Viktor is now just over 4 weeks old. So what can I say about this little man? he still has some bad days and some good days but I think it is all getting a bit easier. During the days he has actually been pretty good especially if out and about. He sleeps really well in the car seat and as long as I feed him when he is hungry he is quite happy. Between 5and 7 pm he is often quite upset and goes from being calm for a few minutes to crying. I get through it by feeding him a lot and carrying him a lot but try to put him down as often as I can since it is hard to look after the big ones and getting them to bed when having to carry Viktor. It is going quite well. I put Viktor to bed around 7 and often he goes to sleep straight away but wakes up after 40 min and is very hard to settle again. He cries with his eyes closed and only sometimes relaxes in our arms. It looks like he goes to sleep but as soon as we try to put him down he starts crying again. This can go on for hours when he only sleeps for a short time and starts crying again. I have worked hard the last few days with helping him to fall asleep by himself during the days and I think it is now helping him at night. This morning he was wide awake when I put him down for a sleep and fell asleep all by himself, and happy. The same when having lunch in the city, I put him down awake in the pram in the cafe and with no rocking he went to sleep. This would not have worked only a few days ago. Last night he slept really well and tonight he also went to sleep quickly and still hasn't woken up 2 hours later. I am really hoping that it will continue like this...
Today he smiled for the first time! he was on the changing table and was wide awake when I took his hands and looked at him and smiled, he looked straight back at me and smiled back! there is something special about that first smile :-)
No comments:
Post a Comment