Development stages

It is really interesting to follow the progress of baby Magnus, the things he is learning and struggling with. In the beginning in the hospital, just eating was problematic.

After we came home, the first couple of days, sleeping in the night was the big issue. But soon he became a very seasoned nightsleeper, and we could work on the big thing at the time: Lifting the head.

A baby head is incredibly big related to the rest of the body considering that he doesn't have much muscle. We were told to quite often put him on his stomach and try to induce him to lift his head and turn from side to side. It was especially important that he was willing to turn his head to both sides. Magnus was an early expert, he would lift and lift and drewl and smile and lift some more, and cry when he was tired, and he turned from side to side.

When the baby starts smiling to you, the sun is shining every more brightly even indoors!

The next thing was tummy aches. The nurse was concerned that he might be getting too much food (he ate quite often at this time, and was gaining weight very fast), so we agreed to try to wait at least 3 hours between each feeding.

Then we learned a couple of positions to help him get air out of his stomach, and not least: We were suggested to try Minifom, a great pharmacy thing for reducing stuck air in small stomachs.

Also, we were suggested to walk him a lot outside, however Magnus didn't get that this was supposed to be nice - just cried and cried. But finally he started to enjoy it somewhat. Not enough to fall asleep, but enough to enjoy it.

Stomach problems got a lot better with Minifom, and eventually he managed to start sleeping during the day.