday 2/13- we went to Hobby Lobby and came home to do a craft-a-palooza for Valentines Day. Sammy loved craft day!