7 weeks, 4 days

Little Liam Love - 7 weeks

Over seven weeks have flown by since Liam was brought into the world. It seems as though we've always had him though! There have been so many little joys in this last month and a half. We've smiled joyfully at his smiles and coos, we've congratulated many head lifts and given a Mr. or Mrs. title to every stuffed animal in the house.
Things are getting a little easier than they were the first two weeks or so of his life. We have established a little bit of a schedule with his feedings and sleeping. He still throws us for a loop sometimes but at least we can now expect to be woken up around 3am and then again at 6am, makes it not so bad...

"Look at my muscles Mama!"

play time!

I love this pose when he sleeps!

When I first hear him cry at those times I am so tired and frustrated but while I nurse him and he is looking into my eyes I just melt, the tiredness is happily validated and the frustration quickly melts away. After his 6ish or 7am-ish feeding, I get him dressed and brush (I LOVE brushing his hair, he's like my little doll) his hair then we play with him on his ocean play-mat or put him in his swing. He usually ends up falling asleep in his swing while watching Mr. and Mrs. Owl above... he will sleep until 11am or so. This is my time to get chores done...or blog! After lunch he usually sleeps another 3-4 hours, we play again or do some tummy time and then he sleeps again. I try to start dinner around 6 pm while he's finishing his last nap before bedtime and hope to eat dinner before he wakes up! Every other night we give him a bath in his whale tub, nurse him and then put him to bed. Then the whole thing starts all over again! There are fussy periods, of course, sprinkled through out the day but they are never too bad. We love taking him out with us on nice days and so far this is pretty easy because he sleeps most of the time! I am definitely a Mama bear with my cub out in the open when we go out! My senses are heightened to everything and everyone around me!

Parenthood has definitely changed our lives! I find myself singing and making up little tunes, saying 'it's ok, it's ok, it's ok' to the rhythm of me bouncing him around as I walk, I drink even more coffee than I did before! It really does take double the time to do everything, I must run down a mental checklist before leaving the house and Liam seems to know right when I am about to start a project or when Daddy and I settle down to watch some TV or cuddle together (I tell Alex he gets jealous...) Ha, that's another thing, Alex and I know refer to each other as Mama and Daddy! All those things people tell you will happen REALLY do happen.



I cannot express (I know Alex would agree) how AMAZING this experience is and I'm sure will continue to be. There a thousand times a day when I am enamoured by my little Liam. Sometimes when he's laying on the changing table, waiting to be changed and I am reaching for a diaper and I look back at him and he's already looking at me, waiting for me...what an unexplainable feeling! To know that he is looking at me and knows that I am his Mama! I feel the connection with him when he looks at me, another one of those things you can't explain to someone...you will just know when you have your own baby. I still can't believe sometimes that I am his MOTHER! and I will ALWAYS be his Mother! I am that one person who he will feel can make things better, who he will compare other women to and who he will (hopefully) look up to his whole life! What a responsibility!
It's funny to think that there actually was a time in my life, sometime in my early twenties, when I thought maybe I didn't want to have kids. I liked going out, having all my time not to mention having my own money! I thought I am not going to be one of those stereotypical moms, with a BABY ON BOARD sticker on the car, holding a giant coffee and making up a song with only three words...well, guess what? THAT'S ME! Baby on board cling on and
 all! I do vow that I will never sport 'MOM JEANS' though!

daddy and liam both drink from a bottle ;)

I LOVE pushing him in the stroller around town! I am just so proud of my little boy and he's only 7 weeks old!!! There are SOOOO many more things to look forward to! Being a Mother is the best thing in the world!!! I know there will be rough patches along the way but I also know there will be many more great times to soften up those rough ones!


Things to Remember of Liam at 7 weeks:
*His hands being moving up when he's startled.
*Starting to laugh out loud.
*Loves music and being sung to.
*He loves bath time.
*Favorite toys - Mr. and Mrs. Owl on the swing and Mr. Caterpillar
*He is sleeping up to 4 hours straight a night!
*Little yawns and exhales
*He holds my shirt or a blanket while nursing.
*Loves to be cuddled and rocked.