it's the "sad lip"
Alex is 6 weeks old! Time is flying by so quick. He isn't that little newborn baby anymore. So sad. I look at his newborn clothes and think it is crazy to think he was once so tiny to fit in them. Babies grow so quick. I swear he gets noticeably heavier everyday and probably most noted in the middle of the night when we are trying to pass him around in bed while we are half asleep.
Alex is beginning to interact more and more and it is so special to get some reciprocation of all that special love and affection we have been giving him. He coos and makes little talking noises, and very alert and stares at faces while he is talking to you. He is so expressive in his face and most of the time we get smiles but at times we get the "sad lip" which I think is so dramatic and sad...it just kills me when he throws that out. He doesn't like car rides and gave me the "sad lip" the whole way to the beach...it made me really sad too. He just started batting at his play gym toys while cooing and smiling at them which I thought was so cute. Alex is now holding his head up really well and I can carry him around without having to support his head now.
In preparation for me to return to work, we started introducing a bottle 2 weeks ago, but Alex has yet to accept it. Bottle training on a breastfed baby is really tough. Babies are way too smart and definitely know the difference. He spits it out and will sometimes begin to suck on it, but spits out what milk he gets. Chris has been giving him the bottles and says he is getting better each time which is great. I guess it will just be one of those things that will take time. I don't want to force it...I really want him to just nicely accept it.
