6 weeks old and awesome :)

Congrats! You made it to the 6th week! That means you are healed (hopefully)!!
Let's see what your baby is learning this week shall we?

Tummy Time
This week while you have tummy time try mixing it with reading time!  Choose a baby book that will keep your baby's attention (different colors, and shapes) and read it to them while they practice tummy time.  The bright colors of the book accompanied by your voice can keep their attention away from the uncomfy-ness of being on their tummy.
You can also put your baby on a firm piece of cardboard and move it forward and backward, this will help them understand what it is like to crawl and you might see hand movements start to creep in the more you do this.

Play, Play, Play
Your baby is probably becoming more awake after eating and its a great time to play!  Play pat-a-cake with their hands or feet, make silly faces with them, and make up funny stories with them as they act it out (with your help).
If you have another little one you can even finger paint with both of them (although it might be difficult if you only have one adult there).  Put the baby's hand or foot in a stamp pad and stamp it on some paper.  Then the other sibling(s) can make their footprints and handprints into imaginative works of art!

Choices
Its never too early to let your child know they have a voice and can make choices of their own.  This will also help you as you get used to this and when your baby becomes an independent toddler. Give your baby 2 choices whether its what onesie to wear that day, which pair of socks, if they want to read a book or sing a song before bed, whether they want to play first or after a bath, really any 2 choices you want!  As you tell your baby the choice touch a hand, the first hand they move gets the choice! This can also be quite funny when you involve someone else.  The other day I asked John whether he wanted me to change his diaper (as I touched the left hand) or if he wanted his dad to (as I touched the right hand).  He moved his right hand and my husband got to change the diaper.  

Words=Things?
To help your baby understand that the words you are saying actually mean something, AND that everything has a name grab a grocery insert, book, or even make something of your own.  Point to each object and tell the name.  You can also add other information like if you like it or not (with the grocery insert), if it belongs in a category, and if you have a funny story to go along with it. My sister made a book for her first child with lots of pictures for each letter in the alphabet, including pictures of family.  It was fun to see as he got older he started saying more and more words from that book and each time he said our names we just melted because it was so cute.

Lullaby
"I am a Child of God" is one of my favorite songs to sing.  It's message is to basic, yet fundamental. You can hear it here

Lyrics

1. 1. I am a child of God,
   And he has sent me here,
   Has given me an earthly home
   With parents kind and dear.
2. 2. I am a child of God,
   And so my needs are great;
   Help me to understand his words
   Before it grows too late.
3. 3. I am a child of God.
   Rich blessings are in store;
   If I but learn to do his will,
   I'll live with him once more.
4. 4. I am a child of God.
   His promises are sure;
   Celestial glory shall be mine
   If I can but endure.
5. Chorus
   Lead me, guide me, walk beside me,
   Help me find the way.
   Teach me all that I must do
   To live with him someday.