Milestones

A few big things happened in Eston's life in the last 24 hours.

1. He went EIGHT hours between feedings last night (unfortunately, we did not go to sleep at the beginning of this wonderful window of time). His standard nighttime schedule is a 4-hour block of sleep, followed by a 3-hour block of sleep, with a feeding in the middle (not bad, compared to his schedule during the first couple of weeks!). I hope this 8-hour block starts happening more and more.

2. He seems to be mimicking facial expressions. We noticed it when my dad stuck his tongue out at Eston, and Eston stuck his out in response. He seems to open his mouth widely in response as well. This could be a coincidence, but the repetitions lead us to believe that it could be purposeful. Eston has also smiled a few times, but those seem to be random at this point. We are really looking forward to his smiling in response to something that should produce a smile!

3. He is having a slumber party with my parents in Stone Mountain tonight, his first night away from us. I'm starting back to work half-time this week. In January and February, my parents will be keeping him on Wednesdays, and Randy is staying home with him on Thursdays. Since I went to Stone Mountain today to celebrate my cousin Camilla's fourth birthday, we decided to let Eston spend the night there. My parents will typically come to our house on Wednesdays to watch him, but tonight's plan seemed more convenient. We miss Eston, but I'm appreciative of the chance to get a great night's sleep before venturing back to work tomorrow.