Jack - 12 weeks!

Jack is now 12 weeks old and still such a sweet boy... cuddly, happy, cute as can be... but needs to SLEEP MORE! He has had a few nights where he slept 6 hours, but most of the time he is still sleeping about 3 to 4 hours at a time. I don't like to complain, but come on! I have to start work next week and I don't want to have to stumble into work with sleep in my eye and pillow marks still on my face. He had his "2 month appointment" when he was almost 11 weeks and weighed 12 pounds 13 ounces which is average for his age. His height was 23.5 inches ... I believe... lack of sleep has compromised my memory... which is 15% (shorter than average). With Addison being such a large baby so fast it's been nice to have him still in 3 month clothes.

Addison has been an excellent big sister. She loves to cuddle with Jack, talk to him, sing to him, and always wants to know where he is. Her favorite song to sing recently is the "Do Re Mi" song from "Sound of Music." She knows all the words and loves to sing "Sound of Music" before she goes to bed and when she wakes up in the morning. Addison loves to play with people and is very social. I cannot wait for Jack to be bigger so they can play together. I think having two will eventually make things easier! It will be awesome when they both sleep all night and play together... it will be like having a little of my own time back!

Of course I love when Paul is home, but now I appreciate it more than ever. I have always looked up to single parents, but now I have a much bigger admiration for them. It is getting better. Jack is getting on a schedule and Addison is making it through this transition very well. I am so very thankful for my family!

Tummy Time

Addison coaches Jack during Tummy Time.

LLOOoong Weekend

Wow, this weekend has been filled with lots of crying, screaming, standoffs, timeouts, and ATTITUDE. Wednesday, the Binki Fairy came and took all of Addison's binkis and left her a playhouse and slide that she found on craigslist! Addie loves the new outside toys and played on them all Wednesday evening. It just so happened... that Addie spiked a fever the next morning. I kept her home from school. Jack was also feeling a bit warm and had a temperature so I went ahead and made an appointment at the doctor's office for both of them.

So, now the Binki Fairy took the all the binkis and Addison felt very sick. At the doctor's office she had a temperature of 102.8 and had a positive strep test. Jack had a 99.8 temperature, but otherwise looked ok, he just had some trouble sleeping. This combined with Paul being in California and then Colorado until late Saturday night...made for a very long weekend. I have never seen Addison SO oppositional. She was home for four full days in an extremely bad mood. She fought with everything, she would scream and when I told her to stop she would look me straight in the eye and scream even louder. She demanded cupcakes after seeing them on her PJs and when I told her we didn't have any cupcakes, she screamed "I don't like you mommy!" and hit me in the leg! Everything was a fight... which led up to a category "5" (on a hurricane scale) meltdown on Friday night. I seriously thought Addison may puke from her massive tantrum... I felt so bad for her. Poor girl, a new baby brother, dad is gone, she feels sick, and now all of her binkis are gone!

I did the worst thing you could do especially as a person who calls herself a "specialist" in behavior. I told Addie that Jack would let her borrow his binki (because the Binki Fairy doesn't take binkis from babies ... only big girls). Well, at least it calmed her down. There is only so much a two year old can deal with in one weekend. I decided we might as well change the one thing we can control and give her something to help soothe herself. She did better, with the binki... but if this "terrible two" is not even close to the "horrible threes" and only a taste of what puberty will be like... I think we better stop having kids!

Playing Around

Future Mr. Right - 9 weeks old

Jack Rolled Over!

Jack just rolled over from his tummy to his back! It may have been on accident, but still very cool. He's pretty strong!

Addie buying flowers for Mom!

Jack's 8 Week Update

Jack is 8 weeks old, and such a sweet boy... here's an update:

- Jack eats about 3 to 4 ounces every two to four hours.

- He takes about 3 or 4 naps a day, but is not on a certain routine yet. Some days he sleeps 20 to 30 minutes at a time and other days an hour or 2. The last couple of days he has had at least one nap that was over an hour.

- At night the longest Jack has slept is 4 hours. On good nights he sleeps from 9 to 1 am and then is up at 4 am, 6 am and then up at about 7:30 for a little while. I think he has had some tummy issues this week so we had some pretty rough nights with him up after 3 hours and then every other hour all night... Thank goodness I can drive up to my parents house for a nap. During the week, Paul is out traveling for work so I'm doing all the night feedings. It can be tough, but Paul helps out a lot when he gets home on the weekends.

- Jack is really pretty strong! He can hold his head up on the boppy when on his tummy and likes to look around by himself when we hold him on our shoulders. If that continues, he'll probably roll over a little early.

- Jack is starting to turn his head and smile at Paul, Addison, and me. He definitely notices you when you smile or talk to him. I really think he likes to hear Addie "talk" to him. She babbles and sings and gives him kisses and hugs often. In the car, Addison will say "It's ok Bubba! We're almost home." when he starts to fuss in his car seat... I got a video of it because I thought it was so cute!

- He certainly loves to be held and the best way to calm him is to wrap him up and swing him on his side under the ceiling fan while "ssshhh" - ing. Jack is not very fussy at all... a VERY good baby. It seems like the only time he does get fussy is when he has gas or right before he falls asleep, but it usually isn't for very long.

- Knock on wood... before and after I say this ... It doesn't seem like he has acid reflux like Addison did! Thank goodness! Poor Addie would yell and fuss all day with acid reflux until we got her on some medicine... This time has not nearly been as stressful!

- Thank goodness for the Fisher Price Rock 'N Play Newborn Sleeper! It's AWESOME... I really wish they had it available when Addie was a newborn! It would have been perfect for acid reflux! I just got it for him last night and Jack fell asleep in it right away and I didn't hear a peep for a little over 4 hours. YES! I highly recommend it for newborns. I wish I got it when Jack was born, but I just read about it recently.

- He is a cuddler... and we really love to snuggle with him!

Jack has his two month doctor appointment next Friday. I am curious to see how much he weighs and all of his stats!

Halloween!

Addison dressed up as "Wonder Woman" went trick or treating with Paul, Kelly and Tracy for Halloween, while I stayed home with Jack... whom we dressed as a "Jack - O - Lantern" - Thanks Rebecca for that idea! Addison got some very good use out of her Halloween outfit, and wore it to a birthday party, to school, and trick or treating. I didn't get pictures of Addie trick or treating, but Kelly did and I will upload them once I get them from her. Apparently, Addison LOVED trick or treating. She would knock on the door say "Trick or Treat" and "Happy Halloween" and "Thank You" then would walk away from the house and say "I go trick or treating!" Kelly got some video of her doing this which I will also upload later because it's pretty cute. Addison still asks to go trick or treating and must have thought it was pretty cool that it was dark outside because that is what she keeps telling me. "I go trick or treating! It's dark outside!" Here are some pictures!