J-man is now just a few days shy of 5 months. He weighs 16 pounds and is just growing like a weed still! At his 4 mo. appointment he was in the 93rd percentile for height and about 40-50% for his weight and head circumference.
He has been growing and developing sooo fast. It makes mom so proud yet so sad. We no longer swaddle him. We actually haven't swaddled him for like 2 months now. He started breaking out of the blanket swaddle and then he was even getting his arms out of a velcro "Halo" swaddle blanket, so we just said, "Fine, then we won't swaddle you at all." He's adjusted well. He rolled from his stomach to his back when he was like 3 1/2 - 4 months and the stopped and has now discovered how to roll from his back to his stomach. However, he has short term memory loss apparently because he's had trouble going back to his tummy. We're working on it. It's been a struggle at night especially because he will roll in his sleep, wake himself up and get so frustrated that he won't sleep. Which means a few more night visits from mom...
BUT! Last night and the night before he sleep solid from 8 to 5 woke up and ate and slept until 7 or 8 again. It has been wonderful!
At his 4 month appointment, I asked his pediatrician if I could start solids. I know, I know, it's kind of early still. But before you judge let me explain myself. Jaxon suddenly refused a bottle at 8 weeks. For whatever reason, he just won't take a bottle. I've tried every brand, nipple, flow, formula, breast milk, even putting karo syrup on the tip to entice him... you name it-- we've tried it. Notta. So, that means that I've been just breast-feeding him which also means I cannot leave him for more than 3-4 hours. Well, I start coaching softball at the high school tomorrow. I'll be away from J for more than 3-4 hours everyday. Which means he wouldn't be able to eat and whomever was caring for him at the time would be "les miserable" trying to entertain him. In conclusion, I tried just some plain rice cereal for a few days and he did really well with it. Now we're trying some fruit and veggies as well and he LOVES sweet potatoes and squash. It's great. I think, why I think it's so great is because this was a huge stress for me. Knowing that my son wouldn't eat, unless I was around. Now that he is taking solids though, I am much more relaxed about leaving him everyday.
DT has been such a busy dad. He's pushing through this semester like a boss. It's his toughest one yet, but he's doing so well. He gets on the train at 5:50 AM and gets home around 5PM everyday. Plus he his working a few days a week in Salt Lake. He's a trooper. He's doing all of this so that we can live in Davis County and I can coach. What a blessing he is in my life. He works so hard and still makes time to spend with me and Mr. J.
Here are some pictures of the past few months:
Christmas Morning
Momma-Laura and her boys (...missing a few :( )
Jaxon's odd sleeping habits. For a few days in a row, I'd go in to check on him
and he'd have a leg or arm through the slats in his crib and often be facing the
opposite direction I laid him down in.
Don't mind the boxes behind his crib... I should probably clean those out. oops.
Such a cheese ball
