9 weeks

This is his favorite thing to do kick kick kick!

9 Weeks

Weight:  9.7+ pounds (we will find out on Thursday)

Sleep: He had one night where he slept 6 hours and one night he slept 5! We really think he would sleep much longer but he spends hours (yes hours) grunting and straining in his sleep. 

Clothes: 0-3

Visitors:  Melanie came to visit! He was such a little flirt with her smiling and cooing away it was ridiculous! 

Out and About: We go everywhere! I’m so glad we took him out early on because it has made things much easier now. He got fussy in the running store and I was able to take him out and hold him while we shopped- if this would have happened a couple weeks ago I would have went straight to the car. 

Baby Gear Love:  
White noise app! A few people mentioned white noise to me and instead of spending $70 or more on a machine I downloaded the app. The app is awesome because it has all kinds of sounds (rain, ocean, crickets, etc) including the white noise. You can set a timer for how long you want it on. The only bad thing is it does run down your phone battery (probably because I use it every time he goes back to sleep). But if Santa brings me the Ipad I can rotate Iphone and Ipad :)

Crying:  This week was AMAZING!! It has been two weeks since he had dairy and I can really see a difference. His crying has decreased by 90%. He is following our routine without any issues and falling asleep in the swing on his own. We still have the cranky 5 pm hour but I can deal with that! He is so much happier too, he smiles all the time! The reflux is still a major issue- I’m getting spit up on every time he eats. And the grunting/straining going on we have to ask the doctor about. 

Milestones:  
He found his hand! He even gets a thumb or some fingers in there. It is soooo cute!

Postpartum: Made it to spinning class 2x’s this week and ran 2x’s. I lost 1-2 pounds. I quit eating ranch dressing :) haha my only attempts at "dieting". 

Goals:
This week he was following our routine of eat, play, sleep very nicely! He was also able to sleep without being held for naps on most days. Still working on sleeping in the crib.

In case you are as obsessed as we are about Jackson..