10 weeks old and sleeping like a champ

Ok, we have officially figured out how to snap our child into his ridiculously safe car seat! And I even tricked him into smiling while he was in it!

Silas is doing great! He received enough vaccines to make me cry at his 2 month visit. He was a happy bubbly baby until the second shot. It was very dramatic for about 10 minutes after the nurse left the room. He measured within the 50th percentile on everything and is now a 12lb baby! The soft spot on the back of his head has closed...one less creepy spot on his head to avoid. I have tackled the cradle cap and have reduced it down to a very small strip on his head. I have also been lubing this baby's face up with Eucerin to get rid of some of the dry skin that likes to accompany seborrhea in babies.

Andrew took me shopping! He said the holes in my clothes were ridiculous. I love this picture of my boys...yes they snuck into the changing room for a minute. This was after Silas's 2 month check-up. He was exhausted from all of that attention.

My friend Ashley came and visited the little man. She just got back from wrapping up the first two years of medical school in the Caribbean and is waiting on the results of her USMLE exam. Ashley is a friend of mine from undergrad.

The apple certainly does not fall far from the tree! Our son is a social butterfly just like his daddy. Although I'm starting to wonder if I talk so much to him (meaning I'm essentially talking to myself....coo coo) that he thinks he needs to talk back.

New developments for Silas is his self-established nap times. At about 9 weeks I found I was able to lay Silas down for two long naps in the morning if I turned on the fan we run at night as white noise and rocked him until he was mostly asleep. I would then just lay him tummy down on the blanket I keep in our bed (so it smells like me). Magic! Over the past week he has become like clockwork with these naps. The afternoons are a different story but it means he's spanning out his feedings in the mornings too!

fish lips!

happy boy!

I know current research says this could increase the chance of SIDS. However, I check on him regularly, have a monitor on him and make sure he is clear of all dangerous fluffy objects. The boy likes to sleep on his tummy...so do I!! I can't blame him.

That's all for now!!