Jack is 6 Weeks Old!

OK, by the time I actually post this he'll be 7 weeks old, but work with me people. I took some photos of him at 6 weeks, mostly for a special project that you'll see later, but I thought that since I haven't posted since the end of May I should throw a ton of photos from that shoot up in this post to distract you from the fact that I'm way behind in posting.

Life with Jack is still grand. He's not quite the sleeper that Lauren was yet, but part of that is my fault because I let him fall asleep on my chest way too often. But sometimes mama's tired, and when the baby sleeps three hours or more straight on your chest, sometimes you let him fall asleep on your chest. I'm working at undoing the bad habits now, and even moved back into our bedroom with Sean last night (I've been sleeping in the bed in Jack's room since we brought him home). Hello husband, I missed you. Of course then I went in to comfort Jack at 2am and fell asleep with him, you guessed it, on my chest again. Oops. Oh well, such is life.

OK, some tidbits about our little Jack Attack. He's starting to smile, and even smiled when I walked over to him last night. [cue heart melt] He likes to "coo talk" back and forth with us, and even he and Lauren coo talk to each other. He puts weight on his legs and stands up whenever given the opportunity (pretty sure Lauren didn't do that until she was about a year old). He can hold his head up for minutes on end, and is even hanging out in the Bumbo. He doesn't mind tummy time (Lauren hated it).

He spits up. A lot. Like a lot a lot. A lot of parents nod understandingly when I say this, as did I to other parents before Jack, but I don't think they're quite comprehending how much he spits up. Lauren spit up a lot, and that's what I considered spitting up. Jack's spit up makes Lauren's look like a slight dribble of drool, despite the fact that she'd sometime soak through two burp rags. We're talking projectile. We're talking three and four burp rags is the norm. I know that's kind of gross, but I'm keeping it real. He eats seven times a day to the tune of four burp rags a feed...you do the math, I'm doing laundry all the time. I took him in for a weight check because I was worried he wasn't keeping anything down. He weighed 11 pounds when I took him in, which was on the same percentage projectile as his 10 day visit, so I guess he's keeping something down, but I'm still anxious for our 8 week visit to make sure it's not something to worry about.

Jack is great in the car and in the stroller for reasonable amounts of time. He likes to be carried around and he likes to go for walks in the Bjorn. He is both a lover and a fighter. He sometimes cares if his diaper is full (Lauren did not). He tolerates baths (ditto on Lauren), and even sometimes enjoys them.

In sum: we're going to keep him.

We have no idea who he looks like. If you have an opinion, please leave it in the comments.