20 weeks old!
Posted by Missy Roberts at 8:33 PM About Jake
Jacob had a good week. He turned 20 weeks old last Monday. It seems like he's been in this world so much longer. He's begun pulling his pacifier out of his mouth and playing with it...it's his new toy. At times he attempts to put it back in his mouth, but has only been successful a couple of times. Most of the time, he get it in sideways or tries to put the plastic part in his mouth...but he's trying. At night he has begun rolling over when he sleeps. I get really nervous when he does this because he is up against his crib and the bumper, so I bring him into bed with me. Iknows that's really a no-no too, but I feel way more comfortable doing this. We have to go to the doctor's this week for a weight check. I really don't think he's gained much weight, but he sure is getting longer and longer. He took the bottle with formula well the first few times we gave it to him, but ever since he had the really bad spit up, he won't take the formula anymore. I had a really bad week trying to give him formula. Friends suggested giving him a different kind, so I tried that and it didn't work. Then I thought maybe he is rejecting the bottle all together. I managed to pump 1 oz. of milk (that is another story in itself...I'm having a difficult time getting anything when I pump) and Bill tried giving it to him in a bottle and he rejected it too. So now I'm thinking he doesn't want the bottle anymore. I am going to try some different nipples and see if that works. I would really love it if he would take a bottle this way his daddy can help with some of the feedings. Eventually, I won't be exclusively breastfeeding anymore and he's going to have to learn to take a bottle.
Okay enough about that. Next Sunday Jacob will be dedicated at church. Bill and I are really excited about that. We've invited our families to be there to pray for Jacob. This weekend Jacob, my mom and I went out to buy him an outfit to wear. I didn't want anything too formal because that's just not the way our church is nor are we. So he's going to wear a cute white polo shirt and some jeans and lucky daddy gets to wear the same thing...I think they are going to look adorable, I'm not too sure how daddy feels about that...but it will be cute:) Anyway, we all had a great time shopping on Saturday. Jacob slept most of the time, which was nice. Today he took a record 3 hour long nap...I was shocked! Of course he woke up very hungry. Tomorrow we are going to go sign Jacob up for a music class offered by our city this summer. I'm excited to see what it's all about and hope Jake enjoys it. So until next time...Mommy and Daddy love you!