A Glimpse in My Shift with a Little Person

I believe whole Heartly that babies understand way more than people give them credit for. I always speak to my little people as though they are adults and have come to learn they pick up on energy really well.

I have a 13-week-old I am with that I have been interacting with since he came home from the hospital. He did this thing that is sooooo cute until last weekend I noticed. He would wake up with this ferocious cry but wouldn't open his eyes. I would sit there like I was Penelope Cruz softly saying "open your eyes" lol and also have talks with him about waking up with gratitude not an attitude. When he would open his eyes, he would become a completely different person, looking around like wow I didn't know that was there. It was the cutest thing. When I would do his morning pamper change, I would sing songs to him and kept giving him positive affirmations about himself and the world. He would just fidget smile and coo.

I noticed last week he was doing really well with sleep conditioning. He would wake up with a less aggressive cry that let me know he was ready to get up and eat around 545-6 am in the morning which was great. However, I woke up yesterday and looked at the sky like this seems later than normal. I went and looked at the clock and it was almost 8. I went in the nursery (which is right across from where I started hanging out at) he was still in a drowsy state. I had to wake him up which was very unusual. I thought maybe he is getting sick and checked on him off and on all day. Mom said no he is fine. This morning he also never woke me up (for reference in the past he woke me up or I would wake up on my own in the hour of 5 but now I sleep outside the door of his nursery). I walked in at 7 am he was just sitting there looking around and gently sucking his hand contemplating the meaning of life. In all my time being a NCS. I have sleep conditioned babies well, but I have never had one just sit there taking in the sights instead of crying for that 1st 10 to 12 hours later bottle. Makes me wonder if all of our early morning conversations about waking up with gratitude not an attitude really works. I will have to implement that more.