Fussy Time!

I have been meaning to post for a week now, and just haven't gotten around to it. I've been a little bit busy! So now Gabriel is almost four weeks old, if you can believe it!
At three weeks babies start getting fussy, and some get colicky, although we haven't had that problem with Gabriel. But we sure have seen the fussiness! And this kid can scream when he gets pissed, that's for sure. We've had a couple of truly sleepless nights, the worst being this last Saturday, when Gabriel decided that he really really wasn't going to sleep, and he was going to cry off and on for no reason that his parents could figure out. He also insisted on eating every hour, which was really making me crazy (and even more exhausted!). At three weeks babies also go through a growth spurt, so I think we were facing a combination of issues. The third part of our combo was the fact that I drink coffee on the weekends. Not all babies are sensitive to caffeine (supposedly), but I've decided that Gabriel is. So now we know.
We have seen some fun milestones in the past couple of weeks. As I mentioned before, his umbilical cord came off. We gave him a bath last week, and took a couple of videos. (I will try to include a little clip montage that I made with our video software.) Gabriel is interacting a little bit more with us and with his surroundings as well. He swipes at objects, usually the toys on his little play mat, although he doesn't always hit them. He also seems to enjoy being sung to, when it involves direct eye contact. He sometimes takes a minute or two to start reacting and interacting, but once he does, it's obvious that he's taking it all in. He can maintain eye contact and focus on a face. He does okay with tummy time - sometimes he just falls asleep, but he has been known to lift his head and turn it to the other side. He's also grown, although by how much it's hard to tell.
We have our first "You and Your New Baby" class on Wednesday. That should be exciting, and will give me practice taking Gabriel out and spending significant amounts of time somewhere other than home. I have taken him out, but only on brief shopping trips or walks to the park, nothing that involves him interacting with anything (he's usually asleep) or staying somewhere long enough to feed him or change his diaper. So we'll see how it goes!