So many updates, so little time! I don't post when I have a moment because my photos aren't downloaded. And then, when I finally get pics downloaded, I forget to post! So, here's a post with no photos even though I've got tons of cute and/or funny pics on my phone. Some day I'll get it all together!
Update#1- Jack is gaining weight! Davis and I took him in at the end of last week for a check and he had gained almost a pound. The doctor had
siad she wanted to see a whole pound, but it was close enough for her to feel like we could be confident it had been a supply issue. Based on her recommendations, Jack is still getting a combination of nursing and formula so that we can be sure he's getting the best benefits of both. As a side note, I love our pediatrician. We switched to a new doctor in our practice shortly after Jack was born and I'm so glad. Aunt B. and Uncle Patrick gave Davis a doctor's kit for Christmas, since he wants to be a
Dinasour and a Doctor when he grows up. He loves playing with his kit, and we had told the pediatrician about it a few visits back. She gives Davis tongue depressors and latex gloves (what he asks for) for his kit at each visit. She even let him hold the
stethescope and look through the thing that looks in the ear (when Jack had an ear infection). He is so well behaved at the doctor's office, and of all the errands we have to run, this is actually one of the easier ones! Anyways, it's super cute and I wonder if we have a doctor in the making.... we haven't started saving for medical school, so we might be in trouble. HA!
Update#2- I'm midway into week two of being a single mom. Barron is in Selma for work and we all miss him terribly!! I am so grateful that this is the only major travel he does every year. I certainly have friends whose husbands travel so much more, and I don't know how they handle it. The mornings and bedtime are clearly the hardest part of the day. When there are two of us here and we each take a child, it's totally manageable. But the 2 kids vs. 1 adult coverage can be exhausting! Plus, after juggling everything all day, it's nice to have dad come home to create new, positive energy and provide me with some
rejuvenation to push through the evening! We'll make it til Friday, and then be thrilled to have Barron back. It's sort of like when people say, "It builds character" about something that's hard while you're doing it, but something you're grateful to have experienced....and would never go back and change!
Update#3- It's been a long enough stretch that I feel confident in saying we finally have Jack "sleeping through the night." He does have a very early wake up call of 5:30 a.m., and I can only hope that will change as time goes on. At this point, I'm beyond grateful to get 6 hours of (mostly) uninterrupted sleep. It's been over 10 months since I've been able to say that. Lack of sleep has definitely had a negative impact on my patience level and energy level, and I can slowly feel both starting to be restored. I can only assume that his weight gain, increase in table food intake as well as supplementing with formula have allowed him to have a full tummy all night. Whatever it is, I'm thrilled.
Update#4- In my last post, I forgot to include the news that Jack's first teeth finally came through! (You don't forget that when it's the first child.) He's got these two bottom teeth sticking out and it's pretty cute. The top two teeth are about to break through as well. He's eating tons of table food in addition to the standard baby food. He's a great eater and has pretty much eaten anything he's been offered. He is crawling all over the house now, and is a very confident "cruiser." I think he thinks he can walk by himself, but he can't. He has just started to be able to get himself into standing position without pulling up on an object... not sure if that makes sense, but I recognize that move from Davis when he was getting ready to walk. Jack has also just started to get upset if something is taken away from him... He still has the best smile in the whole world and I can not get enough of it!!
Update#5- We've been in a bit of a challenging stage with Davis lately. I think it's largely because he's 3 1/2 and he's really good at it. I have my own other theories on which I won't expand on at the moment. All this to say, he
surprises me EVERY DAY with some of the stuff he comes up with. We can be in a very frustrating moment, and the excuse he creates out of thin air for why he can't do something is so genius or thoughtfully hilarious, I have to smile. Even though smiling on the outside is the WORST thing you can do when you're in a word battle with a 3 year old and you're trying to make a point. So yes, we have our moments that I would not want to be caught on tape. But when they are over, he will be the sweetest most wonderful smiling child and my heart is constantly melting over him. When he comes and sits in my lap and says, " Mom, I love you" for no reason at all... I'm totally head over heels.
Jack is really into solid foods now and LOVES to eat. So far, he hasn't refused anything!! He has FOUR teeth now and that adorable baby toothless grin has turned into that funny toddler teeth grin!
Jack loves to swing almost as much as Davis! I was scrambling to get socks on the kids before we headed outside. Laundry needs to be done and you can see that the only two socks I could find don't match. Davis pointed this out to me immediately and called me a silly mom.
You can't tell, but these two are dying laughing at each other. I couldn't figure out what was making them laugh, but they had each other going to the point that I was laughing too.
How could you not LOVE this face??
Best friends.
Precious. Guess who he's smiling at...
This is what a 3 1/2 year old does when you say, "smile at the camera."