4 months

Jack turned 4 months old today. Another month has quickly gone by and Kevin and I are watching a baby turn into a little guy! He is so much fun! His new favorite thing is to put everything in his mouth. He is constantly sucking on his hands and trying to put his toys, shirt and bib in his mouth. He is making lots of noises and giggles ALOT! He enjoys being in the jumperoo and exersaucer and can put wieght on his legs when you hold him in a standing position. He is also able to roll both ways. The biggest thing is he is consistantly sleeping through the night. Jack goes to bed around 8:30 and sleeps till 5 or 5:30. Kevin then feeds him and he goes back to sleep until 7ish.

We have enjoyed some fun things this past month as well. We went to my family reunion the beginning of the month. Jack got to meet a lot of new family members. It was fun to watch him interact with everyone. Last weekend we went to the Miami county fair with Kevin's family. What a great experience. It was so much fun watching Jack look at all the animals. Jack also experienced his first virus this week. On Tuesday he was sent home from school with a little fever. After going to the doctors, she determined it was just a virus. As soon as it started, it was over though. By 6 pm on Tuesay, the fever was gone and he was much happier. He has his 4 month appointment on Monday, so I will update all his stats then!

Cereal

With Jack turning 4 months old on Wednesday, we decided it was time for him to start cereal. So last night he tried it for the first time. At first he seemed to like it and then after about 3 bites, he had enough and didn't want much more. It was a cycle of me putting it in his mouth and him spitting it back out at me! We will keep trying though. He goes to the doctor next Monday, so we will talk to her about it then. Of course, we caught it all on camera...check it out!

We are on a roll

Jack has made some big strides in the past week or so. He is on a roll. He can now roll from tummy to back and back to tummy. He doesn't do it all the time, but he can when he wants to! He is beginning to enjoy tummy time a little more and he is able to pick his head up while laying on his tummy. He has also found his toes. He hasn't stuck them in his mouth yet...but he knows they are there. Although he has known for a while that he has hands, up until recently he hasn't done much with them. Now they are by his face and in his mouth ALL THE TIME! He is constantly sucking his thumb or fingers. He is trying to stick his whole fist in his mouth, but hasn't been successful with that yet. He also enjoys just looking at his fingers and watching them move. Jack is also learning that he a voice. He likes to talk to himself and us, especially when he is in his carseat. I love listening to him and can't wait till the day when I can actually understand what he is trying to say. We have also noticecd that in the past few days, he is starting to reach for things and hold onto them. Finally, he is able to sit in his exersaucer unassisted. He is growing and changing so much...what happened to my little baby?? Oh....and did I mention that he had to get his first hair cut. We had to cut his bangs and side burns a little. What 15 week old needs that?

In other news, I took Jack to the doctors last Wednesday, just to make sure everything was ok. He has had a stuffy nose for a little while now and he wasn't drinking his bottles very well. I was being a perinoid mom and just wanted to make sure he was ok before we left for the weekend. Turns out...he was just fine. The doctor looked at me like I was crazy, but I got the peace of mind of knowing everything was ok. I did find out that he is now 13 lbs 13 ounces! (That is one good thing about going to the doctors...hehe)

We had a great weekend with my family. It was a jammed packed weekend but fun to be with everyone. Kevin and I got to go the Indian's game to see my cousin pitch. I have gone to about 4 or 5 games in hopes of seeing him, however, he has never pitched while I was there. So this was a first and we were in the front row!!! It was awesome. Too bad he wasn't able to pull out a win for the Twins. Jack had a great time. He was much better than we had expected. He went with the flow and enjoyed meeting lots of family! We had a great weekend but it is nice to be back home, however, we are down a family member. Stubbs has left us. After much thought and consideration, we decided to give Stubbs back to the guy I got him from originally 4 years ago. We didn't feel like we were being fair to him now that Jack is here. Its a little quieter around here, but we think it was for the best!

Update

Well its been a little while since I wrote, so I just wanted to let everyone know what is going on in the world of Jack. He is such a joy and Kevin and I are having so much fun with him. He smiles and laughs all the time. We have recently tried putting him in his exersaucer and he seems to like it. He hits some of the buttons to make them light up or make noise. He does't realize that he is the one doing it but he smiles at the lights. He also sat in the exersaucer at school today for the first time and they said he liked it too!

His favorite thing to do still is lay on his back and kick his feet. Often when he is fussy, if we lay him on his activity mat he calms down faster than if we hold him. He hasn't been rolling over as much but he loves to lay on his side!

He loves school!!!! He takes better naps there then he does at home. He loves their swing and the bouncy seat! He is making friends...hehe and generally seems very happy to be there. Last week the petting zoo came and he got to "pet" a baby chick! How cute is that?? He loves going outside and taking walks in the big stroller!

He is eating 5-6 ounces every 4 hours. Sometimes he takes his bottle pretty easy, others it is a struggle. We are still trying to figure out why?

He is almost sleeping through the night. He goes down for bed around 8:30 and then sleeps till sometime between 3 and 5. We feed him at that point and he sleeps till 7 when it is time to get up for school. So we can't complain....he is doing pretty well. He is a wild man in his sleep though. Most mornings when we go in, he is upside down in his crib.

We are looking forward to next weekend. We are going to Boardman for my family reunion. Kevin and I get to go to the Indians game on Friday...my mom and sis are watching Jack. We are going in a bus with my family to watch my cousin play. Then saturday we are going out to dinner with everyone and Jack is having his first nonrelative babysitter. (Thank you Alyson!) Sunday is church and a picnic and then it will be back to columbus.

3 months old

Jack is 3 months old. He is growing up and changing right before our eyes! He has made lots of accomplishments over the past month. One big thing for him is that he started "school." I went back to work on July 6th and he came with me. Right now he is the youngest kid in the whole school. He is doing really well. Kevin and I are getting our routine down and Jack is enjoying his class. He has made some "friends" and he seems to like his teacher Ms. Diane.

Here are some of his stats for this month.

He is about 13 1/2 lbs. and about 24 inches tall. He doesn't go to the doctor this month, so I don't know the exact stats.

He drinks 5 oz. of formula every 3 1/2 to 4 hours.

He goes to bed at 8 or 8:30 and can sleep till about 4 or 5 am. Sometimes he wakes up earlier but then will go back to sleep until we wake him for school.

He smiles and laughs, especially at Kevin. He seems to respond to Kevin's voice the most!

He loves to lay on his play mat and roll to his side. He can even roll from his tummy to his back! He enjoys listening to music and kicking his feet to the beat.

He is still in size one diapers.

He wears Carter's 3 month clothes and 0-3 months in everything else. He has worn a few 3-6 month things too.

He loves sucking on his hands and makes rather loud noises while doing so.

He enjoys sitting in his high chair while we are eating. He likes to be apart of the action.

His hair is out of control. It sticks straight up in the back all the time. As soon as it dries it pops up and nothing will keep it down. We are trying to decide when he will need his first hair cut.

We have successfully gone out to dinner a few times with him now. He tends to fall asleep while we are there, which makes it nice for us!

What a week!

These are pictures we took on the 4th of July.

My first week back to work has been very eventful. My first day back, Tuesday, I had a meeting from 7-9, that was also the night Kevin took Jack to urgent care to make sure he only had a cold. On Wednesday, we had our inspection from the state. This is always very stressful because they look at EVERYTHING in the school. However, we did really well and only missed one point because we didn't have a piece of paper with the child ratios on it in one of the classrooms. Needless to say, we were very happy! Thursday was pretty uneventful however, in the middle of the night, when I woke up to feed Jack I discovered that his room was 79 degrees. Upon further inspection we determined that the air conditioning unit outside was not running and HOT air was blowing in the house. We quickly turned it off and decided we had to call someone in the morning. A guy came out Friday evening to fix it, only to tell us that the part store was closed and he wouldn't be able to get the part till Saturday morning. Luckily, Kevin's parents didn't mind having company for the night, because we packed everything up and went to Piqua for the evening. (It was way to hot to sleep here!) The air was fixed yesterday afternoon and we are all cool as cucumbers now!

Jack still has a cold but he is very happy! Yesterday evening he was so happy. He was full of smiles for us! He is constantly rolling from his back to stomach. Sometimes he will stay there for a while and others he gets pretty mad and wants turned over immediately. At night he prefers to sleep on his side and when we go to get him in the morning, he is normally upside down in his crib. Kevin and I think he has grown up a lot in the past few weeks. He is able to entertain himself for a little while now, which allows us to get somethings done. He is much happier. We are enjoying him so much and love all the new things he is doing. His smiles just melt our hearts.

Helping daddy

Tonight Kevin put Jack's highchair together. It is a chair that sits on one of our kitchen chairs and can be used for infants because it reclines a little. Jack likes to be next to us while we are eating, so we thought he might enjoy sitting in it while we eat. We tried it tonight and he liked it!



In other news, Jack survived his second full day at Goddard! However, yesterday was a little rough. He developed a cold on Monday and he wasn't very happy yesterday. It seemed like he hada little stuffy nose and cough but we didn't know if it was more than that, so, Kevin took him to urgent care last night (I unfortunately had a meeting and couldn't go). We wanted to make sure he didn't have an ear infection or anything worse. Turns out, its just a cold and the doctor said hopefully it will go away in a few days. We were relieved and can already see a difference today! He was much happier and took 2 good naps today at school! I am so lucky I can take him with me to work! I love being able to go in and see him from time to time! It definately helps me get through the day!