109,110 + 5,6 Weeks

These last few weeks have been a bit of a blur, so much so that I skipped a week posting on this blog and didn't even know it.  Arley is now 6 weeks and 2 days old, which I am very happy about.  This is because babies are supposed to be at their fussiest at 6 weeks, and things shouldn't get any worse than they are now, which is such a relief.  He is actually turning out to be an easy baby, albeit with fussy periods.  He generally only wakes up for two feeds in the night (from 7pm to 7am), and two nights last week he only woke up for one feed, which is fantastic for a baby under 6 weeks old.  He naps fairly well, as long as he has his 'wubbanub' with him (this is a stuffed toy with a dummy/pacifier attached to it).  When he doesn't nap well, I can put him in the sling and he tends to fall back asleep. Arley started smiling at five weeks, and at his six week check up on Tuesday he measured in at the 85th percentile for height and the 50th percentile for weight, so he is growing very well, and taking after his sister.  I still haven't really done a day with both kids on my own yet, thanks to getting lots of help from Mum and Geoff.  Arley spends one night a week there so that Jeffrey and I can catch up on sleep.  They also take him or Carmen whenever we need help, and Mum has spent the last two Fridays here helping me with them both.  Carmen has been a bit sick, but remains in good spirits.  She seems to really like her brother, with the only danger being her crushing him to death when she tries to hug him.  Carmen is such a clown - she has spent four of the last five days wearing a party hat, wherever she goes.  In fact, she is wearing a sparkly green one today while she is at school.  She is loving school, by the way, and I am loving that she is loving it :)