Jackson – 4 Months

 

Measurements:

Height: 24 inches (10th percentile)

Weight: 14lbs 6oz (30th percentile)

Head circumference:  17 inches (90th percentile)

What’s he up to?

He’s eating 7 ounces four times a day. He is still on mommy milk, which is exciting! At his 4 month check up the doctor gave me a prescription for something to get my supply up again. I’m so excited it’s working! I am always going to love his milk breath. Something I would miss if was drinking formula. Am I weird?? I still love his little feet too! He has also been trying to hold his own bottle when he eats

He had a great 4 month check up. He is a happy and healthy little guy. He was good for the doctor until one point when the doctor was checking him out and he randomly started crying. The doctor picked him up and calmed him down.  We had a couple questions for the doctor including one about his belly button not healing all the way yet. We are supposed just put some rubbing alcohol on it and that should help. Jackson also got some shots at the end. He cried for about 30 seconds until I picked him up and cuddled him. We are so thankful he is healthy!

He isn’t really sleeping through the night anymore. He wakes up anywhere from 2-6 times wanting his nuk. I think it has to do with his teething but we aren't sure. He does most of the waking up around 2 or 3 in the morning. Then he will sleep until 9. He does nap twice a day for a couple hours in his crib

Little Jackson is already teething! It started with major drooling and now he gets fussy, has a hard time eating and sleeping and wants to chew on everything. What’s really odd is that it’s not the bottom or top front teeth coming in, it’s one or two on the sides. He likes it when I rub his gums with my fingers to help ease the pain. We just feel so bad for him. It has also made him extra cuddly. No complaints here! Him napping in my arms is one of my favorite things.

His hair on his noggin is getting longer, which is so cute! It’s sticking straight up and is really soft

He still has eczema on his legs and a little on his arms. The Aquaphore still makes him feel a little better. His cradle cap is looking good but it’s not gone. Just a little on the top back of his head

Can sit by himself for short periods of time on his changing table

He is sucking and chewing on his thumb more and more

Jackson loves his bouncy toy! He sits in there and jumps like crazy. We call him the “jumpin bean”. The doctor said the toy is really good for him. It’s also making him burn calories! His legs are getting really strong.

His swing is about to be put away. He doesn’t really sleep in it anymore. When he sits in it, he tries to roll out. Obviously it’s not safe!

Because of his strong legs, he is also starting to scoot on the floor! We noticed it one time when we put him on the floor and he had moved to a different spot.

He is still a kicker! He kicks his feet like he is swimming which is funny

He loves watching what Hailey is doing. He gives her great smiles, which she loves too

Squeals when he is happy and excited

He still loves to talk. He also has laughed more! He is definitely ticklish on his ribs. I know just where to get him

He still loves to be sang to. I sing the traditional baby songs but of course Kyle likes to sing other random ones. I think Jackson’s favorite is the “You Are My Sunshine”.

Does a great job when we go somewhere. We went on a little trip to Target the other night and he just looked around at everything and didn’t make a peep

He has a loud cry! When he is upset, you will hear about it.

I love his long eye lashes

Happy guy! My friend Rachel made this onsie for him

I had to throw this one in there

The biggest news is Jackson can also roll back to tummy! He did it a couple weeks ago and now he can do it really fast. He worked really hard and finally did it one day. I even got it on camera!

Here’s him working…

 

Feet cuteness

  

He had the hardest time getting that arm out from under him

Yay!!

I have to add, little Jackson was working so hard that he let out some “toots”. I had to laugh. Of course I got them on camera too

Here are the videos…

He does it in this one!

 

Miss Hailey at 4 months!

 

Looking back…

3 Months

2 Months

1 Month

Newborn

Easter Weekend

For Easter weekend we went to stay at my mom and step-dad’s house.

Hailey in the car on the way there.

I printed out some car games for her to play to keep her entertained. One was an I Spy type game and some other fun things. Kyle and I played the license plate game. I put all the games and extra paper on a clip board for Hailey and gave her a brand new pencil to use. She loved it! (You can get the prints here)

This was Jackson’s first long car trip and he did pretty well. Stopping to eat lunch was hard because we realized we didn’t have anything to warm the bottle (mommy milk). So we tried giving him this ready-to-use formula and he did not like it. He actually gagged a little. So we had to just wait a bit for the milk to warm enough for him to eat. He was not a happy camper. I was sad because it was hard seeing him not want to eat. He did finally eat the bottle which was a relief. The stop lasted about an hour but no big deal. Besides that he slept almost the whole time and did pretty well! I should also add that I pumped in the car, which was interesting. I was well hidden of course. I just thought it was cool that our pump came with a battery back!

She fell sleep about 30 minutes before we got there

We pass a lot of these on the way. Personally, they freak me out a little.

When we got there we got everyone settled in. My step-brother Alex stopped by to see us which was fun. Hailey liked playing with him

It was Kyle’s birthday so him I were off to dinner just the two of us! We went to Benihanas which is a favorite of ours. The food was awesome!

When we got home we found Jackson sleeping with Papa

While we were gone, Hailey and Grandma made a birthday cake for Kyle. Hailey was very proud of her decorating

Happy Birthday!

The Fam

 

Saturday we hung out for awhile. Hailey got to make brownies with Grandma. She loves helping. I was impressed with her egg cracking skills

 

 

She enjoyed licking the spoon

For lunch, Kyle’s mom and brother came by!

Jackson loves his Gram

Uncle Cam is so funny

Love this picture

After lunch Hailey took both grandmas downstairs and they played school. I heard some funny stories from them about Hailey being the teacher.

Jackson hanging out

Later in the afternoon my brother, his girlfriend and his kids came to stay the night. Hailey loves playing with her cousins! Also, my brother’s girlfriend Nerchele is like the baby whisperer. Jackson LOVED her! She probably held him most of the time they were there. She even got him to laugh for the first time!! It was so cute

This video only got a little bit of it but it was so funny!

Nerchele is awesome

Uncle Danny and Jackson

I love seeing them together

Cousin Dalton

Hailey with her cousin Lily playing on the iPad

For dinner we ordered pizza and had shakes and malts in my mom and step-dad’s malt shop in their basement. The kids had fun playing and dancing to the Jukebox

 

Easter morning we got up, the kids watched a movie and my mom made a good breakfast.

 

After breakfast we went downstairs and all sat together and listened to Kyle give a great talk about what Easter means. He is so good at talking about things like that and making them understandable and meaningful. All the kids did a great job listening and even asking questions. Well Hailey got a little distracted.

 

The kids watching a movie

Cousin Westin and Cousin Lily with Jackson

 

After our time learning about Easter, the kids got their Easter baskets. Then we set up a little Easter egg hunt for the kids. The older they were, the harder the hiding places were.

 

 

After that we all got ready and went up to my grandma and grandpa’s house to see the family. Hailey once again had fun playing with all the kids. Jackson got to meet everyone for the first time!

I’m bummed I didn’t take more pictures but here are a couple good ones

My grandpa was really excited that Jackson let him hold him and didn’t cry. I loved seeing them together. I also loves Jackson in his Khakis

 

Miss Hailey

Jackson and my grandma

The next morning my mom got a little quiet time with Jackson and Hailey. Then we headed home. The trip home went really well! We fed Jackson right before we left so he didn’t have to eat until we got home. He slept almost the whole way.

We had a great weekend seeing everyone! Jackson and Hailey did a great job