7 Weeks Old

First, I have to say THANK YOU to Meredith for the adorable photo of Braden! There are MANY more photos to come, and I'll post them when I have them.

Braden is 7 weeks old! He is smiling so much and is cooing all the time! I love the cute noises he makes. He is starting to follow objects (and mommy and daddy) with his eyes. He is enjoying spending more time on the floor on his activity mat. We are working on being content without being held all the time - that's a hard transition! It's hard for Braden and it's really hard for mommy to hear him cry... but, it must be done. Of course, Mommy doesn't let him cry for more than a few minutes at this point. He does pretty well sleeping during the night. He usually sleeps for 4-5 hours, gets up to eat, then sleeps for another 2-3 hours. Sometimes, he will surprise us and sleep for almost 7 hours, but that is not a very regular thing at this point. We will probably need to move him to his crib soon because he is getting so big! We put him to sleep in his bassinet and when he wakes up he is sideways and squished between the edges - it doesn't seem very comfortable! We are also working on napping... the past two days he has taken one two hour nap and several cat naps. I would LOVE to get him transitioned into two long naps a day, but we will see how it goes!