7 weeks old today!

Little Oliver is 7 weeks old today and I think the fussiness has reached a peak!! I was told this can happen between 6-7 weeks and I think we're there. The good news is though that we are handling the fussing much better and can usually get him calmed down fairly quickly, but man can this kid scream.

Two days ago Oliver did an amazing thing - put himself to sleep! It worked a magical *six* times in a row where he would yawn once, I would swaddle him up and lay him down, and five minutes later he was asleep! No screaming, no crying, no fussing, nothing. That night he slept for 5 hours for the first time. Yeah! I thought we had made a turn and this would continue from there on out. WRONG. :) He has been absolutely fighting naps yesterday and today, laying down so asleep and staying asleep for roughly 10 minutes before getting up again. Ah...but even with that he's still not fussing that much, just not sleeping. And just now, he cried to get up again, and it really had been a decent nap, not great, so I went to get him, put him in his swing while I prepare the bottle, and he's out again! Oh this baby stuff can be so hard to figure out sometimes. It's an easier day when we just go with his flow and let him dictate his schedule, and generally that is what happens. It's just so hard for me to not have a schedule of "what to do next." Know what I mean?? I've found though, and sometimes the hard way, that truly if he is happy, I'm happy!! So my adult schedule is thrown to the wind. Big deal - nothing compares to this little boy's smile. :)

TTFN.