A Few Good Days - July 24th

So I know this is in stark contrast to my last post, but the last few nights have been wonderful. Consequently, the last few days have also been wonderful. JJ seems to have his days and nights straightened out, but I hesitate to say that too loudly because it seems like every time I say something has gotten better, it gets worse again.

In any case, for three nights in a row now I've gotten a really good night's sleep. And I think JJ's happier for it, too. He hasn't been fussing as much at night, which means he's been more comfortable/happy at night. I've been giving him Mylicon after each feeding, and I think that's been helping with the uncomfortable gas he's had.

I'm starting to really get the hang of this full-time mom thing. I don't really understand those people who say that they're bored staying home full-time or those people who say they feel like they never get anything done. Yesterday I did three loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen, took the baby to meet some old work friends, stopped at Babies R Us for some pajamas for the little guy, cleaned up the bedroom and even managed to take a shower and do my makeup. I think that's quite a bit to get done in a day, especially considering that I also did the everyday tasks of feeding the baby every few hours, feeding myself once in a while, taking care of our dog and two cats, and changing lots of diapers. I feel a huge sense of accomplishment, even if I'll have to do it all again tomorrow. How anyone could be bored or feel unaccomplished is beyond me. Different strokes...

Anyway, back to the focus of my days: JJ's seven weeks old today, and he's getting STRONG! Just look at his neck and back muscles in action here! He'll be crawling before we know it! And he is the cutest thing, if I do say so myself. For the record, his shirt has a cartoon drawing of the earth and says "Hi. I'm new here." One of these days I'm going to take pictures of him in all his cute onsies. We have so many I don't know if he'll get to wear them all otherwise, not to mention that we don't have many friends and family nearby, so we never get to show him off in his cute clothes. I'll have to start using those pics in my posts from now on...