3 weeks!!

Trey is 3 weeks old today!! I think he is in the midst of a growth spurt, because he is wanting to each closer together than in the past, and he has been a little bit fussier than usual! I read that babies usually go through a growth spurt between 2 and 3 weeks, so that would be right on schedule! We have been trying something new with his sleeping patterns where I have been letting him wake me up when he's ready to eat! Some nights we have had more success with it than others, but I feel like its working well! The bad nights are really bad (only getting about 3 hours of sleep the whole night) and the good nights are better (him waking up every 2-3 hours to eat). There for a little bit, he was waking up about every 3.5 hours, but since then it's about every 2 hours at least that he's wanting to eat!

He is starting to stay awake more during the day, but I feel that a lot of the time, that happens to be in the middle of the night! hahaha! When he is awake, he is alert and we play together on the floor! We have been putting him on his tummy for about 10 or so minutes each day, and he really seems to not mind it at all. He will just lay there, and he tries to push up on his legs (he really starts moving them trying to get them underneath him) and he will hold his head up and turn it from side to side when he's laying down there too! He is getting better about holding his head up, but obviously, we have a ways to go before he can hold it up all the time on his own! But I feel like he is going to do some things ahead of the curve because he just seems to do things before a lot of babies his age. He has been rolling over onto his sides since he was born, and he uses his arms/hands all the time. He loves to hold his own paci in his mouth, and he will swat at your hands when he is fussing and you are trying to give him a paci to calm him down. I will post a video of him on his tummy here in the next day or so for everyone to see how he's doing!

Brian and I love having him here with us, and we can't wait to see him as he continues to grow! I think he is a carbon copy of Brian right now, so it will be interesting to see if he continues to look like Brian or if he will change as he gets older! I'm sure he will change somewhat, but I do think that he will look like Brian when he's older too! I guess I was just able to give him really long fingers and big feet/long toes! haha!