3 weeks old.

Today our little guy is 3 weeks old. 3 weeks have already gone by? Crazy fast!

Here are some things to note about Joseph Valentine Dworak II.

1. At our 2 1/2 week Dr's appt. he weighed 6 lbs. 7 1/2 oz. and he measured 1/2 an inch longer than the previous appt.. He is growing! Our pediatrician things we are doing an outstanding job. :)

2. We determined that our little guy does have a case of colic. Not severe. He doesn't cry all day - for which I am thankful! But it still hard at times. For him, it seems to be due to neurological immaturity (according to our Dr. this is more common in babies who arrive on the early side). He encounters all this external stimuli all day long and he reaches a point late at night when he doesn't know how to internally handle it all....and he cries and screams and he tenses up and he is inconsolable...until you finally hold him tight and he begins to relax again. Poor little guy. I so wish we could teach him to self-soothe, but for now, he is just an itty bitty person trying to figure it all out. Basically this means that he has to be held for a few hours late at night/early in the morning versus being able to sleep in his crib....which we are not enjoying all that much, truthfully. :( And I am a bit too tentative to try to put him in his crib when he has calmed down because I do not want his fussiness to start back up again. So, we are trying to figure this all out, too. :) I am hoping it will begin to subside in the next month.

3. He may be little, but he is strong! He really does not like a pacifier...we only use it when we really need a way to try to soothe and quiet him but more times than not, he will take his little hand and bat the pacifier out of his mouth! He can already move his head from one side to the other when we place him on his tummy. He also kicks himself out of his swaddle.....he is a little houdini. We wrap him tight only to find his blanket completely unraveled around him in his crib.

All in all, it is fun seeing glimpses of his little personality shining through. He is sweet with a tenacious spirit and we look forward to getting to know him more each day!