6 weeks old

Now that your baby's awake for longer periods during the day, you can use these times to support his sensory development. Try singing your favorite lullabies or playing music.

You don't have limit yourself to children's songs. Fill the house with the sounds of music — from the Black Eyed Peas to Mozart — and watch as your baby expresses his pleasure through coos, lip smacks, and jerking arm and leg movements.

Your baby might also enjoy the sound of wind chimes or a ticking clock. The more varied the offerings, the richer the impact. Inevitably, you'll notice that your baby responds to and favors some selections more than others as he begins to develop preferences.

Don't feel like you need to bombard your baby with music all the time, though. Babies need quiet time, too. An overstimulated child may cry, look away, tense up, arch his back, and become irritable. Try giving your little one time to regroup before moving on to more play.

Self-expression
Your baby may not be able to talk yet, but his face is sure telling you a lot. He's experimenting with different facial expressions — pursing his lips, raising his eyebrows, widening or squinting his eyes, and furrowing his brow.

Your baby may be trying to tell you something — perhaps a diaper change is in your future — or maybe he's just exploring his newfound abilities.

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This week we have few milestones:

* Maggie started to pull her head up- She likes to look around and bright light captures her attention.

* Tummy Time- We have introduced tummy time to her daily schedule. We have a play mat upstairs and have another one we tried down stairs. She is starting to reach and kick the hanging toys.

* 0 t 3 months- She does not fit at all in her newborn clothes.

* Bath Time Routine- We have started to get her in a routine with bathtime. She takes a bath, lotion, onesie with the sleep sack, and then we give her a bottle, we read to her and she usually falls asleep.

* We are starting to understand her cries.-We know the difference between feed me and change me. We know the difference between "I just want to fall asleep" and "I need a change of scenery."

This morning after she woke up she was changed and fed a 4 ounce bottle. We had play time and now she fell back asleep at 10:30.

When we put her in the crib at night we watch her on the video monitor that is recording via our computer. We also have her speaker monitors that let us know if she is crying.

Slowly but for surely we are getting better day by day.

Yesterday at the OBGYN I had to have a small procedure done to fix the granulation tissue from the delivery. We got to see Dr. Cohn who gave us a big hug and was excited to hear the birth story. We have to go back next week for a follow up. I also got a tetanus and vaccine for a whooping cough to prevent me from getting it so Maggie won't get it.