Well Rested

I don't want to jinx it... but it seems as if Oscar has started sleeping 12 hours at night! He does get up for a brief snack around 5am and then goes right back to sleep till 9am! We feel very lucky for this. I don't know what changed in the last week (last Monday night he got up every 2hrs!) but we are thankful. He's such a good little boy. I'm sure we have not conquered night time sleep but its a huge step in the right direction!


Last Monday we had a date with some of the other moms and babies from our Bradley class. It was nice to get together with other new moms and talk about diapers, sleeping, breastfeeding, traveling, etc... Everyone is dealing with the individual struggles and challenges. It's great to be able to get advise and share what we are learning as we go.



He took his first trip to the zoo last week. We joined Nana, Papa, Claire and Olive. Oscar ended up sleeping in the sling, like a pea in a pod, for the whole visit. We did become members so we will have more chances to visit all the animals again over the summer... and maybe Oscar will stay awake for more of it next time. It was fun to imagine him feeding the goats at the petting zoo, and getting excited by the fish in the aquarium next summer. (the picture is my view of him in the sling)



The Zabel clan got together Sunday to celebrate Levi's birthday. We unfortunately forgot our camera... but Claire got some good ones <Claire's blog> of Levi with all the kiddos. You can see how much Olive and Irene love there new cousin Oscar!


All and all another good week. Oscar has been practicing sucking on BOTH hands finally, as well as getting a work out in the excer-saucer. He also has more facial expressions using his eyes and eyebrows... it's pretty funny. He's getting bigger by the day... most of his 3 month clothes he has grown out of! We are trying to appreciate his thick little thighs, rolly-polly ankles and those extra rolls on his wrists and arms, while they are still here. Now that it's getting warmer he is able to show them off a bit.

Next week he'll be 3 months old already!

THE MUSCLE MAN & MAGGIE

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