{weekly photos} 8 Weeks Old

Channing turned 8 weeks old on Tuesday. He is cooing and babbling alot more. He is most talkative when he first wakes up in the morning. The rest of the day it is hit or miss because he is fussy from fighting sleep. Getting this guy on a schedule is impossible. For now we are just happy to get him down for a nap with our a huge crying fit. From what I have read this is pretty normal but plan to talk to the Doctor today at Channing's 2 month checkup. There has to be something we can do to help him go to sleep with out fighting it. On Tuesday Channing sat in his bumbo for the first time. He has been holding his head up for awhile now but he wasn't big enough to sit in the seat. He also laughed for the first time on Tuesday as well. We were laying in bed with him after he woke up and I guess I looked funny. It was the cutest laugh ever. We have tried everything to get him to do it again. He is not having it. He just looks at us like we are idiots. :/

{ weekly baby pictures } 5, 6, and 7 weeks

Man has he grown in 7 weeks and were has the time gone! Our little guy is spending alot more time awake. He enjoys sitting in his swing and checking out the surroundings. He recently discovered the TV. It keeps him entertained longer than anything. Naps are not his thing. He fights them and as the day goes on it gets worse.  He is still waking up 2-3 times during the night. Which isn't bad because he falls right back to sleep on most occasions. I can't believe he is almost 2 months old. Time goes way to fast.

1, 2, and 3 weeks old

So the idea was to post these each week. Obviously, that did not happen and I am sure I will be late posting these in the future.

 

 It's crazy to me how much he has grown and changed from week 2 to 3. 

Channing has been a really good baby. Starting about two weeks he has been fussy from about 

6pm - 1 am. He will start to doze off and start screaming again. We have tried swaddling, white noise, feeding, and pretty much everything else you can think of. These will all work for a short amount of time. Any insight or ideas on how to help him fall asleep would be much appreciated.

He is a super happy baby during the day. I am so thankful he doesn't have the fits like he has been having at night. He almost always wakes up with a smile on his face. 

Some of the things he likes:

~ having his hair washed

~ sleeping on his side. he has done this since birth. no back sleeping for this baby.

~sitting up when he is awake.

Dislikes:

~ diaper being changed. This kid would sit in his own filth all day if I would let him.

~ a bath. He likes showers much better

~sleeping by himself. We have managed to get him to sleep in his pack in play for a total of 2 hrs since he has been born.

I am going to try to do better about posting these every week as well as monthly updates on him. I also will be posting my birth story and nursery updates in the near future. :)