Time just keeps moving along...and Jack just keeps growing and learning new things every day. He continues to use his sign language to "talk" to us (ex: the other day he dirtied his diaper and then signed "change" to Daddy...letting him know that he had a dirty diaper...amazing). He and Daddy wait for me to drive home at night and they stand by the window together and watch me pull in. (Prompting him to say "MoMom" and then sign "car"). Each morning when we wake up as Nana is leaving for work, we waive goodbye to her as she leaves for work. I love these little rituals we are building together.
Just as I felt it was getting to be time to start weaning him from nursing (I have begun pumping once less during the day at work and am reducing my Reglan pills to 1/2 a day instead of a whole pill) he has begun to nurse more! He wants "num nums" all of the time...and he wakes up throughout the night to nurse (and he really nurses). I am not sure if he is just going through a growth spurt or if this is part of the separation anxiety that he is going through. (He wants Mommy all of the time.) He prefers the breast milk in a bottle to the regular milk he has started drinking. (He will drink regular milk but isn't too thrilled with it.)
He is eating everything very well. I don't think there is anything that we have given him that he hasn't liked. He eats a lot too. This morning, for instance, he had a small bowl of Cheerios and milk, one scrambled egg with cheese and a small tub of applesauce...and 10 minutes after he ate he was asking Nana for some of the toast she was eating. I think it is unusual for a 1 year old to eat so much and to like everything offered to him...but I am not complaining.
He loves his Nemo and Lion King DVDs...but his Baby Einsteins are still his favorites. He watches Dora and Blues Clues on Saturday mornings now...and LOVES the books "Go Dog Go", "Brown Bear, Brown Bear," "Where's Spot", and his "Mother Goose" books. He wakes up first thing in the morning and signs "book" so that I will read to him.
He now says a modified "on" and "off" when the tv or lights are turned on and off and he loves to turn them on and off if we hold him up to a light switch or he finds a remote control (which he can use very well.) He also says "Mama" when someone is on the phone...as I talk to him on the phone while I am at work. He is growing up so fast!
This morning I discovered his first molar is coming through! I can't believe it....where has our Baby Jack gone? I am not sure...but I am loving every new stage we go through!
Saturday, February 21, 2004
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
We Thought He Broke His Little Nose!
On Sunday, Nana wanted to help me give Baby Jack a bath. (He just loves baths) So we gave him a bath in the tub (without using the little blow up bathtub). I usually take a bath with him and he has been standing up a lot when we are in there together. So....he stood up while Mom & I were bathing him and I held him and then had him sit back down. He did this several times. Then he started to stand up again...and slipped...and came down on the side of the tub with the underside of his little nose.
It was horrible. He was screaming....blood was gushing out everywhere. I was terrified...and acting crazy...asking Paul to get a towel...but it had to be a specific one...Mom was running around...it was crazy. We got the bleeding to stop after a lot of blood went everywhere and the sweet little thing finally stopped crying, nursed a little bit and fell asleep.
We called the pediatrician who said to wait a few days for the swelling to go down (she assumed that there would be swelling) and see if it looked "deformed". If it looked funny, only then were we to bring him in.
His little nose did swell up a bit and it was bruised up at the top of the bridge...but with a little Tylenol...he was fine. The next day, the swelling had gone down some and the bruise was lighter. Today you can't even tell that anything happened to him. It was so horrible, though. What would I ever do if anything terrible ever happened to him?
It was horrible. He was screaming....blood was gushing out everywhere. I was terrified...and acting crazy...asking Paul to get a towel...but it had to be a specific one...Mom was running around...it was crazy. We got the bleeding to stop after a lot of blood went everywhere and the sweet little thing finally stopped crying, nursed a little bit and fell asleep.
We called the pediatrician who said to wait a few days for the swelling to go down (she assumed that there would be swelling) and see if it looked "deformed". If it looked funny, only then were we to bring him in.
His little nose did swell up a bit and it was bruised up at the top of the bridge...but with a little Tylenol...he was fine. The next day, the swelling had gone down some and the bruise was lighter. Today you can't even tell that anything happened to him. It was so horrible, though. What would I ever do if anything terrible ever happened to him?
Monday, February 2, 2004
First Birthday Party & Walking, Walking, Walking!
On the day of Jack's First Birthday party (Saturday, January 31, 2004) Baby Jack (now 1 year old and 2 days) began walking like a pro. He had taken a few steps here and there randomly throughout the previous two weeks...but they were just a step or two here and there between objects. On Saturday, he walked back and fourth (5+ steps at a time) between Mommy & Daddy. He then continued to take these steps throughout the day. By Sunday, he was turning around and actually choosing to walk instead of crawl to get where he was going. It is amazing how quickly he made this progress! My baby is walking!!!!
Jack's first birthday party on Saturday was perfect! The house was beautiful and we had about 33 guests including 10 small children. Jack received more toys than he can possibly play with and was having a ball with all of the people focused on him. (Although when all of the children joined in to "help" him open his presents, he was a bit overwhelmed and tried to crawl out of the "crowd" several times.)
He made a complete mess with the chocolate cake that I made for him. He was so neat for the first few minutes....just poking one index finger into the icing and wondering why the whole room full of people where crowded around staring at him. Then out of the blue, he just leaned over and stuck is mouth directly on the cake itself. Everyone laughed and that was the end of the neat baby. Paul carried him upstairs and we gave him a quick bath during the party in an attempt to minimize the chocolate coating on the rest of the house.
The following day we took him to have his one year old portraits taken, and I must say that they are beyond beautiful! He really is a strikingly beautiful baby if I do say so myself. His blue eyes and expression in these pictures were pretty amazing. I need to update his website and will add those pictures as soon as I get them back next week.
Jack also had his One-Year Old pediatrician appointment. He weighs 26lbs 12oz. (95%) and is 32 3/4" tall (off the charts). They could not measure his head as he would not tolerate the tape measurer around his head (he hates anyone to touch his face/head). He is going to be a big boy.
I am still having a tough time dealing with Jack growing up. Every milestone is both a happy and sad occasion for me. How can some things be so happy and so sad at the same time? Weaning him (if I ever start that process) is going to be tough! Last night he started something that is absolutely adorable...instead of crying when he wakes so that I will nurse him, last night he just said, "Mamma" in a soft little voice. It was soooo sweet.
Happy Birthday sweet baby boy.
Jack's first birthday party on Saturday was perfect! The house was beautiful and we had about 33 guests including 10 small children. Jack received more toys than he can possibly play with and was having a ball with all of the people focused on him. (Although when all of the children joined in to "help" him open his presents, he was a bit overwhelmed and tried to crawl out of the "crowd" several times.)
He made a complete mess with the chocolate cake that I made for him. He was so neat for the first few minutes....just poking one index finger into the icing and wondering why the whole room full of people where crowded around staring at him. Then out of the blue, he just leaned over and stuck is mouth directly on the cake itself. Everyone laughed and that was the end of the neat baby. Paul carried him upstairs and we gave him a quick bath during the party in an attempt to minimize the chocolate coating on the rest of the house.
The following day we took him to have his one year old portraits taken, and I must say that they are beyond beautiful! He really is a strikingly beautiful baby if I do say so myself. His blue eyes and expression in these pictures were pretty amazing. I need to update his website and will add those pictures as soon as I get them back next week.
Jack also had his One-Year Old pediatrician appointment. He weighs 26lbs 12oz. (95%) and is 32 3/4" tall (off the charts). They could not measure his head as he would not tolerate the tape measurer around his head (he hates anyone to touch his face/head). He is going to be a big boy.
I am still having a tough time dealing with Jack growing up. Every milestone is both a happy and sad occasion for me. How can some things be so happy and so sad at the same time? Weaning him (if I ever start that process) is going to be tough! Last night he started something that is absolutely adorable...instead of crying when he wakes so that I will nurse him, last night he just said, "Mamma" in a soft little voice. It was soooo sweet.
Happy Birthday sweet baby boy.
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