Our little guy is now 6 weeks old! This would be the “normal” time for me to go back to work, but I could not imagine surviving that at this point. Wade is still getting up 2 times or so in the night and working a full day without a good night’s sleep would I think result in Chris having a bonafide crazy on his hands. :) I am very thankful to have these extra several months before I have to go back.

I read on babycenter.com all these tips for getting your baby to sleep… pages and pages of tips. So… we’re trying something new. We’ll see if it works or not. We’re giving him only an ounce or two at his night feedings instead of a full bottle. Just enough to get him to go back to sleep. I think this goes along with the theory that if you woke someone up in the middle of the night and every time you did, they would throw you a party and give you a fabulous meal, then you are surely going to make sure you wake up for that! So… if we start giving him less and less in the night, then maybe he’ll gradually lose his reasons for getting up?

I think that some of these sleep principles may be good, but I think a lot of it has to just do with the baby’s personality and makeup. Some babies will sleep through the night easier and faster than others. It could be Wade is one of those that’s not so quick and easy. I can only hope that he’ll at least be sleeping better by the fall.

He’s definitely doing better for me during the day though, which is completely fabulous. He is growing like crazy and it’s really hard to believe how big he is getting already. It’s funny when I hear people say that he is soooo small when I think about how much bigger he is now! He’s actually starting to fit into more of the 0-3 mo clothes which is nice. One of my fellow teachers had her baby about 3 days before me, and she said that he is already growing OUT of his 0-3 and into his 3-6 mo clothes! She is already back to work as of last week, and I give major kudos to her for being able to do it!

Wade has also finally made the transition from Newborn diapers to Size 1. It’s nice to have tangible evidence that he is indeed growing and it provides something to celebrate as well. :) We also moved his cradle from our room to the living room Saturday. I don’t know if it affects HIS sleeping, but I think that it will help ours, at least since we won’t be as affected by all his grunts and groans of which he has many, btw!

Last week, we made a very exciting trip to visit Haylee’s class and mine too. Haylee was soooo excited to see her teacher, Mrs. Dehart as well as her friends. She was definitely the celebrity walking into her classroom amids cries of “Haylee, Haylee!” and “Is Haylee going to stay?” We then were flocked by a throng of 4 year olds clamoring to see both Haylee and her new baby brother. I took him out of his car seat and she was THRILLED when she got to hold him and show him off to everyone!

We had a few minutes to play on the playground with them too, and I found it quite amusing to see her running from place to place with her friends trailing along after her.

We got to see my class too, though they weren’t as animated as the preschoolers!

I didn’t get quite the rock star greeting as Haylee did, but I did hear some “Mrs. Cauthen’s!”

This morning I decided to get some pictures of my two youngsters… Wade’s “Sleepy” shirt is from his Aunt B… (I have to give her credit you know, otherwise, I’ll hear much complaining via the comment section. hehe…)