7 weeks old: first smile!

Well, there it is, the first smile! It happened yesterday afternoon. Eloise was down for her nap and we were getting some one-on-one time. Be still my heart. Here are a few more pictures from that moment:

By the way, that is a souvenir romper we purchased in Hawaii when I was about 13 weeks pregnant with him. It says Maui, Hawaii below the whale.

Oliver has recently begun taking a few naps in the crib, even when his sister is in there napping, too. I aim to get him in there sleeping soundly first so that when I put Eloise down for a nap she isn't kept up by me walking and bouncing with Oliver. Oliver will fuss until he is soothed to sleep, and if Eloise is playing nearby, he won't stay asleep. I've heard advice to "train" kids to sleep during commotion, but why? They have quiet bedrooms to sleep in, and even at daycare, it's quiet during nap time. Oliver will sleep during loud noises once he is in a deep sleep cycle. That's what makes him portable. Aside from a nap 1-2 hours after he wakes up in the morning, he doesn't have a nap schedule yet. If he's like Eloise he'll fall into one soon though. Here's a picture of Oliver during one of his first crib naps. This camera actually died two days ago and now we have one that pans and zooms so we can see both kids.

Speaking of sleep, most of the time Oliver still gets a good stretch of night sleep at around 10:00 PM - 3:00 AM. Then he'll usually be up again around 5:00 AM and up for the day by 7:30 AM. Some nights are rough and some nights he goes right back to sleep after nursing and diaper change. Regardless, it's temporary, and before I know it I'll have two kids sleeping through the night and overlapping nap schedules. (hope I didn't jinx myself there)

Oliver is still studying objects and faces more and more. It's so fun to see him take it all in, often wide-eyed. He makes a similar face to what Eloise did at his age: eyebrows up and eyes wide as if he is thinking "Wow, that's incredible!" Everything is new. Here he is in the shower time bouncy seat. Don't judge the girly butterflies.