Wow. I can't believe how quickly this year is flying by. It's almost the end of April! I have so much to catch you up on. He just gets cuter by the day. Jack had his four month check up on the 9th. He did well with his shots. He weighed 19 pounds and was 27 inches. 96th percentile all around. Big healthy boy. He' s happy fella too, always smiling. At daycare today, they told me they call Jack the "gentle giant." I thought that was cute.
However, this little stinker still isn't sleeping well. And by not sleeping well...I mean he's getting up four times a night. To eat, to snuggle, to get rocked, for paci. You name it, I try it. Exhaustion doesn't begin to cover it. At work, I lose my train of thought, can't find the words I'm looking for, and get headaches frequently. I'm getting desperate. We may have to start, dare I say, crying it out. :(
We've tried a few more solid foods. Not every night. Maybe once a week. He didn't seem to care for the oatmeal. We tried a little avocado and that went over a little better. It's so fun to watch him "eat" or, I should say, push food out of his mouth with his tongue and make funny faces :)
Captions are as follows: "Here ma, let me help you with that."
"Whoa! What the heck is this? Are you trying to poison me!?!"
"I think I'm gonna be sick!"
"Wait, what? Papa eats this? Well, in that case, I'll give it a try. Not so bad!" :)
At daycare the other day, he gave his little head a good scratch. Made me sad.
But this shirt pretty much sums it up...
Jack has just recently started noticing the dogs. He absolutely loves them. He watches them eat in the evenings. He laughs at them and always reaches out for them. If he's sitting in my lap, he leans towards the dogs, to the point that he'll propel his body forward, onto his belly to reach out for them. I keep telling Kramer he should count himself lucky that Jack isn't crawling yet.
Jack is enjoying playing with toys more everyday too. He can get his little fingers around them and brings them right to his mouth.
The poor fella has had a cold for several weeks now. I think he's on the mend but for a while, we were having to prop him up to sleep. I believe this was a nap. Don't worry, we were very close by...
Last week, Jack "officially" found his toes. This relationship is still in the early phase but he is grabbing and holding them more and more. Only a matter of time before they find their way to the mouth. The pictures below were the first time he tried to get them up and grab onto them.
"Mom! Check these out!"
Love those sweet piggies!
Playtime when I got home...
Chewing on buzzy bee that Aunt Cristell got him for Easter :)
Smiling at daddy. Jack really loves his daddy. It's precious to see them play together and I look forward to watching them get closer. In the pictures below, he's wearing Dad's hat. I have very high hopes for these two buds :)
He's "little Justin" in this one...
Justin and I have been house hunting. It's taken up every weekend for the last several weeks, but today, Justin found out that we'd have to refinance the mortgage on the condo to be able to rent it out. So...maybe a new house isn't a reality. I bit of a bummer but it will give us more time to save up for a down payment. We'll have to wait and see.
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