Jack weight gain is slowing down a little, we think he's about 13 lbs, 10 oz, our Doctors appoitment is on Monday, so we will know for sure. I was hoping for 14 lbs.
He is doing a lot of squealing now, happy squealing. It's very cute. He loves to hear us laugh, he likes fake coughs (??), he loves daddy singing "ooh ooh child, things are gonna get easier..." he loves air kisses and he loves double kisses from mommy and daddy at the same time. He's liking tummy time better, but he still isn't crazy about it. He's getting a lot stronger, standing for a few seconds holding onto things, and getting close to sitting on his own.
We seem to have skipped the 4 month wakeful period, which is fantastic. (I probably shouldn't have said that.) Around 4 months, babies that formerly were sleeping through the night, wake up very frequently at night for a few weeks.
He's starting to not like parties. Not good for a large family like ours. Lots of people are freaking him out, or we think that is what is doing it. He never cries at home, unless he's hungry, and all of the sudden every time we are around a lot of people, he cries and cries for no apparent reason. John's family is large, and so every get together is rough for Jack now. I hope this resolves soon. He definitely prefers Mommy and Daddy to everyone else, even moreso now.
Lots of exciting things coming in the next month...at 6 months, we will start solid foods...I'm going to make Jack's baby food, so that will be interesting. And Jack will start swimming lessons. That is more exciting to me than anyone can imagine!
I'm starting to see the sacrifices I need to make to stay at home with Jack. I LOVE that I get to stay home with him. I couldn't imagine someone else taking care of my baby 8 hours a day. I always wanted to be a stay at home mom, but I really never thought it would be possible. John and I have worked really hard to make this happen, and I feel so lucky that we are able to do it. But, it's not easy, and we do have to make sacrifices to make it work. I have to remember that staying at home is the reason we can't do everything and that it is really the most important thing. The older Jack gets, the harder this will be. But, I will never regret my decision to stay home.
We had a St. Patrick's Day party today...
Here's a photo of my new "mom" hair.
Jack loves riding on Daddy's shoulders, and he holds on tight to Daddy's hair!
