His days are spent in the glider in the living room and nights upstairs in our room in a pack n play. The glider (soothing motions by Fisher Price) has been used by all 3 kiddos. Almost everyone that sees it says "I want one for myself!"
He is at the point where he doesn't fall asleep quite as easily as he did his first weeks. He seems to sleep better during the day meaning he doesn't fuss and grunt as much as he does at night. My theory; I just don't notice his noises during the day! And at night all I want is sleep so every little grunt and squeak is magnified. Also, I'm sure he is more comfortable in the cozy inclined glider than the flat pack n play. I know he will adjust in time. Dean grunts just as his siblings did. With Kayla we teased that she was the little gremlin in the corner. But at night when swaddled he seemed to grunt and fuss until his arms were freed. Sean and Kayla did the same. So I've started to leave his arms unwrapped. He still grunts some but not as much.
Poor third baby doesn't get held nearly as much attention as he should. There is much to do around here. As soon as I pick Dean up somebody wants a cup, needs to potty, or slaps his sister. I did wear him in the Moby wrap for a bit one day and I may try that more. Advice I received when pregnant with Kayla was to favor the older child when both were needing your attention. The baby doesn't notice you favoring the sibling but the older child will notice if you choose baby over them. But I do my best to hold him when I can. Like right now! Kayla is napping and Sean is content playing with trains.
He is still wearing a newborn size diaper. I probably would go up to a 1 but we still have an entire box to go through! He is still wearing newborn size clothes. Although within a few days I'm sure we will need to bump up to 3 month. He eats every three hours and sometime goes 4 hrs at night. We did wake him to feed every three hours round the clock but since he's nearing his due date we are letting him sleep how ever long he wants during night. Dean takes a pacifier slightly better than Sean and Kayla did. He does drop it sometimes and cry so I try not to give it to him too much. Kayla is a little momma and much more helpful than Sean was when Kayla was a newborn. Sean was 23 months old when she came home and Kayla is 18 months old now! Must be a girl thing wanting to help so much.
Both Sean and Kayla are adjusting well. It's quite difficult at times because Sean and Kayla are still so dependent on me for most things. But we get by!
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