When did you start to enjoy your baby’s awake time?

My lovely little boy is 6 weeks old, and I feel like we are JUST starting to see glimpses of a contented, smiley baby who can be happy sitting and looking around at things for 15-30 mins at a time (only about once a day and if the stars have aligned 😂). This made me wonder at what week or month do most people stop dreading their babies’ wake windows (as times of crying/only meeting practical needs) and start to enjoy their baby engaging with the world and with them?

At the moment I feel like all travel out and about has to be done when LO is due a nap, so I can put him in the sling and know he’ll be out for the count while I’m on the tube/walking. At what point did you start to be confident that your baby wouldn’t freak out if they were awake when you were out and about and not immediately tending to a physical need? When did they start to be happy looking around and hearing you chat to them in the sling/buggy?