4 months ago we were kid-less. 4 months ago I thought that I knew what love was. 4 months ago I thought I was handling a lot (boy you can handle a whole lot more than you think). 4 months ago I felt that I was in touch with what "being a mom" was (yeah...I was totally wrong on that one)!
The experience of motherhood and being a parent has been great! Its also constant. Its like you are at a theme park on a really fun ride...however the ride never stops. Its a fun and joyful ride but it is constant. Jack is such a great kid to be on a constant moving ride with. Yes, he has his moments of less than angelic...but I wouldn't trade this little life for anything.
He is getting into the stage just at the end of last week where he really smiles back at you and really is engaging. I wouldn't trade the first 3 months of low-response infancy for anything...but its great when your kids respond to you. He loves to "talk" and have conversations. He is already quite the poser for the camera :). So yeah...we are having fun with him.
Picnic at the park with our little guy!
That grin...I melt!
Started using our bumbo this month!
Jack has two new friends this month - Josiah Simms
and Jude Scrimpshire. I hope these "J" guys are all going to be best buds like their moms! :)
Family vacation to Ocean City, NJ and Jack's first time at the beach!
Jack with his cousins, Katelyn (3) and Daniel (5)!
I love this boy so much!
-Funniest story of the month -
We are at the beach in NJ. Just packing up for the day and getting everything back to the boardwalk. Christopher is pulling the stroller through the sand with Jack and all of our stuff in it. When we get to the boardwalk I notice something on his diaper bag in the basket of the stroller. It looks like seagull poop (they were out like crazy that day). However, this poop looked very similar to ... JACKS! I finally put it all together that Jack and the rumblings of the stroller through the sand caused him to poop through his diaper, swim shorts, two paddings in the carseat, and through the holes where the seat belt for the carseat go, onto the diaper bag. When I say it was the biggest mess to clean up...its an understatement. We had to strip him down, strip the carseat, wash everything, and get it ready for flying the next day. Thank God it happened near my sister's house so we could clean and wash all the stuff.
Ok so onto the details of #babyjack this month!
- Highlight of the month - Jack took his first plane ride, boat ride, and subway ride this month!
- Jack visited New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania for the first time!
- He is still in swaddles...we tried the whole one-hand-out-of-the-swaddle-trick for a while and he was not sleeping good at all. After two weeks of putting up with a cranky/crying baby I experimented and put both hands back in the swaddle...haven't turned back...this kid loves his swaddle
- He still sleeps from 8:30-7:00ish. He sometimes wakes up anywhere from 5:30-6:30 but he is just chilling in his crib. We never go and get him till 7:00. :)
- He is moving out of 0-3 months clothes this week and on into 3-6 months. His shoe size is still 1. However, its the summer and we never put shoes on this kid.
- Still in size 2 diapers! We love pampers wipes and diapers the best!
- He is still going through about 8 diapers a day! ($$$)
- He is holding his head up like a big boy for sure.
- This month he started using his bumbo!
- This past week he has found his feet and loves holding his feet in mid-air! :)
- He rolled over for Christopher about 3 weeks ago...last week in NJ he rolled over for everyone and we caught it on video! :)
- Tummy time is going great now! He likes it a whole lot more than he did last month!
- A new skill that he is picked up this past month is blow outs (aka poop all up his back). Lets just say this kid could win a prize for how much he poops a day.
- His schedule has stayed the same since last month. Since 10 weeks old we have been on the same schedule...going strong! #Babywisemom
- We will go to the doctor next week to get his measurements (and more shots) :(
Ok that is all...Until next month!
