Today, November 25th, marks JJA's one month birthday! The boy is doing great. We're following the sage advice of Dr. Harvey Karp, author of the video and book "The Happiest Baby On The Block." (Maybe this will serve as a watermark for our generation, like Dr. Spock.) He talks about the "Five S's": Swaddling, Shushing, Side-lying, Swinging and Sucking. It works! At night, when Jackson wakes up, like clockwork, at about 2am, all it takes is to re-swaddle him, tightly, and a few shushings in his ear while rocking him and he's almost back to sleep. (If only for two more hours.) What Dr. Karp calls an "instinct" seems to be true. It can be like flicking a switch.
Tomorrow: Jackson's first Thanksgiving!
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