Julius,

Every day and every night, we rock you to sleep in the rocking chair. So far you don’t seem to like sleeping in the bassinet since you’ll cry after being placed in there. We’re not too keen on letting you sleep in the bed with us since there is an increased chance of us accidentally rolling over you or suffocating you at night… so we rock you… and we rock you… and we rock you… when we rock you to sleep, you love it! You will actually SLEEP! Sometimes we try to be clever by placing you in the bassinet AFTER you have fallen asleep, but you’re too smart. Shucks.

You’re three weeks old and we still haven’t figured out how to transition you to the bassinet quite yet. The good news is that you’re beginning to tell the difference to day and night. We keep the lights low and don’t play with you at night, and we turn on the lights and play with you in the day time. It’s been difficult setting a pattern routine to get you to sleep because unfortunately there are nights you get horrible gas from swallowing too much air which results in having to calm you down for a few hours. The Mylicon isn’t too great, so we recently picked up some Gripe Water which is all natural with herbs to help relieve gas. We’ll try it out and see if it helps! I love it when you’re happy… a fussy, gassy baby doesn’t feel good for either of us. We love you, sweetie. Hope your tummy feels better soon.