5 weeks

5 weeks have gone by so quickly. Canon is getting the cutest, fattest little cheeks and it makes me so happy. He loves to be swaddled and can easily be comforted by bundling him up in a good Aden & Anais blanket. I think he looks like a cocoon. He most often sleeps swaddled, but when he doesn’t, he always brings one of his hands up to his face or under his chin. We’ve discovered the Baby Bjorn and I love wearing him. It’s a good tool as well to keep him sleeping when we’re out.  He is awake more and more and is super alert. I can put him in a chair or swing and he’ll just stare up at a toy or even seemingly at nothing sometimes! He is starting to follow our voices and look for where we are. He is spitting up like crazy, but I hear that is normal.  We’re getting glimpses of smiles and are looking forward to when they are actually directed toward us! He loves his swing and is a great sleeper in it, though because we all know I’m crazy about him sleeping, I try to have him nap in his bassinette as much as possible. He gave me a 5 hour stretch of sleep a few nights ago!! His typical night, however, is 3-4 hours in his first sleep, then he wakes up more and more as the night goes on. He loves his pacifier and I'm not even ashamed to say we use it often to soothe him to sleep. Next week is the "magic 6 weeks" where his sleeping is supposed to get more organized and I am looking forward to it unbelievably.

I am feeling pretty good...as good as one can feel with interrupted sleep. I admit at 3am when he isn't sleeping, I can be a crazy woman, but I typically look back on each night with appropriate rationale during the day. We're getting ready to take a trip to New Orleans for our friend's Kim & Matt's wedding this weekend and can't wait! Here's to sleeping well on the plane and not getting sick!