7 Weeks Old!

Eli will be 7 weeks old tomorrow, I can't believe it. We went to the pediatrician yesterday about his possible food allergies or sensitivies, and he now weighs 9 lbs 11 oz - chunky monkey! He is growing great, so the doctor says whatever is causing the bleeding doesn't seme to be affecting his health and is more of a comfort measure - to both him and us! She is sending us to specialists for allergies and gastrointestinal health to try to figure out why he is bleeding so now I'm waiting for the referrals to get those set up. However, his gas pain has gotten a lot better since we started using the gripe water, it works like a charm. I gave him some last night when he woke up to nurse because he was having some pain and it helped in about 5 minutes. Great stuff.

Eli is also sleeping like a champ. Last night he fell asleep on his own sometime before 8 pm, I woke him up and nursed him and put him to bed and he was asleep in his crib by 8:45 pm. He woke up at 10 hungry again then AGAIN at 10:30. He is definitely going through a growth spurt! But after that he slept until 2:30 am, was up for an hour eating and fussing over the gas pain, back to sleep by 3:30 am then woke me up at 7:30, good job buddy! He is napping now in his swing. I know a lot of people and books say not to let them sleep in the swing because it creates bad sleep habits. However he is still very young and he just won't nap for long anywhere else so I would rather him nap in his swing and deal with any habits later than let him get over tired and fussy. And I decided I'm just not comfortable right now with the "cry it out" method. If he is just fussing a little that is no problem and I will let him be and he will usually go back to sleep, but I can't stand the thought of just letting him scream until he falls asleep, I can't stand the idea of him thinking I abandonded him! So nap in the swing it is.

He did fall alseep in my arms the other day and I laid him down for a moment and he didn't budge. Doesn't this look comfy?







Eli in his daddy onesie this morning before running errands. How cute! And of course what is he doing in this picture? Looking out the window!

During breaks from tummy time this week I would put cardboard books in front of Eli to look at. He really seems interested in this sheep and in the pig book as well. Is it a sign?

Here are some videos from this week. As you can tell, I love taking videos of Eli, you can see his personality and development so much better than in just pictures. And I use the Windows Movie Maker software that came with Vista on my laptop to edit them really quickly, it's great.

Eli is getting stronger and better at holding his head up:

Eli sneezing, it is too cute!

Reading his book again this morning :-)