This little man turned 12 weeks old today and he continues to be such a joy and blessing to us. We went over to a friends house for dinner on Sunday and everyone commented on what a great baby he is and it is the truth. He does get fussy before a feeding or bedtime but otherwise he is a very relaxed baby and I am thankful for how easy he has made it for us. He really has become more attentive this week and lights up when we look at him as if he is showing off how cute he is. I can also tell that he is going to be a thumb sucker. Ava really had no desire to do this but Britt often will spit out his pacifier to suck on this fingers.
Since I will be going back to work in four short weeks now, I decided it was time to get him on a more strict schedule to get him ready to go to daycare and hopefully make it so he will start sleeping through the night. Ava started sleeping through the night at 14 weeks old with a feeding at 7pm, waking her up at 10:30pm and then sleeping until 7am. For the last week I have been trying this but he has not been too interested in his 10:30pm feeding and was still waking at 2am for a feeding still. Taking the advise of the same baby book that worked on Ava getting on a schedule, The Contented Little Sleeper, I have been splitting his 7pm feed between 5pm and 7pm so that he is not as full at 10:30pm and will eat better. He has been managing to sleep until 5am and so that he is not getting off his schedule for the day with this early feed, I am also splitting this between 5am and 7am.
Next week Britt is taking his first plane trip to Orlando and I tried transitioning him out of his Rock and Play bassinet which has him sleeping at an incline to a flat bassinet since he will not have his Rock and Play in Orlando. This was a disaster and resulted in him waking every couple of hours. After three nights of not sleeping well, I put him back in his inclined bassinet and went ahead and purchased another one and had it shipped to Orlando for him to use while we are there. It was worth spending the money to ensure that he will sleep well the five nights that we are there. Can't wait for our getaway next week and for some Florida sunshine!
Here are my favorite pictures from this week.
Still not great at tummy time but we are working on it.
And for comparison look at the picture of Ava and then of Britt, no doubt that they are brother and sister!
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