5 Months old!!

It seems like just yesterday I did his 4 month post! (Well, maybe that’s because I did, but really he is growing too fast!) We truly cannot believe he is already 5 months old! I feel like this month he is doing so much more. I’m not sure if it’s just the natural progression of this age, if he’s advanced for his age, or if he’s learning stuff from watching other babies at daycare but man he is really picking up lots of new talents this month. Nick and I are always saying- I don’t remember Hannah doing this or doing that at his age! (To be fair to Hannah, she has always been advanced, so I’m sure us thinking that has more to do with Hannah was his age 5 years ago so maybe our recalling her milestones isn’t the best.)

  This month brought a lot of changes! We are starting to introduce solids, but very slowly since he isn’t taking to it like we thought he would. He gets really excited about grabbing the spoon and bringing it to his mouth but then gives a big shudder anytime the food goes down his throat! He’s tried avocado and sweet potato. We will need to start giving him something to eat everyday here soon so hopefully he gets used to it quickly. Another change this month was mommy going back to work and baby starting daycare! I was super nervous about this for the obvious reasons- missing the kids and worrying about how Jacob would do in daycare, but I’ve got to say I’m pleasantly surprised. I’m very comfortable taking him to the daycare we chose and Jacob is so happy and has adjusted really well- like he’s been going there since day 1!

Shots this month were not fun, but he stopped crying as soon as I scooped him up and not another peep about it! He got a little fever, but nothing a little tylenol didn’t help. He passed his physical with flying colors and we were told to keep doing everything we are doing- which is the best thing a parent can be told.

We look forward to another month with our little guy and all the milestones it will bring! We can’t get enough of his squishy cheeks and silly faces!!

 

Height, Weight, and Dome-piece Circumference:

25.5 inches long, 56%  (Stats from 4 month check, which was in June)

14 lbs 2 oz , 28%

42 centimeters, 38%

Clothes and Diaper sizes:

He still wears size 0-3 month clothing. Some of his t-shirts are 6 month size and they aren’t too big on him, but his pants must be 0-3 or they would be a little to big in the waist however the length is starting to be too short. Can still fit very comfortably in 0-3 month onsies. Sleepers are 6-9 month, because he is so long. 

Size 1 diapers until he ran out of the last box right before turning 5 months, so now size 2.   

Feeding:

He eats 6 oz every 3 hours during the day. Most nights not eating and actually sleeping all the way through (but he does have his moments)! 

Sleeping:

Jacob’s sleeping is still pretty good. We put him to bed between 7-7:30 pm and he usually sleeps all night until 6:30 am or so. However, he does have bad nights and when he does he usually has a couple in a row where he wants to eat twice per night. Which doesn’t sound bad, but when you’re used to sleeping through the night for a good streak then all of a sudden he wakes up multiple times per night, its hard. We also realized when we try to take him off his prevacid he sleeps terrible, so we will not be messing around with his medication until he is about a year or so. In fact, we got his dose upped to 1 tab per day and his reflux seems to be under control. As for naps, he sleeps every 2 hours for 1-3 hours per nap. 

Milestones, Fun Stuff, and Factoids about our Boy:

*Rolling ALL over the house- getting stuck under the coffee table, against the wall, ect.

*On his 5th month birthday he sat up completely unassisted! We’ve been working on this and then today he just decided to master it and was sitting forever all on his own! (Hannah also sat unassisted on THE day she turned 5 months old- crazy!)

*Can put his binky in his mouth all by himself! We can hand it to him and he’ll put it in or if he sees it in his crib he’ll reach out for it and put it in. Crazy! We feel like that seems advanced for his age.

*Grabs at EVERYTHING! He sees something he wants or thinks he might want and he reaches out and grabs for it.

*Starting the inch worm scooting across the room crawl. He gets up on his toes with his butt in the air and pushed forward, he doesn’t get very far but he’s working on it.

*Loving his jumperoo and he actually jumps in it! He doesn’t like it for long periods of time, but he’ll jump and grab his toys for a little bit at least.

*Always sleeps on his tummy.

*Still loves his play mat and uses it every single day.

*Ate avocado and sweet potato

*Loves daycare and the teachers that watch him all day! He’s so happy when I drop him off and goes to the ladies with no problem. I call a couple times per day to check on him and he’s always doing good. And he’s a happy, smiley guy when I pick him up. Besides taking the daycare’s word on how he’s doing I can also judge his day by his mood when I drop off/pick up and it’s always a happy time! Which makes me feel SO much better about going back to work.

*Can no longer use his low profile swing we have in our bathroom- just yesterday he was buckled in it and I look over at him and he had lunged forward for the bar that it’s attached to and was half hanging out and holding himself up with his hand on the ground It was hilarious, especially cause he didn’t even make a peep, just looked around for someone to help him! We’ve decided to donate this swing to the NICU at Sutter. When Jacob was in the NICU he used a low profile swing pretty much the whole time cause he had to be upright after every feeding so we want to be able to help another baby that will need to do the same. I called today to make sure they take used swings and they do, his is in near perfect condition so I feel good about donating it to a place that actually NEEDS it. As sad as it is to be getting rid of baby things already, it makes me so happy that a lot more babies will be able to get the use out of it.

 

Picture overload!! I didn’t get many with his big dimply smile but he did chatter and give me his silly faces

 

4 Months Old!

Well, hello there blogland! We are still alive and well, just super busy living life! I totally skipped out on little man’s 4 month post so I’ll do a quick one now, I’m only 1 month late, whatever.

Jacob is such a happy, sweet baby! Since we’ve figured out his issues (lactose intolerance and keeping him on his medication for acid reflux) he is just the best little guy and has such a great disposition! His personality is really showing through these days. He loves to smile and laugh. This month his mouth found his toes and doesn’t leave them alone. Also, realized he has a tongue and likes to stick it out and rub it against his gums. He had his first vacation this month, we went to the beach house with the Jackson family and beside sleeping terrible the first 2 nights, he was a happy baby and had a good time. Although, it was crazy windy there so his experience at the actual beach was him sleeping in his tightly covered car seat- and even though the blanket was locked down around his seat there still managed to be sand all over him! But he didn’t mind.

Jacob is growing up so fast and we are enjoying every minute of our sweet baby boy! He is such a joy and we can’t imagine him not being a part of our family.

Height, Weight, and Dome-piece Circumference:

24.75 inches long 96 % (Will update after 4 month check, which isn’t until June, but I know this is wrong, I re-measured him at home and he was just barely 24 inches which is still long but not quite what we thought)

13 lbs 8 oz 

40 cm head circ 49 % (Again, will update after check-up next month)

 

Clothes and Diaper sizes:

He still wears size 0-3 month clothing. Some of his t-shirts are 6 month size and they aren’t too big on him, but his pants must be 0-3 or they would be way to big in the waist. Can still fit very comfortably in 0-3 month onsies. Sleepers are 3-6 month, because he is so long. 

Size 1 diapers still, although I’ve thought about putting him in size 2 overnights since he’s sleeping better at night and don’t want a wet bed to be waking him up.   

Feeding:

He eats 5-6 oz every 3 hours during the day. Most nights not eating and actually sleeping all the way through! 

Sleeping:

Jacob’s sleeping is still pretty good. We put him to bed between 7-7:30 pm and he usually sleeps all night until 6:30 am or so. However, he does have bad nights and when he does he usually has a couple in a row where he wants to eat twice per night. Which doesn’t sound bad, but when you’re used to sleeping through the night for a good streak then all of a sudden he wakes up multiple times per night, its hard. We also realized when we try to take him off his prevacid he sleeps terrible, so we will not be messing around with his medication until he is about a year or so. In fact, we got his dose upped to 1 tab per day and his reflux seems to be under control. As for naps, he sleeps every 2 hours for 1-3 hours per nap. 

Milestones, Fun Stuff, and Factoids about our Boy:

*Laughing all the time.

*Rolling everywhere, all the time! 

*Found his voice- likes to make a loud squeal type noise.

*Sleeps on tummy or side. 

*Drooling, chewing on hands even more. 

 

3 Months Old

Here we are, another month has passed! It’s just crazy that Jacob has been here with us, as an outside baby, for 3 whole months! He continues to be such a joy to us. He’s such a happy, content baby. Now that we’ve figured out that he’s lactose intolerant and since the formula change that happened last month, he’s the happy baby we always knew he should be. He no longer grunts and kicks his legs from gassy pain. Now after feedings he’s ready to talk, smile, and play with his toys. He’s growing way too fast and I want him to slow down just a bit, although I am very proud at how advanced he is . The night before he turned 3 months old he learned to roll from his back to tummy! He’s been working on this for the last 3 weeks or so. Of course we all missed it the first time he did it, we were eating dinner while he was playing on his play mat and all of a sudden we look over and he’s on his tummy! He got scared and starting crying since we all screamed how excited we were haha but since then he’s rolled over twice and I’ve been able to see it! I just can’t believe he’s 3 months old and already able to roll both ways, he’ll be crawling before we know it! Please, Jacob, slow down!! No need to grow up so fast! Now onto the stats and pictures….

Height, Weight, and Dome-piece Circumference:

24.75 inches long 96 % (Will update after 4 month check but I know this is wrong, I re-measured him at home and he was just barely 24 inches which is still long but not quite what we thought)

13 lbs (at my work with clothes) 

40 cm head circ 49 % (Again, will update after check-up next month)

 

Clothes and Diaper sizes:

Once again I’m packing up clothes to be put away in a bin. How can he be growing at this alarming rate?! He mostly still fits in 0-3 month stuff, his pants especially can’t be any bigger, but for the summer I bought him 3-6 month shirts and he can wear them now and he’s not totally swimming in them. As for sleepers he’s strictly in 3-6 months, there’s no way his long legs can scrunch into a smaller size.

Size 1 diapers still, although I’ve thought about putting him in size 2 overnights since he’s sleeping better at night and don’t want a wet bed to be waking him up.   

Feeding:

He eats 5 oz per feeding and eats every 3-4 hours during the day, and before he goes down for his naps he’ll snack on 2 oz. At night he’s usually only up 1 time to eat, although the other night he just couldn’t get enough of us and was up twice.

Sleeping:

Jacob’s sleeping has gotten so great! This month we made the decision to put him in his crib for all sleeping times and it has gone so smooth! Before he came along I swore I would never put a baby in their own room until they are 6 months old, that worked for Hannah and they say it also decreases risk for SIDS when they sleep in the same room as their parents. Well, never say never, because baby boy at 2.5 months was put in his crib in his own room for good! We decided to make the switch so young because he was no longer sleeping good in his swing, he was tossing his head and grunting so uncomfortable all night and he’s never been that great about sleeping in the pack n play so we figured we should try him out in his crib one night and baby boy was sound asleep all night long! Finally something that seemed to work. What made it even better? We got a glider chair and mobile with ocean sounds. Before every nap and before bedtime we turn on the mobile, rock him while feeding him and put him down drowsy but never really sound asleep and he puts himself fully to sleep once he’s in his crib. It was like all along all he wanted was for us to put him down and leave him alone. When he was sleeping in our room, he was going to bed later and later, it was getting to the point where we couldn’t go to sleep until 11:30pm and then he was waking up at least once to eat and then he could never get back to sleep very easily. Now, baby boy is going to bed around 8 pm!! He gets his bath around 7-7:30 pm and then off to dreamland after his bottle. He’s still up once to eat and he doesn’t go right back to sleep afterwards, but when he’s laying awake in his crib after the mid-night feeding he’s just chewing his hands and jabbering, no more grunts or angry baby. We never thought it would be so easy to make this transition. And the little secret that makes the transition easier on this momma?? Video monitor. I would never have been able to do this without that baby. Anytime I want to check to make sure he’s breathing, I can just take a gander at the screen. Love it! 

Milestones, Fun Stuff, and Factoids about our Boy:

*When laying on his play mat he’ll scoot his body around and will be in a completely different spot than where I left him.

*Able to roll both ways- back to tummy and tummy to back! Which means he’ll be mobile very soon… 

*Smiles all the time and starting to laugh, usually at night after his bath.

*Coo's and talks all the time

*Drooling, chewing on hands even more 

*Loves his bath and will calm down instantly as soon as he sinks into the warm water

*Can sit in his bumbo a lot better this month, but when he’s done he’ll stretch out his body and almost knock himself backwards so we’ve got to watch him closely.

*Almost old enough for his jumperoo, he likes to sit in it and grab at the toys but can’t jump yet.

*Is getting really good at grabbing at what toys he wants that hang from his play mat and he tries to put them in his mouth.