This week, Jack is three and a half months old. So many new things happen each week that I have a hard time keeping up! Jack is starting to watch us eat and notice when we have food. I drink a Carnation Instant Breakfast every morning, and he always stops what he is doing to stare at me when I drink it. Crazy kid! I guess he is going to be ready for rice cereal next month. He is also learning how to laugh. Right now, it’s just a short cackle, but I’m ready for the full laugh any day now. Since he is teething, his new favorite activity is to chew on blankets. We bought him a Pooh teething blanket at Target this weekend that he is enjoying today. He loves holding on to blankets too, so I think this will be a favorite of his. His favorite toy is links. He can hold on to them easily, we can hang them just about anywhere, and he loves to chew on them too! Jack can roll over from his tummy to his back, and he has just started to try to roll over from his back to his tummy. He gets his little hip turned sideways but can’t quite figure out the rest yet.

We go to our new pediatrician this week. Jack will get two more vaccines on this next visit. And hopefully, we will find out his weight and height. I know he is over 15 pounds now for sure. I’m getting nice arm muscles these days! HA! I’m also going to need a chiropractor soon from my aching back. I see now why you should be young when you have kids! Haha! I can only imagine what it’s going to be like when he becomes mobile!

His sleeping is off and on right now. He had a nice sleeping pattern established, and then he started a new growth spurt, as well as teething, so you never know what the day will bring as far as sleeping goes. On a good night, he will sleep 4.5 hours before waking up for a feeding, and then will usually sleep another 3.5 hours. Then, I usually bring him to bed with me for a little two hour nap before we get up for the day. I just can’t start my day at 5 or 6 a.m.! His naps are getting hard for him to go down for. He is so active and social now that he doesn’t want to slow down even when he is exhausted. He also is starting to outgrow his swaddling blanket, so he is sleeping mostly without that during the day, which is another big adjustment for him. We still have to attempt to swaddle him at night, but it looks like those days are numbered.

Jack’s 3 month pictures were taken last week, so we should have those to share with you very soon!