16 weeks

16 Weeks- I actually had to check this! 

Weight:  I think 15 pounds.

Sleep: Ew. We were traveling last week and he had to sleep in a pack-n-play for the first time.. it was bad. The first night he was up every hour screaming. The next three nights he lasted until 3:30 or 4. And then when we got home he was so used to being held all day long he has been fighting EVERYTHING. I’m exhausted. And he is going to sleep in his crib tonight... oh joy I know I’m not getting any sleep. Good thing Jamie bought me a Starbucks gift card.  

Clothes: 3 and 6 months. Depends on the outfit but I washed all the 6 months so we are ready.

Visitors:  Jackson met all of the Sullivan’s (Jamie’s family) and Lorraine. He also got to see Papa again. He was one spoiled baby :) He did great letting everyone hold him. 

Out and About: Jackson’s first trip to Virginia! He did awesome on the first 10 hour car drive and he really didn’t cry much with all the new people. The only issue was the sleeping. Our way back was a little rough in the car but we made it. 

Baby Gear Love:  

Ohh I had something but I have forgotten it. Dang.

Crying:  When he’s overtired and now if he’s not being held.. 

Milestones:  
More rolling! And he’s doing it the right way now. He learned how to happy scream..awesome hahah. He thinks he is really funny with that one. He is tracking objects or people with his eyes from further distances. 

Medical: The eczema is looking better with the help of aquaphor every five seconds. I also bought the really expensive California Baby eczema body wash. Sigh. The soy seems to be going ok but I’m calling the Dr. today to make sure. Reflux. I might be giving into the rice cereal. Sigh again. He is spitting up ALL day everyday. Whoohoo

Postpartum: I’m sure I gained about 10 over Christmas but I’m not checking. I have started loosing my hair. Ahh I don’t have that much to begin with!  

I might start going from weekly updates to bimonthly or monthly. It's getting really hard to keep up with.. hints the Wednesday post four days late. 

Baby's First Christmas

Although we have been pretty busy unpacking and me going back to work we have managed to get all the important firsts in! Christmas PJ's check (see above).

Homemade ornament :) He has a special one ordered hopefully Santa's sleigh brings it here on time..

A visit to see Santa. Yep that's our sleepy baby taking a nap on Santa's lap.

Christmas Stocking

His first baby tree for his room! It's bigger than him. 

His Christmas suit of course! I'm going to take better pictures of this adorable outfit on Christmas. 

15 weeks

Go Jags!

15 Weeks

Weight:  I think 15 pounds.

Sleep: He’s still sleeping through the night! He is getting better with taking naps in the crib. He usually sleeps 45 minutes before waking up. But now he has a cold sooooo I put him back in the swing. I can’t sleep flat when I’m sick and I won’t torture him with it! 

Clothes: 3 months moving to 6 months...ek! 

Visitors:  None 

Out and About: We went Christmas shopping just the two of us.. I found the elevator :) hahah and he did great, he was smiling and happy the whole time. We went to Total Wine and he was “hooooing” and “whooping" the whole time which I think is like the cutest thing in the world. The cashier asked is he “hooing?” I replied, “Yep!” hahhah 

Baby Gear Love:  

Summer Monitor freaking LOVE IT! Obviously we are “crib training” and so we finally put up the monitor..more like plugged it in since he isn’t really going anywhere we didn’t think we should attach it to the wall... more like Jamie didn’t want to attach it to the wall but anyways I love that I can see what he is doing. Is he crying or just making noise? Did the paci fall out? Plus I’m obsessed with him and he has been by my side for 3 1/2 months and I’m having trouble NOT being with him. If I would have told myself this at week one I would have laughed but I regress. So the monitor is a video monitor (obviously) and you can hear what he’s doing- it has this little light system where if he’s really loud it turns red. I think the lights are helpful for mostly quiet babies because his is almost always red and he’s just making noise in there... I can carry the video part around everywhere I go and the battery lasts a good amount of time. We got the one in black and white but I think color would be nice. You def. don’t NEED color but it would be easier to see what’s going on in color. 

http://www.summerinfant.com/Products/Monitoring.aspx

Crying:  Only if he’s overtired or being bothered by reflux. Jamie doesn’t really understand the concept of overtired and it ALWAYS happens at night when he has him while I’m doing work. But he’s getting much better at “shhhing” him instead of talking to him which just wakes him up. 

Milestones:  
Drum roll please.....ROLLING OVER! 3x’s so far but it counts! He’s totally not doing it how most babies do it but I don’t care. I put him on his belly and he stuck his little booty in the air, wiggled it around, and bam he rolled over. 

He is also scooting on his back in his crib.. he starts out in the long part of the bed and then I’ll find him sideways laying on the short part of the crib. Hmmmmm we are in trouble!

He is batting and grabbing everything! He loves to hold the baby Sophie and put her in his mouth. He’s holding rattles and trying to eat them but no shaking.

We also got out the high chair so he could sit in it at dinner with us. He LOVES it. He just sits in there and kicks his feet as fast as he can. I finally took the tray away because I was afraid he would bruise his knees.

Not looking too happy but check out his feet...

Moving a mile a minute!

He learned to kick in the bathtub. Every time he’s in the bath he will pull his feet up so he’s not touching the water. I have been trying to coach him to put his feet down and kick (because I’m a water bug and can’t even imagine the thought of him not liking the water). Well I had just got done saying aww buddy you can put you feet down and bam! He got those feet a kicking, water was flying everywhere, I was soaked! And laughing so hard I couldn’t stop. He was so proud of himself. He was smiling up a storm. I mean can he get any cuter?!

Medical: He has eczema ******* BEEP! I’m frustrated. Cradle cap and eczema I mean really? Give me a break! His head still looks terrible and his poor face. So now I’m putting eczema lotion on every five seconds. It doesn’t bother him at all so that’s good. The reflux is still a nightmare. I’m still really resistant to putting cereal in the bottle because I read that increases his chances of food allergies and we already have this milk protein allergy going on...But I think we finally got all of the dairy out of his system. I am going to try soy this week. Fingers crossed. 

Postpartum: Still at five more pounds. My big girl jeans I bought from target are too big! Hooray! I have been struggling to get in runs- with going back to work, Jamie’s work schedule and now I’m sick. I know when I can run with Jackson it’s going to get easier. 

14 weeks

Weight:  12.4+ pounds

Sleep: Wait for it....... SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!! He goes down around 9:30/10 and will sleep until 6:30 or 7. Still in the rock n play... we are starting crib training for all naps today which is going terrible at the moment. Why can he sleep hours on our bed or couch and not one sec in the crib? **********************

Clothes: 3-6 months and some 6 months. :(   

Visitors:  Santa!! We got him all ready (which took forever being so careful about him not spitting up on his cute clothes) and then he immediately fell asleep on Santa's lap. Of course during lunch after he was wide awake. hahah it was super cute though! 

He also went to my work Christmas party where he was a snuggle bunny. He let everyone hold him and spent most of his time sleeping on one of my coworkers.

Jackson also met both of his nannies this week. He was all smiles, well who wouldn't with too very cute nannies? 

Out and About: Nothing new

Baby Gear Love:  
Baby B'jorn- I'm sure this has been on my list before but I love it. It makes shopping so much easier and he loves being in it. You have two hands to get things at the same time you are snuggling with your baby. Awesome!

Crying:  Uhhh the end of the week has been rough. I wasn't quite sure if he was going through a growth spurt, possible teething or the dairy still being an issue. I'm pretty sure it's the dairy because he is still have mucous in his stools. Tuesday/Wednesday will be two weeks so hopefully he will be better then. I don't even want to try soy after the stinking dairy trial went bad. But we'll see. 

Milestones:  
Sleeping through the night! Still not making much of an effort to roll over.. well he will get his body moving and then he pulls it back so he doesn't roll over. Maybe this week? I told all the nannies that they can't tell me if he rolls over when I'm not home. I will seriously cry for weeks if this happens! 

Medical: Reflux is much better now that he is back on his medicine. Cradle crap is back. We go to the doctor on Friday so I'm going to have her check it because some of it looks like a rash. 

Postpartum: Only 5 more pounds to loose. Thank you stress. I've been extremely stressed out with moving, Christmas, and going back to work. When I am stressed I usually drop weight like crazy even though I'm eating normally..it's weird. 

I went back to work on Tuesday. TEARS!!!!! I was crying all morning, it was seriously the hardest thing I have ever done- emotionally. I even cried when I got home the first day..a couple times. Everyday when I come home I drop all my stuff at the door and run in. It makes my time with Jackson that much more special. And I'm only working 10-2 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday I know I act like I'm working 80 hours or something! But work goes by super fast which is great because I can't sit around crying at work. And so far our nannies have been great and they say he's not crying for them whew! It is also good that I love my job! Hats off to those who work full time with a baby. I spend all night (while jackson is sleeping) trying to get everything ready for the next day and I only have to do it for three days. Blah blah I know that's enough.

3 months old!

Jackson,
     How can you already be 3 months old?! I can't believe how fast you are growing up (I will probably say this every month). We are pretty much obsessed with you- we take a million pictures and think that each one is just SO cute. I am sure all of our friends are getting sick of it but we really don't care :) I am having a very hard time leaving you, I just don't want to miss anything! 
      You are becoming quite the happy baby! Now that we are completely diary free you hardly ever cry. You are starting to sleep flat on your back all the time, which makes me believe you are probably ready to sleep in your crib. I'm not quite ready for you to be so far away plus it will make it harder to sneak you in the bed for some cuddle time.  You still love to cuddle, coo, and smile. You are kicking faster and doing it all the time! As cute as it is I'm getting a little worried about how active you will be when you figure out how to crawl, walk, and run! 
     Recently, you have become quite the flirt with the girls. You will just smile and coo away at them! You are swatting toys and grabbing everything! You have figured out of to bounce the bouncer by kicking your feet. You also love putting blankets in your mouth and have found your thumb more and more. You love watching football- if it's on you will find a way to watch the TV. Today during the Colts game you popped your head up and held it there to watch it. Then you starting talking to them! It was adorable! And I'm pretty sure you are a Colts fan.. don't tell daddy. You are in love your daddy- just look at the way you look at him.

      You still hate tummy time and are resisting rolling over but you love sitting up when we hold you.  You really hate when I leave the room which breaks my heart because next week you will start spending time with your nanny. I am going back to work part time and the other time I will be staying home with you. As much as I am going miss you, I think it will be good for you to get used to being around other people. Both of your nannies are super cute and sweet girls that I am sure you will flirt with all day. 
        Unfortunately, you are still allergic to diary. We tried to reintroduce it and you immediately got a diaper rash and your eyes puffed up. You also spent the next few days crying a lot more because you tummy hurt :( You also still have reflux that requires medication but you have learned how to projectile spit up which is a pretty cool party trick. 
       This has been the most amazing month watching you grow and change. We love you more than we thought was possible!