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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Jack - Week 11

March 7-13




This was a pretty uneventful week. We were a little sad to be by ourselves again after the fun of having my brother and sister visit the week before, but the good news is that my mom is coming into town for my birthday March 15!

11 Week Highlights:
-Jack is still loving having his hands in his mouth. Sometimes he just sucks or gnaws on his fist, but more and more he is figuring out how to actually get his fingers in there. He won't take a pacifier, so I'd love if he figured out how to suck his thumb so he can have some way to self-soothe that doesn't involve me. 

Tasty fingers
-For several weeks, Jack had been going to bed between 9:30 and 10. This week, he randomly had two nights in a row where he was asleep for the night by 8:30. I was excited because it seems like what the books say is true- that earlier bedtimes result in more sleep. Well, on the third night of going to bed by 8:30, he woke up to eat at some awful hour but then stayed awake for close to two and a half hours. It was as it fun as it sounds. He wasn't crying or anything, just wide awake and ready to play. I kept the lights off in the nursery and was a mean mom and refused to engage with him. I put him in his crib and he just kind of entertained himself while I dozed in the rocker until he was ready to go back to sleep. It was the strangest thing, because he was perfectly happy just playing by himself in there, then he finally started fussing so I picked him up and he fell immediately asleep on my shoulder. Whatever, crazy baby.  

-Jack's grandparents came to visit for the day on Sunday.  It was so nice of them to drive all the way from Austin to see us.  They also brought tons of food to stock our freezer, which I SO appreciated!  

Jack with David's dad.  He is like, "what the heck is going on? This is not how you put me to sleep!" 
Other Random Jack Photos From the Week:


Nap time

"Haha, that's cute mom. You think if I play in my crib sometimes, I will get used to being in here and eventually sleep here. Ha!"

Chubby baby fingers

LOVES sucking on his bottom lip

Trying to roll over!





I didn't think he was ready for his Bumbo, but apparently he is!  He kind of just crumbled over after a couple seconds, but we will keep practicing!

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Jack - Week 10

February 28 -March 6

 


Jack got to spend the first few days of his tenth week with his Aunt Lauren and his Uncle Mark! We loved having them visit!  On Saturday we took Jack on a walk down to the neighborhood pizza and wine bar/restaurant. He did great and actually fell asleep soon after we got there. Since my sister and I are both Gonzaga alums, Jack also cheered on the Zags for their big game Saturday night, but he didn't get to watch since the game was after his bedtime.  On Sunday evening, Lauren and Mark babysat Jack while David and I went out to grab a quick dinner. It was nice to sneak away, but of course I'm just nervous the whole time we are gone. He was fine of course, and they even took care of bath time for us! It was sad to see them go. I wish they lived closer!


Uncle Mark on early morning cuddle duty

Jack requires lots of close attention in the tub or he freaks out


Go Zags!
The rest of the week was pretty uneventful.  The weather here has been awful the past several weeks- just gray and dreary most days.  We are so over it!  Jack has hardly seen the sun in his little 10 week life!  

Things To Remember From This Week:
-Jack really seems to be discovering his hands, and he is working really hard at getting them in his mouth  This typically creates a slobbery mess, but he loves it.  
-Jack had a low grade fever that started after his shots last week, and it lasted all the way through Tuesday.  Along with the fever, he also developed a rash on his chest and back. I wasn't worried about it at first, but it seemed to be lasting too long to be just a symptom of the shots.  So I called the doctor's office and they had me bring him in since the fever had gone above 100.4, and they wanted to check out the rash.  Of course, it turned out that it was nothing to worry about- just what they called a delayed reaction to the vaccines. I felt like a silly, paranoid new mom, but I'm glad we got it checked out. 

Baby's first pair of (fake) jeans

FaceTime with Dad while he's at work

Does this shirt make my chins look fat?

The boys always get the good eyelashes


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Nap time. At least one of us is sleeping.. He fell asleep like this, and unfortunately I couldn't fall asleep. I didn't dare move him, so I was stuck like this for a good hour and a half.  There are worse places to be stuck I suppose. 

On To Week 11!

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Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Jack - Week 9

February 21-27


Events of the Week:

Jack had his second trip to the grocery store. This time it wasn't just a quick in and out trip like last time, so of course I was worried how he'd do.  He did great thought. I carried him in the Bjorn, and he was awake the whole time, but just staring at all the lights and new things to look at.  We also had a successful trip to Costco.  He slept through that entire trip.  YAY Jack!



Jack had his first real "scare."  I was holding him and making a smoothie.  I pressed the button to turn it on, and I felt him JUMP in my arms. I turned it off, looked down, and his eyes were HUGE, he had the biggest pout on his face, and he let out the loudest scream I have ever heard from him, he proceeded to cry inconsolably for quite a while.  It was so sad, and I felt awful. I kept thinking that that was the first time in his little life he had been scared of something.  Poor guy. 

Sleep HAD been getting a little better the past week or two.  But this week he seems to have had a little sleep regression.  He was fighting naps again, and not sleeping as well at night. One night, I got up to feed him at 1:30 AM. He seemed sleepy while he was eating, but after he finished, he was WIDE awake. He was smiling, laughing, and trying to "talk" to me with his newly discovered voice.  Normally- totally cute.  At 1:30 AM? Not so much. This went on until he finally fell back asleep at 4AM!!!  I kept telling myself, "at least he's not screaming and crying," but it was still pretty miserable.  

Jack turned 2 months old this week!!  Time sure does fly!


Jack met his Aunt Lauren and Uncle Mark this week!  They came to visit us for a long weekend (more on this in week 10).  It was so fun to have them meet their nephew.  He LOVED them so much, and we loved having them here!

First time meeting Aunt Lauren.  She got him right to bed for the night!
First time meeting Uncle Mark!

Jack had his 2 month doctor appointment this week.
Stats:
-12 lbs, 12 oz (62%)
-24.5 inches (97%)
He also had to get 3 shots and have one oral vaccine.  Jack and I both cried during the shots, but he recovered a lot faster than I expected.  He was VERY sleepy for the next 24 hours and took lots of naps.  But other than that, he was fine.  Glad to have that done with!

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Pep talk from Aunt Lauren

Sad baby thighs

Brave boy!

We both cried

Recovery

Future Dr. Mark

5 Days Old at Doctor Appointment vs. 2 Months Old Doctor Appointmnet

Poor guy fell asleep on his belly after his shots
New Developments:
-Jack's eyes are definitely turning brown now. Up until now they were that typical baby gray, but now it's fun to watch them change. David and I both have brown eyes, so it was pretty much inevitable that he'd be a brown-eyed boy.
-Jack has been working on a pretty impressive pout lip. I haven't managed to get a picture of it yet, but it's pretty sad and pathetic looking.
-He likes me, he really likes me! Some of this started happening more around 6 weeks, but it took me a while to realize. Jack is now doing things that make me feel like, "hey, he actually likes me and maybe even appreciates all I'm doing for him!" It's a pretty great feeling to know he's moving on from appearing to be just a crying, pooping, hungry baby blob!  Things that I notice now:
  -he seems to actually LOOK at me, whereas before I knew he could see me but that was about as far as it went. 
  -he is FINALLY consoled by me when he's crying and I go to pick him up
  -he rests his sweet little head on my shoulder (on purpose, not just bc he can't hold it up)
  -each morning he usually wakes up crying or whimpering, but now once he sees me, he stops and gets a big grin on his face

Other Random Jack Photos From This Week:

He always tucks his little thumb inside his fist

"Haha, that's cute, mom.  You think I'm going to actually sleep in this thing one day?"

He loves looking at himself in the mirror

Trying out his new sunglasses - Baby Banz!

Baby North Face Jacket and Baby Banz!

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