It's hard to believe how big our little baby is getting - he graduated from "Newborn" to size "1" diapers around 1-month, and now he has already grown out of several of his 0-3 month outfits which is sad. He doesn't even seem like a newborn baby to us, probably because of his hair and size. His head is still wobbly, but he's beginning to be able to pick it up and hold it for short stretches of time. Carson actually enjoys being on his belly sometimes, so we try to get in tummy time as much as we can, but a lot of the time he's in his car seat or bouncy seat, and we just got out the swing this week.
He does still sleep much of the day, but we've had a few days where he's decided to be awake, and a few evenings where we've needed to hold him. I read somewhere that an average 6-week-old baby cries for 4 hours a day, and collicy babies cry 6 hours a day. Wow- we do have it good! The amount of time Carson cries is directly proportional to the number of times I change his diaper a day and the speed that I respond to his hunger cries, since usually the only time he cries is if his diaper is off or if he's hungry - usually a total of only about 10-15 minutes a day.Most days Carson wakes up when we do (I usually put him in his bouncy 
seat while I eat my grapefruit and then feed him), then he's awake while I'm getting lunches and Collin ready in the morning, falls asleep on the way taking Collin to school around 9:30 AM. Dependng on my morning he usually sleeps in his carset while I do a facial or get something done until I wake him for lunch around noon before I have to pick up Collin. He continues to sleep until 3 or so and sometimes stays awake for an hour or so and other times goes back to sleep until 5ish. He's up most of the evening - here's a picture of the boys after Collin's bedtime around 10 PM when Carson is wide awake. I feed Carson before I go to bed around 11:30 or midnight and then put him in the pack & play next to our bed. He wakes around 3:30 AM and then 6ish. One day I'll get brave and put him to sleep in his own room to see if he'll sleep even better (Collin was in his crib the 2nd night home from the hospital). He did actually sleep through the night once (midnight- 6 AM) at 5 weeks old, on March 31st.
seat while I eat my grapefruit and then feed him), then he's awake while I'm getting lunches and Collin ready in the morning, falls asleep on the way taking Collin to school around 9:30 AM. Dependng on my morning he usually sleeps in his carset while I do a facial or get something done until I wake him for lunch around noon before I have to pick up Collin. He continues to sleep until 3 or so and sometimes stays awake for an hour or so and other times goes back to sleep until 5ish. He's up most of the evening - here's a picture of the boys after Collin's bedtime around 10 PM when Carson is wide awake. I feed Carson before I go to bed around 11:30 or midnight and then put him in the pack & play next to our bed. He wakes around 3:30 AM and then 6ish. One day I'll get brave and put him to sleep in his own room to see if he'll sleep even better (Collin was in his crib the 2nd night home from the hospital). He did actually sleep through the night once (midnight- 6 AM) at 5 weeks old, on March 31st. 
We haven't taken as many pictures lately because he's got a bit of baby acne but he's still super cute as you can see. We're often treated as celebraties when walking through places with everyone gawking and commenting on his hair, asking how old he is and how they've never before seen a baby with so much hair. Apparently an old wives tale says that when the mom has heartburn during her pregnancy, the baby will have hair. While I don't normally believe such tales, it is ironic that heartburn was one of my only symptoms of pregnancy and both my boys were born with a full head of hair. 
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