Life with Jake: 8 weeks old
Jake is starting to establish a pretty reliable pattern to our days, although the following times are VERY approximate…
- Up at roughly 6 am – he's SO smiley and cute when he wakes up, waving his arms around so happy and engaging. He gets a diaper change, nurses and plays until…
- Naptime (in the sling) at roughly 8 am. On a good day he naps uninterrupted until around 11 am. This isn't one of those days. 
On a day like this he catnaps for a bit, snack-nurses, then playtime, then catnap, etc.
- [If asleep, wakes up] wailing for lunch around 11ish. He nurses and has some playtime for an hour or two, then another nap for 2-3 hours.
– Wakes up wailing for a snack around 3ish. He nurses and has some catnap/playtime for 2-3 hours, then it's time for the fussy spell. The fussy spell seems to be diminishing slightly, though. On a good day, he takes another nap from about 6-8 pm. Alternatively, it's a grumpy time of restless nursing and catnapping, a little play and lots of jiggling, pacing, slinging, soft music, rocking chair, etc. until he goes down for the night.
- He goes down in the sidecar crib pretty reliably every night usually sometime between 9:30 and 10:30 pm.
- On a good night, he sleeps until 6 am! He did that once, the night of Saturday, September 29, 2007. BLISS.
- On the typical night, he sleeps until around 3 am. I nurse him sitting up in bed and put him back in the sidecar where he sleeps until 6 am. Or if he won't settle, I nurse him lying down in bed and he spends the rest of the night (what little there is left ) in bed with us.
Now that I've written this down, I expect it will all change soon. 
Mom to 4 kids and 2 stepkids, I am a writer writing in the heart of chaos. I am the co-founder and former editor of 
You are so right about it changing now that you have this in writing! lol He's adorable and looks like he's always in a good mood. You're doing such a great job with him:) I'm glad to see that you're enjoying these little stages instead of wishing them away for more sleep (like I did). You already know how quickly these cute stages can leave, although it's hard to imagine that Jake will ever go through a "non-cute" stage! lol
shellakers
2 Oct 07 at 10:52 am
I am really enjoying him, but I promise you he can be one fussy baby lol. The problem for him is that he is still SO CUTE when his little face is all crumpled up and he's mad and his wee little body is just vibrating with frustration and energy and… life. Babies are a wonder.
Sometime I should get pictures of him when he's unhappy. It always feels like a betrayal of him to do that, but it's hardly an accurate record of his life to show ONLY the happy moments!I appreciate you checking in with us – I always love to read your comments!
beba
2 Oct 07 at 11:18 am