Saturday, January 11, 2014
Sleep
Woohoo! I was prepared for last night to be a bad night after the previous night but Jackson slept from 8pm to 6am without waking up one single time! And at 6 I woke up and looked at the monitor and he was awake. But he wasn't crying. He was just moving and looking around and "talking". So I went in to get him and he gave me a big smile! I wish every night and morning could be like this!
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Friday, January 10, 2014
Big boy!
Today Josh had LASIK so my mom went with me to drop him off since he'd be there for 2-2 1/2 hours. We had planned to go to a nearby furniture store for her to look for a new couch and of course we get there a little after 9 and the don't open until 10. So we went to super target to get some things we needed and exchange some clothes from Lyly that were to small for Jackson. After his LASIK we took him back home and then we went out to lunch and shopping (my mom and I). At zupas for lunch and we used the high chair/cart cover for the first time and he got to sit on the high chair!
He loved it and loved being able to look around at everyone/everything.
We also used it in a cart:
Such a big boy!
Although he has been a stinker today and is apparently on a sleep strike. He woke up at 2:30, 3:30, 4:15 and 4:45am. At 4:45 I brought him into bed with me, nursed him and let him sleep in our bed. He slept until about 7:30. Of course I had to get up at 7 to get ready to take josh for his LASIK. Usually Jackson sleeps most of the time we are out running errands. Not today. He took a 30 minute and 15 minute nap while we where out. But he was happy and not very fussy at all. When we got home close to 4pm I put him in his crib thinking he'd take a long nap...30 minutes later he was awake. So 1 hour 15 minutes total in naps today. Not good at all. This evening he's been fussy and I know he's beyond tired. Hopefully he goes to bed easily and sleeps well tonight. I need some sleep majorly!
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He loved it and loved being able to look around at everyone/everything.
We also used it in a cart:
Such a big boy!
Although he has been a stinker today and is apparently on a sleep strike. He woke up at 2:30, 3:30, 4:15 and 4:45am. At 4:45 I brought him into bed with me, nursed him and let him sleep in our bed. He slept until about 7:30. Of course I had to get up at 7 to get ready to take josh for his LASIK. Usually Jackson sleeps most of the time we are out running errands. Not today. He took a 30 minute and 15 minute nap while we where out. But he was happy and not very fussy at all. When we got home close to 4pm I put him in his crib thinking he'd take a long nap...30 minutes later he was awake. So 1 hour 15 minutes total in naps today. Not good at all. This evening he's been fussy and I know he's beyond tired. Hopefully he goes to bed easily and sleeps well tonight. I need some sleep majorly!
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Thursday, January 9, 2014
Avocado!
Tonight we tried avocado for the first time and Jackson loved it! I'm not a fan of avocado and I kinda thought he wouldn't like it but he loves it!
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Surprise
Cynthia's, my best friend Katharine's mom, 60th birthday is this month and they are having a big party for her. My mom decided that she wants to go home for the party to surprise Cynthia and she wants me and Jackson to go and offered to pay for our ticket! So I am going to surprise katharine! The party is on 25th, so only 2 weeks from this weekend. We're going to book our flights tomorrow! I'm so excited! I'm also so excited to see, and show J off to, my grandma, brother and sis in law, sister and other family and friends! I just hope I can keep the secret from here! I want to tell her so bad! We plan on flying in Thursday evening and I don't want to wait until Saturday at the party to see her so I'm thinking I'll figure something out with Ben, her boyfriend, to see her that evening (depending on what time we get there) or Friday. She knows my mom is coming but won't know I'm coming!
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Cuteness
Jackson loves this little "car" toy his grandparents got him for Christmas! It's up a little too high when we tried it in his bumbo seat today but he still loved it...until he couldn't lift it up to get it into his mouth...then he got mad!
Tonight while I was making dinner I was also making baby food for J and decided to let him try a piece of apple in this little silicone thing. He really liked it!
I made apples, peas and carrots tonight and froze them. He tried apples for the first time tonight and loved them! So far he loves pears and apples, doesn't like banana, and will eat sweet potatoes but doesn't love them.
And one more pic of my sweet boy sleeping right now:
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Tonight while I was making dinner I was also making baby food for J and decided to let him try a piece of apple in this little silicone thing. He really liked it!
I made apples, peas and carrots tonight and froze them. He tried apples for the first time tonight and loved them! So far he loves pears and apples, doesn't like banana, and will eat sweet potatoes but doesn't love them.
And one more pic of my sweet boy sleeping right now:
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Back to work and other randomness
I started working for josh this week, and while it's easy work, I still hate being away from Jackson.
The work is simple but I'm training with a girl in the store she works at so the challenging part will be going into other stores on my own and trying to figure out where everything is and who I need to talk to. I'm going to be working in 2-3 other stores with her today and tomorrow so that might help, but I know every store will be different.
The other challenge is pumping in my car. It just kinda sucks. I would like to pump every 3 hours but I can't go more then 4 hours. It would just be easier some days to get in and get the work done without having to take a break. But I have to do what I have to do. There's no way I'm going to give up breast feeding. Pumping just sucks in general. It's not so bad doing it at night when Jackson has his bed time bottle, but having to do it 3-4 times a day sucks! I'd much rather nurse my baby. But oh well. And I'm still pumping in the middle of the night, I get 8+ oz, which gives me enough to freeze for 1 bottle and have extra to make up for when I don't get enough during the day. Like last night (at bedtime) I didn't get enough for 1 bottle but at 3am I got enough to add to it to make a full bottle and freeze 6 oz! He eats 5 oz usually but I give 6oz for his bedtime bottle. So as much as it sucks to wake up at 3ish am it's worth it to me to build my freezer stash. And I wake up on my own engorged and in pain from by boobs being full so I don't even have to set an alarm. It's just hard and so tiring when I'm not getting enough sleep. Usually Jackson will wake up/fuss at around 5am. Usually I let him fuss for a little while and see if he falls back to sleep. Lately I've sometimes been going in and nursing him in his room and then putting him back to bed. This morning he woke up at 5:45, I went and nursed him until 6:15 and then he slept until almost 7:30. Not great but better then being up and awake at 6:15. Now he's sleeping on my chest.
My mom was gone for a week and when she got back Saturday evening Jackson didn't recognize her at first! I had him on my lap facing me and my mom sat on the couch next to me and started talking to him. He looked at her then back at me and starting pouting and then he would look at her and start to do his whine/cry thing. Not full long crying, just short bursts of a whiny cry. She just sat and talked to him for awhile and he warmed up to her. Josh and I went to ikea on Sunday to get more furniture for our living room that were re doing. He was napping in his crib when we left and I was so worried he'd cry when he woke up and saw her, but he woke up happy and was happy with her!
His hair is growing little by little! I brushed it up into little fuzzy stripes after his bath lol:
He's VERY interested in the animals these days. He loves to touch/grab/pet the cats and he watches the dogs, especially Sadie, so intently. Here he is with Lucy.
I didn't get any pictures but last night I put him into his jumper and watching him play really shows how much he's changed recently. There's this sun toy on it and a few weeks ago he would stare at it intently and want to grab it but couldn't coordinate his hands enough to grab it, well last night he was grabbing it and can even pull it into his mouth now! He's changing and growing so much and so quickly!
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The work is simple but I'm training with a girl in the store she works at so the challenging part will be going into other stores on my own and trying to figure out where everything is and who I need to talk to. I'm going to be working in 2-3 other stores with her today and tomorrow so that might help, but I know every store will be different.
The other challenge is pumping in my car. It just kinda sucks. I would like to pump every 3 hours but I can't go more then 4 hours. It would just be easier some days to get in and get the work done without having to take a break. But I have to do what I have to do. There's no way I'm going to give up breast feeding. Pumping just sucks in general. It's not so bad doing it at night when Jackson has his bed time bottle, but having to do it 3-4 times a day sucks! I'd much rather nurse my baby. But oh well. And I'm still pumping in the middle of the night, I get 8+ oz, which gives me enough to freeze for 1 bottle and have extra to make up for when I don't get enough during the day. Like last night (at bedtime) I didn't get enough for 1 bottle but at 3am I got enough to add to it to make a full bottle and freeze 6 oz! He eats 5 oz usually but I give 6oz for his bedtime bottle. So as much as it sucks to wake up at 3ish am it's worth it to me to build my freezer stash. And I wake up on my own engorged and in pain from by boobs being full so I don't even have to set an alarm. It's just hard and so tiring when I'm not getting enough sleep. Usually Jackson will wake up/fuss at around 5am. Usually I let him fuss for a little while and see if he falls back to sleep. Lately I've sometimes been going in and nursing him in his room and then putting him back to bed. This morning he woke up at 5:45, I went and nursed him until 6:15 and then he slept until almost 7:30. Not great but better then being up and awake at 6:15. Now he's sleeping on my chest.
My mom was gone for a week and when she got back Saturday evening Jackson didn't recognize her at first! I had him on my lap facing me and my mom sat on the couch next to me and started talking to him. He looked at her then back at me and starting pouting and then he would look at her and start to do his whine/cry thing. Not full long crying, just short bursts of a whiny cry. She just sat and talked to him for awhile and he warmed up to her. Josh and I went to ikea on Sunday to get more furniture for our living room that were re doing. He was napping in his crib when we left and I was so worried he'd cry when he woke up and saw her, but he woke up happy and was happy with her!
His hair is growing little by little! I brushed it up into little fuzzy stripes after his bath lol:
He's VERY interested in the animals these days. He loves to touch/grab/pet the cats and he watches the dogs, especially Sadie, so intently. Here he is with Lucy.
I didn't get any pictures but last night I put him into his jumper and watching him play really shows how much he's changed recently. There's this sun toy on it and a few weeks ago he would stare at it intently and want to grab it but couldn't coordinate his hands enough to grab it, well last night he was grabbing it and can even pull it into his mouth now! He's changing and growing so much and so quickly!
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Sunday, January 5, 2014
Randoms
Jackson is becoming more and more aware of his surroundings every day! When I try to take a picture of him he's so interested in my phone/camera. If I try to get a picture using the front camera on my phone he's so interested in seeing himself! Last night he was sitting on my lap and laid his head down and was snuggling with me, so I tried to take a pic and as soon as he saw the screen on my phone his head popped up!
He also notices and talks to himself in the mirror now! We look in the mirror every night at bath time and he smiles at himself! About a week ago he noticed the mirror on his car seat toys. I was in the back seat with him and his toy has and elephant with a mirror and then little toys that hand from it. He always looks at the toys but had never really paid attention to the mirror. I was watching him and he was looking up at the mirror and then smiled at himself! It was so cute!
He concentrates so hard on trying to grab things now and just in the last few days he has gotten so much better at getting his hands to to what he wants. He can intentionally touch/grab things now. He was grabbing his car seat toys at lunch on Thursday and tonight he was sitting on my lap grabbing my mouth, nose and trying to grab my glasses! And he pinches when he grabs. Ow. He also was trying to pet/grab Bella and Brody today! Poor animals don't know what they are in for in the coming months. He's also grabbing and pulling hair and necklaces now and tried to grab my earrings!
Eating solids is going ok. We stopped oatmeal because it seemed to be making him not poop! Poor boy was having HORRIBLE gas! We tried mashed banana thinned with breast milk last night and he didn't like it! It just came right back out of his mouth! I think it had a lot to do with the texture being different from the gerber pears and sweet potatoes. I tried a few bites then ended up giving him sweet potatoes, which he wasn't a big fan of last time, but liked them more this time. I bought apples and a pear and want to make some purées for him. Hopefully he'll like those! I also got an avocado for him to try.
He's doing pretty well sleeping in his crib. He goes to sleep much easier and the past few nights hasn't cried at all when I put him down for the night. I lay him down awake but very drowsy. He's usually already falling asleep by the end of his bottle. I turn on the iPod which plays white noise and I lay his glowy (glow seahorse) next to him and turn it on. He seems to really like it and I think it helps signify night night time. I make sure his bink is in and then I walk out and shut the door. Usually his bink falls out pretty quickly and that's when he used to cry, but now he just falls asleep! He still wakes up a few times in the early morning hours but it seems like he's sleeping longer and longer before that happens. Like he used to start to do that around 3 am (sometimes even earlier) and now it's more like 5 am. I try to get him to go till 7, but he's been getting his arm/arms out of his swaddle and then it's hard for him to settle himself so I usually have to go in there and re swaddle and put his bink in. Tonight (last night I guess since it's 6:30 am now) he went to bed at around 8 or 8:30 and he woke up at 5:50. I went in and nursed him and put him back in his crib and he went right back to sleep, we'll see how long he sleeps for. I'm hoping until 8, but I highly doubt it! He's doing much better about napping lately too! I try to put him in his crib for at least one nap a day and yesterday he napped from 11:30-2! 2 1/2 hours! That was a record. It's usually between 1-2 hours. He used to only take short catnaps and be super hard to get to take naps. Now all I have to do when he's tired is lay him on his tummy and put his bink in. If he's being stubborn and fighting sleep I'll pat his butt for a few minutes and he falls right to sleep. The other day play time turned into nap time!
Some picture catch up:
He woke up from a nap on our bed happy:
Chatting:
Needy baby, we were out running errands and the only way to keep his happy was with my hand reached back so he could hold it:
All bundled up for a walk:
Baby Houdini got one arm free:
Holding his own bottle:
Snuggling:
He also notices and talks to himself in the mirror now! We look in the mirror every night at bath time and he smiles at himself! About a week ago he noticed the mirror on his car seat toys. I was in the back seat with him and his toy has and elephant with a mirror and then little toys that hand from it. He always looks at the toys but had never really paid attention to the mirror. I was watching him and he was looking up at the mirror and then smiled at himself! It was so cute!
He concentrates so hard on trying to grab things now and just in the last few days he has gotten so much better at getting his hands to to what he wants. He can intentionally touch/grab things now. He was grabbing his car seat toys at lunch on Thursday and tonight he was sitting on my lap grabbing my mouth, nose and trying to grab my glasses! And he pinches when he grabs. Ow. He also was trying to pet/grab Bella and Brody today! Poor animals don't know what they are in for in the coming months. He's also grabbing and pulling hair and necklaces now and tried to grab my earrings!
Eating solids is going ok. We stopped oatmeal because it seemed to be making him not poop! Poor boy was having HORRIBLE gas! We tried mashed banana thinned with breast milk last night and he didn't like it! It just came right back out of his mouth! I think it had a lot to do with the texture being different from the gerber pears and sweet potatoes. I tried a few bites then ended up giving him sweet potatoes, which he wasn't a big fan of last time, but liked them more this time. I bought apples and a pear and want to make some purées for him. Hopefully he'll like those! I also got an avocado for him to try.
He's doing pretty well sleeping in his crib. He goes to sleep much easier and the past few nights hasn't cried at all when I put him down for the night. I lay him down awake but very drowsy. He's usually already falling asleep by the end of his bottle. I turn on the iPod which plays white noise and I lay his glowy (glow seahorse) next to him and turn it on. He seems to really like it and I think it helps signify night night time. I make sure his bink is in and then I walk out and shut the door. Usually his bink falls out pretty quickly and that's when he used to cry, but now he just falls asleep! He still wakes up a few times in the early morning hours but it seems like he's sleeping longer and longer before that happens. Like he used to start to do that around 3 am (sometimes even earlier) and now it's more like 5 am. I try to get him to go till 7, but he's been getting his arm/arms out of his swaddle and then it's hard for him to settle himself so I usually have to go in there and re swaddle and put his bink in. Tonight (last night I guess since it's 6:30 am now) he went to bed at around 8 or 8:30 and he woke up at 5:50. I went in and nursed him and put him back in his crib and he went right back to sleep, we'll see how long he sleeps for. I'm hoping until 8, but I highly doubt it! He's doing much better about napping lately too! I try to put him in his crib for at least one nap a day and yesterday he napped from 11:30-2! 2 1/2 hours! That was a record. It's usually between 1-2 hours. He used to only take short catnaps and be super hard to get to take naps. Now all I have to do when he's tired is lay him on his tummy and put his bink in. If he's being stubborn and fighting sleep I'll pat his butt for a few minutes and he falls right to sleep. The other day play time turned into nap time!
Some picture catch up:
He woke up from a nap on our bed happy:
Chatting:
Needy baby, we were out running errands and the only way to keep his happy was with my hand reached back so he could hold it:
All bundled up for a walk:
Baby Houdini got one arm free:
Holding his own bottle:
Snuggling:
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