Evan - 3 weeks

Evan went back to the pediatrician today and he has hit the 10 lb mark! I am not surprised at this since I am the once who feeds him every 3 hours and whose nipples he is slowly removing from my body. I am assured that this will only be the case for the next couple weeks until I get used to feeding a piranha, then I guess it hurts less ;)

The nurse said that once he hits the 12 lb. mark, he will probably start sleeping 5 - 6 hours stretches, which is music to my ears! Last night was a great night for us with Evan sleeping from 10 - 12, feeding 12 - 1, sleeping 1 - 4, feeding 4 - 5 and sleeping 5 - 7:30. I actually got 7 full hours of sleep! It remains to be seen as to whether he will keep up this schedule tonight or any other night since the night before we were awake from 10:30 - 2 and screaming most of the time...yikes!

Overall Evan is a great baby and fusses very little. It is easy to tell when he is hungry, tired or gassy and therefore pretty easy to calm him down from a fuss. He already has very strong neck muscles and can push himself off your chest and look up at you. His legs are also very strong which makes diaper changes interesting since he can pull them up to his chest or straighten them out, making it tough to get the diaper on properly. He is also a champion stealth pee-er and if you don't make sure he is pointed down (if you get my drift) and covered with a washcloth, you can get him totally changed and then pick him up only to find his back and outfit are completely soaked. Yesterday we managed to make it the whole day in one outfit whereas today we are currently on outfit 6. So far, parenting has taught me MUCH about patience! And laundry.