Six Weeks

 
At six weeks, Tyler was eating every 2 1/2 to six hours depending on his mood :) He would normally give me a nice long stretch in the evenings but was still waking up at least once in the night. Up until six weeks I would rock and sing him to sleep. Right around this time after being up for 2 hours or so in the middle of the night I decided that I couldn't do that and be sane anymore. Luckily the next day, Mike and Erin came over. I watched her put her seven month baby to sleep- completely awake. It was a total revelation! So the next night I fed Tyler, swaddled him up gave him a binky and voila- he fell asleep! I didn't have to put him completely to sleep and it was awesome. We would (and still do) have to give him his pacifier back if he spits it out which can be tiresome but not nearly what it was to rock him to sleep every single time!

Tyler smiled at me for the first time on February first. That was seriously a happy moment for me. I loved his big huge grin and how he would do it over and over again. I had just laid him down on his changing table to give him a diaper change and he just totally lit up. I didn't catch a picture of it because I was too busy loving every second of it but I did catch one a few days later

I love the picture of Steve laying next to Tyler. The baby was having a rough time so we laid him on his tummy because he LOVES tummy time and was still a little fussy so his daddy laid next to him and he calmed right down. 

T. Rex and Sarah- cousin love

Grandma Hale loved snuggling in his nursery and turning on the food network. I would see her for hours sometimes because she was so content rocking that baby and watching her favorite show- Chopped :) P.S. see that quilt on the back of the glider? My mom made that for me and it is amazing. I'll have to take some better pictures of it :)

Happy Valentines day!

T. Rex at One Month old

I wanted to post some things about Tyler at some of his younger stages before I forget them!

His Stats-

Weight: 10 lbs

Height: 21.5 inches

TAt one month Tyler was at the peak of fussiness. He would fuss for hours sometimes. We thought maybe it was gas or burps or needing to poop or reflux. Ya- see that list? We had no idea what caused the fussiness but he sure would scream and cry A LOT. Luckily, we had visitors start coming right as this was at its worst! So my Mom came and worked some of her Grandma magic and then Aunt Brittany came to show me how to do it. I loved having our first visitors here. It was so nice to have someone to talk to again- it made a fussy baby a lot more bearable. At this age, Tyler loved being sung to and would calm down most of the time with rocking and or shushing. We also found that he loved the Pachelbel Canon in D Pandora radio station (Thank Steve for that one!). 

Steve was able to be completely off work for the first three weeks and then worked from home for another week. It was so nice to have him home for so long. Tyler loved learning the ins and outs of Amgen's medical devices... well not really but I sure think he liked having so much time with his daddy :)

 My mom got here when Tyler was almost 4 weeks old. She was a total lifesaver doing all of the cooking, cleaning and a whole lot of holding and comforting a crying baby. She also let Steve and I go on our first date post baby. We got dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen and saw Les Mis which I loved. It almost made me cry, and I never almost cry in movies!

Cute even when he's wailing!

 Aunt Brittany came after my Mom and also was a lifesaver. She cooked, cleaned and let me sleep a whole lot. Love this girl :)

 Tyler loved (and still loves) arching way back and staring at the ceiling. It relaxes him. 

I love this little shirt. On the front it says Boulder Nurse Midwives but what I really love is that little Mom 'tattoo' on his arm. Look at those little one month old muscles!

This is the only picture I have of him right on his one month birthday- but look at how smart he is- showing you how old he is with his index finger :)