beanlet's blog

8 Weeks

It's been a bit quiet on here lately (apart from the photos, which I have enjoyed taking). Finlay has been very busy, and very grumpy! I am certain those two things are linked somehow.. we seem to get into a routine, then it's disturbed and he gets overtired, and it takes a while to get back into the swing of things. It's 3.30pm and he's just gone to sleep - the first proper sleep since he woke at 7am this morning!! We're both suffering from snotty colds, and I am trying hard not to blow my nose too loudly or risk waking him up.

Today he weighed in at 10lb 3oz, a 1lb 2oz gain in the last fortnight. He has been a bit of a guzzle guts, except for the weekend when he was a really grumpy beast, and wouldn't feed and/or kept possetting, we weren't sure he kept anything down, and he certainly didn't sleep. Probably due to the onset of this cold. He turns on the charm when you're trying to get him down, which makes it hard!!

Finlay's now got very interested in his toys properly... he has a little mirror that he gazes into, and a dog in the car he smiles at. He's fascinated by windows, and stares out of them - I'm not sure what he sees, as his focal length isn't too far, though his focus on near objects (like people) is excellent. David played him some guitar last night, and he absolutely loved that (especially Crowded House, of course!!). He's smiling on demand now, especially for Daddy!

He's been busy - we had a few lunch/dinner/coffees with the other NCT girls, all of whom have had their babies (see photo posted a couple of days ago). They are all growing so fast.. hard to imagine he's already 8weeks old, time flies so fast it's scary. I can't imagine him being as small as he was when he was born, especially when I hold babies that size. He changes so fast it's hard to keep up.

Posted by jen at 03:44 PM