Where to start???
July 6 - He ate cereal for the first time. Everyone said "Oh watch for his face!! Babies give the best face ever when they taste cereal. So we gave him the cereal and .....nothing. He gave a slight wince and then opened his mouth wide for more. It's like he has been eating cereal his whole life. By the end of the feeding, he was grabbing the spoon from my hand and feeding himself. Whoa, slow down there boy!!! His face broke out in a rash from applesauce, but did give a little yuck face to bananas. Next up, peas and carrots. And I will be watching for that orange nose to appear.
Week of July 7 - He is sitting all by himself. He needs to have someone sit behind him since sometimes he falls backward. But it is really endearing to watch him try to balance himself with his little arms extended outward. I was encouraging Jack by saying " Good boy!! You are doing such a great job!!" But he would not look at me. He would look straight at the floor and have the most serious look on his face.
He also likes to roll over in his sleep. Which is a bit scary cause what if he rolls over during the night?? Thankfully I am such a light sleeper that as soon as I hear his rolling over, I immediatley wakeup and check to see if he is ok. This would explain on why I have been drinking a lot of coffee in the morning.
Next up, we are moving the last weekend of July. Jack gets his own room. And I will probably never sleep again.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Great T shirt
I really want to get this shirt for Jack. This website has some great little designs that he would look absolutely brilliant in. it's from Trendy Tadpole.
http://thetrendytadpole.com/T shirts are $25. Yikes. Should i get one?
UPDATE!!! If you want to get one, there is a special for 30 % off. Code is 30off. They are super cute and they offered me a free shirt just for this mention. Pretty cool since their designs are pretty sweet. I may have to take up on that 30% sale.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Not so fast
So I knew that things were too good to be true. The blessed eight hour uninterrupted sleep that Jack would have has now ended. In return, we now have a crying match that lasts for about 30 minutes to put him to sleep, followed by a wake up call around 1 - 3 pm of another crying fit. Sometimes we can put a pacifier in his mouth and he can go to sleep. Or I like to pat his little thigh and that puts him to sleep as well .Lately, none of those tricks have worked. It would be great if I could just breast feed him and off he goes into slumber land, but with him being so picky about the boob, we now have to get up and make him a bottle. Great. The weird thing is that he is still sleepy when he is crying which makes me think that
1. He had a bad dream. What do babies dream about anyways? Time to google that one.
2. He's hungry
3. He likes to wake up the rest of the world with his sweet little voice. A voice that goes "wahhhhhh"
1. He had a bad dream. What do babies dream about anyways? Time to google that one.
2. He's hungry
3. He likes to wake up the rest of the world with his sweet little voice. A voice that goes "wahhhhhh"
Monday, June 23, 2008
Five months
Jack's first "Mooooommmmm" photo.Time is flying by so fast. And just now Jack is getting the hang of the pacifier. He has not eaten cereal yet, but this is the month when he will start. Say goodbye to Level 2 diapers. And say hello to 6 -9 month clothes!!! Rolls over in less than two seconds. Loves the game Superman. We think that he may be close to just walking, since he doesn't like to be held anymore. The teething cries are less, but that may come back once the little tooth actually starts coming out. He has let go of the breast feeding and will only take milk from the bottle. Well, there goes my worries of a two year old still wanting breast milk. First Father's day, first trip to the pool, and his first taste of summer humidity. First words were spoken - "I love you" and "Da".
Next up, trying to get him to say "Ma".
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Dad's day
It was nice to see Brian in his first father's day. I kept saying Happy Father's Day to him all week leading up to Sunday. He kept saying "It's not Father's day yet" but I think he secretly liked hearing it all the time.
I imagined that I was going to make this grand breakfast for him, as he did for me on Mom's day. The night before, I was at a wedding with his mom, and in the flurry of trying to gather all of Jack's items, I forgot the most important item -the house keys. I realized that I did not have them til 10 minutes before we arrived at my place. I had to spend the night at my mother in law's. Brian was shooting a wedding that night and was going to go home. He would then met up with us at his mom's on Sunday. So much for the grand breakfast.
Jack did however master the art of rolling over. Just in time for father's day. Once he is on his tummy, he does this "hmpf" sound right before he starts to cry. He doesn't like being on his tummy for too long so our next grand task to to teach him how to roll back on his back.
I imagined that I was going to make this grand breakfast for him, as he did for me on Mom's day. The night before, I was at a wedding with his mom, and in the flurry of trying to gather all of Jack's items, I forgot the most important item -the house keys. I realized that I did not have them til 10 minutes before we arrived at my place. I had to spend the night at my mother in law's. Brian was shooting a wedding that night and was going to go home. He would then met up with us at his mom's on Sunday. So much for the grand breakfast.
Jack did however master the art of rolling over. Just in time for father's day. Once he is on his tummy, he does this "hmpf" sound right before he starts to cry. He doesn't like being on his tummy for too long so our next grand task to to teach him how to roll back on his back.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Leave him for ten minutes????
Just to remind everyone of what Jack looks like when he is sad, here it is. In fact he is the master of the pouty face and I am the queen of picking him right up when he gets upset. Trouble ahead????
For some reason, Jack woke up around 9 pm and would not go back to sleep. He was crying in his crib and Brian suggested that we leave him there and let him cry it out. I felt like he was asking me to eat worms as that is something that I don't want to do. We let him cry it out but every wah gave my throat another tug. I tried to concentrate on "Frasier" and his antics, but all I could think about was how upset our son was, and how much I just wanted to pick him up and soothe him so he can sleep peacefully, not with despair. I couldn't do it and at minute 5, I went right in and picked him up. You know when you cry so much that after awhile, you are trying to catch your breath? That is what he was doing. And I wanted to cry just cause I felt sooooooooo bad as a mom. I know that doing this is not the worst thing a mom has done, but I hated every minute of it.
The biggest test will be tonight. If he is cranky in bed, we will keep him there and we will see how that goes.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
Pool time and Jack's new friend
It was a sticky humid day in Chicago on Saturday June 7. With Brian on assigment and Jack now knowing that being in the house all day sucks, we went for our first pool adventure.
First , we must buy some Huggies Swimmers.
Which in Huggies world, they must believe that babies under one years old do not go to the pool at all. There were no Huggies for Jack for his age, so I bought the ones that are for kids who are 24 lbs. I felt kind of bad for Jack as I imagined the diapers would come up to his chin. Plus on the package, the babies looked like they were three years old and seemed have the ability to run around. My son has the ability of placing his teething ring in his mouth.
The diapers fit ok and we were set to go in. Jack has only been getting used to baths for the past month only, so I was a little weary of dipping his feet in the water. Like a champ, he just stared at it. And then stared at all the other kids running around in the water. He was actually looking at them like they were nuts cause his little brow was constantly knitted. He was studying everything; the water, the kids, the parents holding the kids, the water that we sat in. I tried to do the "Weeeeeee" and place his feet up and down the water. No excited reaction but no bad reaction. Oh well. We spent a good two hours before it was time to go home. And yes, he did have sunscreen on and a hat and we were in the shade. I am a protective mommy.
With that incredble adventure came another one. I wore a bikini for the first time. Four and half months after giving birth and I am nowhere near supermodel looking. But I don't think that I look that bad either which gave me somewhat the courage to wear a two piece. However, I think that I may have to pay a visit to Target to get those tankinis. I really don't care if I have a tan stomach or not. So long as my legs are bronzed, as the fashion magazines would say.
Even though I don't want to expose Jack to much TV if any at all, there are times when he does watch. Good Morning America is a good one. I think he likes Diane Sawyer as he watches intently whenever she is one. Finding Nemo was on Saturday and as we watched it, he did react to a couple of scenes. The sharks were a bit scary but when the previews were on for Wall- E , the new Pixar movie, was when Jack went nuts. He kept talking to Wall- E and would say "oooh ooh ooh" as if he was saying "Hey Wall-E!!! I'm over here!!!"
Nothing like a computer animated robot to stir up a 4 month old's mind.
First , we must buy some Huggies Swimmers.
Which in Huggies world, they must believe that babies under one years old do not go to the pool at all. There were no Huggies for Jack for his age, so I bought the ones that are for kids who are 24 lbs. I felt kind of bad for Jack as I imagined the diapers would come up to his chin. Plus on the package, the babies looked like they were three years old and seemed have the ability to run around. My son has the ability of placing his teething ring in his mouth.
The diapers fit ok and we were set to go in. Jack has only been getting used to baths for the past month only, so I was a little weary of dipping his feet in the water. Like a champ, he just stared at it. And then stared at all the other kids running around in the water. He was actually looking at them like they were nuts cause his little brow was constantly knitted. He was studying everything; the water, the kids, the parents holding the kids, the water that we sat in. I tried to do the "Weeeeeee" and place his feet up and down the water. No excited reaction but no bad reaction. Oh well. We spent a good two hours before it was time to go home. And yes, he did have sunscreen on and a hat and we were in the shade. I am a protective mommy.
With that incredble adventure came another one. I wore a bikini for the first time. Four and half months after giving birth and I am nowhere near supermodel looking. But I don't think that I look that bad either which gave me somewhat the courage to wear a two piece. However, I think that I may have to pay a visit to Target to get those tankinis. I really don't care if I have a tan stomach or not. So long as my legs are bronzed, as the fashion magazines would say.
Even though I don't want to expose Jack to much TV if any at all, there are times when he does watch. Good Morning America is a good one. I think he likes Diane Sawyer as he watches intently whenever she is one. Finding Nemo was on Saturday and as we watched it, he did react to a couple of scenes. The sharks were a bit scary but when the previews were on for Wall- E , the new Pixar movie, was when Jack went nuts. He kept talking to Wall- E and would say "oooh ooh ooh" as if he was saying "Hey Wall-E!!! I'm over here!!!"
Nothing like a computer animated robot to stir up a 4 month old's mind.
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