Friday, April 2, 2010

The first few weeks

Enoch is 18 days old now and he has been growing a lot! The past couple days, he started to mix days and nights. IT ONLY GETS WORSE!!! He wouldn't settle in his bassinet at nights and want to be held the whole time he is sleeping, so he has been sleeping on my belly. Anybody has ideas to correct his habits? We tried leaving him crying in his bassinet one night hoping that he would go to sleep soon when he's tired, but it ended up with me crying because he wouldn't give up screaming! Thanks to mom that I could get a couple hours nap at day time and don't need to worry about making dinner! I think we'll stay with mom and dad until Sam takes MCAT.

Enoch's umbilical cord fell off last week and so we gave him his first bath. He didn't like it then, you can tell from how hard he cried.
Enoch is doing really good at tummy time:
He loves to smile, I don't know if he really means anything when he smile, but isn't he the cutest boy ever?
Look at that cute smiling-sleeping face...We also found out that Enoch sleeps with his eyes open sometimes... Poor little guy!

With so many people out there who cant believe that Sam is a dad now, I have to say: Sam is a really good father! He would play with Enoch when he gets home from school and work no matter how tired he is. He helped with changing diapers and dirty clothes. He would pick up crying Enoch in the early morning and pet him to sleep when I'm exhausted. What more can you expect?

Sam is going to take MCAT on April 10th, it's intense with a newborn baby. But I know he'll do great!

6 comments:

josh said...

I love the picture of sleeping Enoch (with his eyes closed) - so sweet. I HIGHLY recommend watching the DVD The Happiest Baby on the Block. I just borrowed it from the library. It really helped Josh and me when we first had Melanie. Good luck! I'm sure you are a great mom and Sam is a great dad. (Cali).

Unknown said...

Your baby is so cute. I still can't believe Sam is a father now. Remember last year April Fool, you tried to fool me about it. And now it is a real deal. Anyway I certainly believe you two will be great mom and dad.

Danny said...

Doesn't Sam sleep with his eyes open?

Sharon said...

Thank you guys!

Cali- I watched part of the DVD online the day before and learned to swaddle him tight, it worked one night, we'll continue to try that tonight.

Danny- Yes, I forgot to mention that Sam does sleep with his eyes open sometimes. I'm sure Enoch got it from his dad.

Samuel R said...

Danny how did you know I sleep with my eyes open

Taylor said...

Who doesn't know that, Sam?