We have reached the point of Jackson being outside of the womb longer than he was inside. I must admit that it was a bittersweet day. I do miss being pregnant, I wish that I could have kept him baking longer, I really, really wish that I could go back in time and tell myself to enjoy the pregnancy instead of being worried about everything, but look at our amazing little boy. Every fear, worry, tear, etc. was so worth it! Ok, enough of that! :)
He is on a roll with rolling... See what I did there? Get it? On a roll with rolling... Hahaha! Anyway, he was getting pretty good at rolling tummy to back last month, so I started pushing him more on rolling back to tummy. I'm sure you can imagine how much he enjoyed that. :)
He officially rolled back to tummy on his own without me helping when the educational therapist was here for her monthly visit. It was amazing! Yes I cried and yes I made him do it again (and again). He will now roll back to tummy to get to a toy, but will roll back over pretty quickly. The kiddo just dislikes tummy time. However, we can now officially say that he has mastered the skill of rolling!!!
Physical therapy is still working on sitting up and has started to work on moving his legs while on his tummy in preparation for him to start crawling. She was pretty impressed that he started bringing his knees up while on his tummy all ready. He still pivots, fairly quickly, on his floor mat to get whatever toy it is that he wants to play with.
We're still working on sitting up unassisted. He does very well for a little bit of time, but then he either starts leaning to one side or wobbles and tips over. We have a few tall toys for him to play with. They seem to help with him being able to hold on and sit up. I know that it's only a matter of time for him to sit up by myself. He is so determined and loves to sit up!
He has figured out how to grab his paci and is able to put it in his mouth and take it out. It's become kind of a game to him. He has never been a big paci fan, but he is liking it right now because he is teething. He bites on it so hard and then takes it out so quickly that it makes a "pop" noise which he finds hilarious.
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| "This is MY paci mom... Don't even think about it!" |
He found his ears and likes to pull on them, rub them, and just hold his hands over them. At first I was worried that he may have been getting an earache, but since he does it randomly, pretty much all day, and doesn't have any other symptoms, I've come to the conclusion that he's just exploring.
We have trialed blueberries, yogurt, and green beans this month. I made all of them with the exception of the yogurt. Cost me about $4 and 20 minutes of my time. The color difference between homemade green beans and store bought is crazy! Jackson wanted nothing to do with the store bought green beans, but he ate all of the ones that I pureed. Once I knew that he was OK with the blueberries and yogurt by themselves I started mixing them together and he seemed to enjoy them even more. Blueberry yogurt has become his regular breakfast.
Jackson has become very good at holding his bottle. He doesn't need my help anymore with it... Insert crying sounds. I was so excited at first because we are also working on using a sippy. He isn't real fond of the sippy right now and likes to bite it instead of drink from it. One day at time!
I am still reading to him daily. He has become more interested in the books, even if the interest is just to put them in his mouth. :) I am also still slowly teaching him some signs. We've been working on more, all done, milk, eat, mom, and dad. Sometimes I feel so silly doing the signs, but I know that one day it will just click and he'll start using them to communicate with us. He has also added a few new "words" to his vocabulary. He still says ahh boo, but now he also says ga, ba, and ge. I am determined for his first word to be momma, so we shall see. :)
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| Our Imagination Library book for this month |
We had our first big snow of the season. We got around 4 inches and it was absolutely beautiful. I love snow, I always have. We bundled Jackson up and took him outside to enjoy the snow. He wasn't really sure about it at first, but then he stuck his hand in it and immediately stuck it in his mouth. Can't wait for when he's big enough to actually play in it.
Aubie and Chevelle have started to come around more and more. Every time that Jackson is on the floor playing, both of them will go up to him, sniff him, and then walk away. Neither one of them are to fond of Jackson toughing them yet. Chevelle likes to sit on the table while Jackson is eating, especially if he is eating yogurt. Before Jackson came along Aubie and I had snuggle time everyday. She would always sit on my lap and fall asleep. Since Jackson came along, she has been fighting to get her snuggles in.
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| Look at him looking at her. She was determined to stay. |
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| 5 minutes after Aubie laid down, Jackson wanted up |
Crystal
