I honestly can't believe Smith is over 7 weeks old! He is changing so much everyday and I don't want to forget all of the precious things he is doing. About a week or so ago he started smiling purposefully. It is just the sweetest thing ever! He really gets going when his daddy puts him on the bed and plays with him after work. It is so cute. He laughs sometimes too. He is definitely more interested in toys, noises, etc. He has been holding his head up, I swear, since the day he was born. When you put him on your shoulder and comes off of it and just looks around for awhile. It is nuts. He is not a huge fan of tummy time but can handle it in short spurts. He will lift his head up a little and look around and then collapse from exhaustion. There is no pattern yet to his sleep but I think that is pretty normal. My sister's best friend is a pediatrician and I called her last week to discuss sleep and she pretty much said that is more the norm than not. She said some parents get lucky and have a good sleeper from the beginning but anywhere from 2-4 hours is typical until about 4 months. He slept for a 4 hour block on Saturday and you would have thought we won the lottery we were so excited! Last night he was back to the 2 1/2 stretch, but I know he can do 4 hours so I'm optimistic.

We had a successful trip to the hospital last week to meet with a great lactation consultant. He did awesome and I am feeling more confident. He had to be weighed before and after eating on each side and the beginning weight was 10 lbs 5 oz! Wow, he is getting so big! We did kind of put together that we think his reflux is the reason he would fight the feedings so much-he was in pain. So, I have been giving his medicine 2x/day instead of 1 (doctor prescribed 2x but I was just giving 1). It seems to be working fairly well and he doesn't fight quite as much. He is still a wild little man but I can usually get him to eat without too many punches and scratches from him, haha.

We still just look at him and wonder how lucky we got. I still can't believe he is ours. He is the cutest thing ever!