Future daughter-in-law to visit today! Almost 7 weeks old

Today, Robert is going to meet his future wife! ;) Our friends' little baby Bethany who is two weeks younger than him (who was supposed to be 5 weeks younger but she came very early for a first baby!) is coming over with them today to see us all which will be lovely.

We've been trying to get photos of Robert's smiles, which he is doing more and more often, but they are still rather sparce. They are so lovely! They're like his big sleep-grins, but they are just so much more precious with his eyes wide open and looking at someone. :) We took a few pictures while he was on his changing mat and downstairs on his activity mat yesterday which might have captured a grin or two, we shall see! They have yet to be sorted through.

For the past week (maybe a bit less, I'm not sure, the nights and days seem to roll into each other), we have been putting Robert down to sleep earlier - around 10.30-midnight, and he's been going down AWAKE, and falling asleep in his cotbed himself! The trick to doing this it seems is to get him so he will be content to lay somewhere without thrashing his arms and legs around, and if we swaddle him, offer him a last feed, and then put him in his cot with his mobile on, he will go to sleep eventually (and in the meanwhile, lay quietly looking at the night light on the mobile). Plus, we can usually get him to go back to sleep for a few hours once he wakes between 3.45-6am for his feed, back until 8-10am. It's after then that his sleeps aren't as well co-ordinated and in his cot, usually. He takes naps sometimes in his bouncey-chair, or on me, but rarely in his cot during the day. It's something to work on, but at least his night-time sleeps are sorted, even though he rarely goes more than 5 hours in a stretch.

Feeding is better too - I've not had to do that thing where I log his feeds and if thye are good ones or not - I can see plainly the majority of his feeds are good and his latches are mostly good - probably about 90% of the time he will latch correctly. I am happy to continue breastfeeding him, although we are also mixing in some bottle feeds of expressed milk as I was last time I mentioned it. It just makes things simpler I feel, and means I can have a break for a few hours if I need it. Although we need to start building up a supply, so breast-milk storage bags are on the wishlist! ;)

Anyway, better go feed the little man, he's just been changed, and had his hair washed so it's all nice and fluffy ready for Bethany's visit (that and he peed all in it earlier).

Hope you're all well! I will try and post pictures next time, if we have any good smiley ones!