Samuel got 3 shots today at the doctor's office, and he only flinched and winced--no cries or tears. Then big smiles for the nurse. He's a tough little man.
He's also back to sleeping through the night. Hallelujah! We decided 3 nights ago that we had to give up our (my) habit of rocking him to sleep, because he would fall asleep in our arms, get put in the crib, and then just wake up again in 10 minutes. After going through this cycle too many nights, we just let him cry. He was asleep in 15 minutes. The next night 30 minutes. And tonite, 10. Once he goes down, he tends to sleep much better all night. Maybe exhaustion. Maybe he's given up on his parents.
His poops are also getting better. He's had spontaneous poops for the last few weeks about once very 3-5 days, which is way better than his every 10 day suppository. We plan to wean his lactulose slowly as he gets older.
He's a real grabber these days. Didn't seem that long ago that he was just staring at the hanging toys on his bouncer. Now he'll grab and manipulate anything around him, with determination. He gave himself a papercut on a Land's End catalog he was trying to mangle around today.
His feedings have also drastically increased, from 4-6 oz a feed, now to a whopping 8oz four, sometimes 5 times a day. Now also taking oatmeal cereal, and some Stage 1 peas.
He was 20lbs exactly 2 weeks ago at his checkup. He doesn't look enormous, except during his baths. His weight is distributely evenly throughout his body, and not just in face and butt like Joshua's.
He sleeps mostly on his back, and once a while when he's not in his sleeping bag, will flip over onto his stomache and cry.
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