6 weeks old

Liam is 6 weeks old today!  I know I say this everytime but I can't believe he's already a month and a half old.  He's getting bigger and more alert by the day, becoming a little boy instead of a baby.  This last week auntie Cindy had to leave and go back to her family.  She sure was a huge help and we would have her move in if it were feasable, but it's not :) 

We've been trying to get in more tummy time but little man likes his Moby and isn't usually happy to give it up.  Heck, I'm not about to complain because it sure is easier than having to carry him around in my arms all day.  I think we'll try and increase it more over this next week before I go back to work.  I'd love to get him to try rolling over and the only way to do that is to get him to lay down!  He did offically outgrow his 0-3m white onesies and is now in 3-6m size

He also loves bouncing on the exercise ball.  If he's ever really upset this almost always calms him down.  He's been having some issues with gas bubbles in his tummy from my over active let down and the bouncing really gets those bubbles out the best.  Mylicon is a life saver though as well.

Here are a few shots in his Bumgenuis diapers.  We're loving cloth so far.  It seems to wick away wetness from his skin fast but I'm still able to tell just how much he's peeing because of the removable insert.  We starting doubling up the inserts (we call it double stuff's, like oreos) at night a few days back and that actually helped to extend his sleep another hour plus, putting him around 5-6hrs of solid sleep at his longest stretch.  As an experiment we tried disposables, or sposies as well call them, at night and he didn't go any longer than with the double stuffs so we're sticking with those.  We haven't had any diaper rash problems either.

Little protector, Eclair

Again with the smiles :)  He's been giving them out more and more, still reserving the most for daddy.

To help with his sleep patterns we started a night time routine, it goes a little like this:  bath in the Puj (he adores the warm water), story time (usually the going to bed book or pajama time, thanks auntie cindy) and then boobie.  Who knows for sure if it's made the difference or if he's just old enough to go longer but we have started to really enjoy those 5-6hrs of sleep at a time.  Eclair sometimes gets in on the lotion action.