So now Brooke has some "golf shoes" and that should start help preparing her mental game for her future career in golf (if her Daddy is correct). If the golf career fails to pan out, at least she gets to wear these cutes socks in the meantime.Brooke @ 5 Weeks
What To Expect says "by five weeks of age, when the corners of your baby's mouth curl up, you can safely attribute it to an actual social smile (unless, of course, you happen to detect that telltale odor that means it's time for another diaper change)".
Brooke is now atune to more sounds, ranging from music to bells, barking dogs, vacuum cleaners and whistles. We have found some proof in that over the past week, as she has been jolted awake by the sound of a pop can opening and the rustling of a bag of Tyson frozen chicken tenders :) We have yet to finds sounds that calm or soothe her (though I think the bussle of Starbucks does do that) but we have found some that snap her awake and therefore must bother her. We now open our pop cans in another room during Brookes precious nap times.
Sleeptime changes too! While a newborn may sleep for 16-20 hours out of every day (Brooke was closer to the 20), a five-week-old is increasingly alert, and may be awake up to 10 hours out of every 24. Brooke is definitely awake for longer periods of time, but we have had some great sleep experiences lately too. The past few nights she has "slept" for about 6 hours straight, where in the first few weeks she was sleeping 3-4 at most. Her sleep is not deep the whole time, and for long periods of time I can hear her twitching and fussing ... but she doesnt cry out or wake completely up. Sleeping 6 hours is considered sleeping throught the night, which a baby generally doesnt do until 3 months or 12+ lbs. While Brooke is only 5 weeks, she is about 11.5 lbs already! That bigger tummy is giving us all the ability to have longer sleep periods because she does not have to eat as often as a smaller baby would :)
