Jacob this week
Posted by Missy Roberts at 10:46 PM About Jake
Jacob had a pretty busy week. On Monday mommy and daddy went out to dinner for our wedding anniversary. Nani and Papa came over to babysit Jacob. It was nice to go out just the two of us, but I will say most of the time we talked about Jacob. We got home fairly early, but our little baby was already asleep.
Tuesday and Thursday of this week Jacob went swimming again. He is liking the water more and more. His favorite part is jumping in. He standing at the edge of the pool and as I count 1-2-3 his little legs bounce with the counting each time getting lower and lower so that he gets a good jump into the water. He makes me laugh. This week it was just mommy and Jacob in the pool because daddy has to work:( Oh well.
Wednesday we had Jacob's 6 month pictures taken (finally) and we also did a family picture. I think this is our first official family picture. Jacob did a great job being photographed. We got some really good shots. He was a little wobbly sitting up so we had to stand by just in case.
Thursday afternoon Jacob had his music class. I think he likes it okay. He seems to get a little bored sitting on my lap the whole time. He would rather be standing and jumping on my lap, unlike the rest of the kids in the class who sit on their mommy's laps patiently. Not our little Jacob, he would rather be a little more active. We had some floor time during the class where the babies were supposed to sit there and shake their maracas. I was completely surprised that Jacob was sitting up all by himself, rather steady, for the whole song. This was the first date that he sat up without being wobbly. Later that night, mommy went to have dinner with her friends for Ellen's birthday. Daddy was in charge. I'm not exactly sure what went on, but I do know that Jacob was fed and asleep by the time mommy got home. Daddy said they had a great time together. It was nice for me to get out and hang out with the girls, but I did miss my little guy when I was gone!
Today we got a cute ceiling fan for his room. It has a baseball mit in the center and the blades of the fan look like bats. Totally adorable. Tomorrow daddy and papa are going to put it up in his room. I can't wait to see what it looks like.
Some new things Jacob is doing/likes. First, he loves to be startled. Daddy will say "boo" to him when he is not expecting it and Jacob cracks up laughing. It is so cute to hear him laugh. He is also starting to play peek-a-boo. The other day Jacob and daddy were sitting in the big chair and I was sitting on the couch. I layed down so he couldn't see me and then raised my head and made some silly sound and he laughed. Then I ducked down again and he was looking for me. When I lifted up again and made the sound he laughed so hard. We played this for a couple of minutes and he loved it. He is getting a lot better at moving around on the ground. He's still not crawling, but he gets around well. He does lift up on his arms and knees and rocks back and forth, but no movement with the belly off the ground. Speaking of bellies, he is starting to get a little tummy and his legs are getting chunkier. he really likes his solid foods. Right now on his menu is rice cereal, oatmeal, sweet potatoes, peas, green beans, carrots, peaches and pears. This morning I ran out of fruits and veggies (bad mommy). I tried giving him his oatmeal plain, with no fruit and he was not having it. I think he has gotten used to the sweet taste with his cereals. Now he is stocked up so tomorrow morning he will have peaches and oatmeal:) He loves his exersaucer. He has really gotten the hang of all the toys on it and LOVES to bounce up and down in it. When we first got it, he didn't know how to bounce up and down in it, but now he goes crazy in it. We've switched out a couple of the toys and he loves the new ones. he can sit in that thing for along time and amuse himself. He is sitting up a lot better now and can even turn to either side without toppling over. he still loves to chew on his fingers, especially the thumb. He sticks his thumb on the side of his mouth and knaws away. No teeth yet and we don't feel any coming either. He is doing a lot better with drinking from the bottle. He doesn't fight us as much when we give him a bottle now. He is still a little bit ansy, but not as bad as before, there are times when he takes it without any fuss at all, those are mommy and daddy's favorite times:) He is still not sleeping through the night. He wakes up usually two times. Once in the late evening and it's usually because he's spit his pacifier out and can't find it to put it back in his mouth and then again around 2 am because he wants to eat. I really really really wish he would start sleeping through the night. Tonight, he woke up at 10pm and I tried to let him put himself back to sleep. Unfortunately after crying for about 5 minutes I just upset him even more and had a hard time putting him back to sleep. He was SCREAMING when I picked him up and let me have it while I was holding him trying to calm him down. I guess eventually he will soothe himself back to sleep, it's just going to take some time. I would also really love it if he didn't need to wake up to eat. I don't want to complain, but I am finding that my lack of sleep is making me really grumpy at times. it wouldn't be so bad if I would fall right back to sleep, but that is not the case. I'm usually up for a couple of hours after he wakes up...it's frustrating, but I know eventually he will sleep through the night and I will only have to remember the days when I didn't sleep at night. But until then I guess I just have to deal with waking up a couple of times a night and getting very little sleep. Oh well, that's what being a mommy is all about.
So now I will try to get some of that sleep that I need, but I hear him stirring in his room. I hope he doesn't wake up right now, it's only been about 30 minutes since I was able to calm him down. so until next time...mommy and daddy love you baby!