On the happier side, though, Luke is changing so quickly! He's been going through a growth spurt the last few days- eating every hour and a half, fussing all the time. However, he's finally hit the "sleepy stage" of his growth spurt and slept almost all day yesterday. He's starting to follow things with his eyes, focus with both of them on a particular object, and ALMOST smile sometimes. He's clearly mimicking facial expressions- if you open your mouth wide, he often does the same thing. It's pretty awesome.
He's also starting to show when he's bored. The other night he was fussing no matter which way I held him. I needed to wash his face (he's got some serious baby acne right now and I try to wash it with mild soap and water once a day), and I decided that since he was already pissed off, I'd take him to get that done. I put the towel down on the bathroom sink and placed him on there, and voila, he stopped crying and started looking at the little clock we keep on the bathroom counter. He'd been bored. And now he wasn't.
We went in the living room and "played" with a couple toys then. He was content for a good half an hour staring at the rattle that my friend Pandy gave us.
Last night was also the first time we gave Lukas a real bath (not a sponge bath). He was...not a fan. There's video, too, but it's mostly him screaming and me apologizing and telling him Mommy didn't really know what she was doing. We might work on slowly introducing him to water.
I LOVE the way he smells after a bath. And I spent about half an hour playing with his crazy hairs. Right after I wash them, they stick STRAIGHT out from his head.
We're gonna go on a walk today-- it's too nice out to stay inside!
(EDIT: We went for a walk and talked to Lynette at the Creamy Cup and Marilyn (my theater director)...what a gorgeous day! Also, I'm pretty darn proud of myself...pre-baby jeans fit like a glove, even if I'm lookin' a little busted in these pictures.)
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