Jackson is the sweetest older brother. (And the silliest). He decided to do Tummy Time with Samuel this morning. I caught him encouraging his little brother...
Showing posts with label 5 Months. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5 Months. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Two Little Boys
Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero. -Marc Brown
A brother is a friend provided by nature. -Legouve Pere
There's no other love like the like for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother. -Astrid Alauda
A brother is a friend provided by nature. -Legouve Pere
There's no other love like the like for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother. -Astrid Alauda
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer
Now that summer is upon us and life isn't requiring us to move along at the speed of light, we are able to enjoy the finer things in life.
Jackson has learned how to put on his own shoes...even if they are on the wrong feet.
Samuel and Jackson love bathtime...but then again who wouldn't with all those fun colors.
Samuel has found his feet...they are the greatest toys in the world...right behind his brother, that is.
Jackson loves to read (takes after his Mama on that one).
Samuel is getting so strong. He is a pro at rolling back to tummy and has even managed to go tummy to back several times. Tummy time is happy time nowadays.
Jackson finally meet Mio's cats, Frankie and Johnny. I had NO IDEA that he loved cats that much. I don't think he has ever been around a cat in his life (with the exception of Ziggy RIP). He was so cute chasing them around saying "Where's Johnny? Where's Frankie? Where's Kitty Cats?"
Samuel still isn't a great sleeper at night waking 2-3 times a night. I think this is partially due to the fact that he doesn't eat consistently during the day due to busy schedules and my attentions being taken up by an active toddler. I am hoping when he starts on rice cereal (next week!!) he'll start sleeping in a bit longer stretches. He naps just fine...it's the night time thing that I'd like to see improve. Samuel got a new bedroom when we had to do a little rearranging to accommodate the arrival of my sister and Myles into our comfy abode. I am pleased with how his new room turned out.
Jackson and Samuel are able to play more together each day that passes. Samuel likes to sit in his exersaucer to play with his own toys, and it puts Samuel up on Jackson's level for them to interact. Jackson has even been known to get out his "soccey ball" and throw it to Samuel saying "catch it". Samuel just giggles. His smile is the biggest and brightest when Jackson is around.
The boys are growing so fast. I love each and every day with them. Both are so well behaved, good tempered and have their own little personalities. My life is blessed.
We look forward to enjoying our summer. Bapa has already started to grill out (YUMMY), and we have already gotten out the sprinkler toys.
Jackson has learned how to put on his own shoes...even if they are on the wrong feet.
Samuel and Jackson love bathtime...but then again who wouldn't with all those fun colors.
Samuel has found his feet...they are the greatest toys in the world...right behind his brother, that is.
Jackson loves to read (takes after his Mama on that one).
Samuel is getting so strong. He is a pro at rolling back to tummy and has even managed to go tummy to back several times. Tummy time is happy time nowadays.
Jackson finally meet Mio's cats, Frankie and Johnny. I had NO IDEA that he loved cats that much. I don't think he has ever been around a cat in his life (with the exception of Ziggy RIP). He was so cute chasing them around saying "Where's Johnny? Where's Frankie? Where's Kitty Cats?"
Samuel still isn't a great sleeper at night waking 2-3 times a night. I think this is partially due to the fact that he doesn't eat consistently during the day due to busy schedules and my attentions being taken up by an active toddler. I am hoping when he starts on rice cereal (next week!!) he'll start sleeping in a bit longer stretches. He naps just fine...it's the night time thing that I'd like to see improve. Samuel got a new bedroom when we had to do a little rearranging to accommodate the arrival of my sister and Myles into our comfy abode. I am pleased with how his new room turned out.
Jackson and Samuel are able to play more together each day that passes. Samuel likes to sit in his exersaucer to play with his own toys, and it puts Samuel up on Jackson's level for them to interact. Jackson has even been known to get out his "soccey ball" and throw it to Samuel saying "catch it". Samuel just giggles. His smile is the biggest and brightest when Jackson is around.
The boys are growing so fast. I love each and every day with them. Both are so well behaved, good tempered and have their own little personalities. My life is blessed.
We look forward to enjoying our summer. Bapa has already started to grill out (YUMMY), and we have already gotten out the sprinkler toys.
Some fun adventures we have planned for this summer are:
Going to meet and ride on Thomas the Train
The Indianapolis Children's Museum
The Cincinnati Zoo
Soccer Tots
The Evansville Children's Museum
St Louis Cardinal's Baseball Game
And lots of time to chill out!
Happy beginning of Summer!!
Going to meet and ride on Thomas the Train
The Indianapolis Children's Museum
The Cincinnati Zoo
Soccer Tots
The Evansville Children's Museum
St Louis Cardinal's Baseball Game
And lots of time to chill out!
Happy beginning of Summer!!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Fighter
Samuel finally can fight back. Jackson thinks it's hilarious.
Moral of the story: don't mess with the little guy. Unless he's your brother. Because he'll probably just think you are funny.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Dirty Little Secret
On the day we discovered a dirty little secret that hurt someone very close to us, at least we got to play at the park first.
Look, we can creep, too. Jerk.
Look, we can creep, too. Jerk.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Impromptu
The results of an impromptu photo shoot...with a toddler who is both anti-camera and independently two...and a defensless 5 month old who thinks his brother is the bee's knees.
And the resulting picture of my ensuing bribe: "Sit still and I'll give you a cookie".
I should have said "smile, too".
And the resulting picture of my ensuing bribe: "Sit still and I'll give you a cookie".
I should have said "smile, too".
I'm Sensitive
Thumbs Up for being 5 Months Old!
My sweet little boy continues to be all things wonderful.
Since he was born he has had sensitive skin. It was being diagnosed as cradle cap, but in the past couple of weeks it got bad. Really bad. And so I took Samuel back into his pediatrician and he was diagnosed as having a severe case of eczema with a secondary skin infection. It looked horrible, weeped all the time, and was itchy for the poor little guy. I think it took so long for the pediatrician to get the right diagnosis because only the skin on his scalp and face was affected
He was put on a short course of oral steroids, and some antibiotics. Within a few days it had cleared right up. Now I am on the quest to find out the trigger as to prevent it from coming back. Or at least coming back as severe as it was.
I asked Jackson what color Samuel's hair was. Jackson said "pink". I was okay with that...strawberry blonde, you know. But then I asked him what color Jackson's hair was. And he said "blue". Hm. Samuel does have beautiful strawberry blonde hair and these gorgeous blue eyes that light up when he smiles...which he does frequently.
I have started swaddling him at night, and consequently he has been sleeping a lot better. As of last week, he has been sleeping through the night unless he breaks out of his swaddle.
He loves to put his hands in his mouth, and has become quite the thumb sucker.
Besides rolling over, he is learning how to sit up.
Jackson loves to share his toys with Samuel. And his hats.
His giggles are infectious. He is loved by everyone...but most of all me! And these last 5 months have been a dream!
My sweet little boy continues to be all things wonderful.
Since he was born he has had sensitive skin. It was being diagnosed as cradle cap, but in the past couple of weeks it got bad. Really bad. And so I took Samuel back into his pediatrician and he was diagnosed as having a severe case of eczema with a secondary skin infection. It looked horrible, weeped all the time, and was itchy for the poor little guy. I think it took so long for the pediatrician to get the right diagnosis because only the skin on his scalp and face was affected
He was put on a short course of oral steroids, and some antibiotics. Within a few days it had cleared right up. Now I am on the quest to find out the trigger as to prevent it from coming back. Or at least coming back as severe as it was.
I asked Jackson what color Samuel's hair was. Jackson said "pink". I was okay with that...strawberry blonde, you know. But then I asked him what color Jackson's hair was. And he said "blue". Hm. Samuel does have beautiful strawberry blonde hair and these gorgeous blue eyes that light up when he smiles...which he does frequently.
I have started swaddling him at night, and consequently he has been sleeping a lot better. As of last week, he has been sleeping through the night unless he breaks out of his swaddle.
He loves to put his hands in his mouth, and has become quite the thumb sucker.
Besides rolling over, he is learning how to sit up.
Jackson loves to share his toys with Samuel. And his hats.
His giggles are infectious. He is loved by everyone...but most of all me! And these last 5 months have been a dream!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Old McDonald Had A Farm
We are waving goodbye to week 25 and month 5!
This week we ate sweet potatoes... and they were a bit hit!!
We are also working on drinking water out of a cup/sippy cup. Jackson does better drinking straight out of the cup (with supervision of course) and is slowly getting the hang of the sippy cup. Right now he just gnaws on it.
Speaking of gnawing... no teeth yet. But close, I think! I can feel teeth bumps and the drooling is only getting worse...if that's possible.
We spent a day at Julian's house playing. And as always, Julian's toys are a lot more fun to play with than our own. Jackson LOVED Julian's Exersaucer....
...so we got one of our own the next day!
He can keep himself occupied in there for a good half hour. It has a lot of farm animal toys and a spinny seat and it even bounces! We think there should be a grown up version of this!
And Jackson's girlfriend/babysitter Mel gave him an Elmo chair. When you move in it is giggles and vibrates. David HATES it, but Jackson loves to rock in it and make it giggle.
I am sure Jackson said "Mama" tonight. It was either that or "Yum Yum" because we were eating rice cereal. And I couldn't get him to say it again... so maybe it was just a fluke. But I'll pretend like it was "Mama"...
Jackson recognizes his own name and will turn and look at you if you call for him. He also recognizes the words daddy and mommy and will look at us when we refer to the other. Randomly today, we noticed that he recognized David's ringtone! His ringtone on my phone is the guitar riff from Steely Dan's Kid Charlemagne. David called my phone so a friend of ours could hear the ringtone and Jackson looked at the phone and then David! Smart little guy!
We went today with the Keats' family to our favorite beach. It was cold and cloudy so we put a hat on Jackson but didn't bother with sunscreen. Stupid parents! Jackson now has his first sunburn... on his right arm and cheek. It was so stingy for him in the bath tonight. He cried a lot. We felt so bad. But I smothered him in aloe vera all afternoon and evening so hopefully it will be better in the morning. We learned our lesson...won't be going out of the house anymore without suncreen!
I didn't take lots of video this week so here is one from last week. Jackson LOVES to play the piano!
Next week I start back teaching and Jackson starts back to GymbaROO. AND Jackson is starting swim lessons on Tuesday! We also have his 6 month checkup. Busy week! If I can find some organic peas, we will start eating mushy peas (sorry Mom) and hopefully some nice banana towards the end of the week. Have a good one!!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Food Glorious Food
Week 24 marked a momentous occasion in Jackson's life. He started solids! So far we have tried rice cereal, avocado, and carrots. All organic, all homemade. He was so proud to be eating with a spoon and knew it was something special to be starting big boy food. Here's how the first bites went:
After four days of rice cereal and no adverse reactions, we moved on to avocado. I dutifully mashed it up and thinned it out with some breastmilk. I gave him his first bite and he just held it on his tongue and looked at me like "GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" then spit it out. Me, thinking that this was just him getting used to the new texture and flavor (and most of what he "eats" ends up on his bib anyway), gave him another two bites... the third one resulting in dry heaving!! It was hilarious! He obviously did NOT like the avocado. We will try again later when we can mix it with bananas or pears.
This brings us up to yesterday. I pureed some carrots and he LOVED those! He still is getting the hang of the whole swallowing thing, but he smiles after every bite. And he loves to help me with the spoon. After this morning's carrot brunch I put the remaining glob on his tray for him to explore.
Next week we'll try sweet potato and peas (don't gag, Mom). My friend, Allyson recommended a book called Super Baby Foods which I have ordered. I am anxiously waiting it's delivery. She also makes all of her own baby food for her daughter who is 3 months older than Jackson.
My first week of holidays has flown by. I have had a chance to catch up on a bit of housework and other things that I wanted to get done. And I have had a bit of a chance to reflect on my life. I came across this quote and it has really resonated in my head and heart:
"Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body" -Elizabeth Stone
That's how it feels. It sounds a bit cliche, but I never knew I was capable of so much love until I looked at my tiny baby. Even when he was in my belly I had no clue. My life changed the moment he was born. I felt it. I love Jackson more than anything in the world - I pray every day that he will be safe and happy. He inspires me to be the best I can be and to look at even the little things with wonderment. I have also found a new appreciation for my family - my mom, dad, sister, nephew, grandparents, aunts, uncles... because I know that it is hard work raising a child, and they all played (and still play) a huge part in my life though I might not have realized it until now. I sincerely want Jackson to grow up feeling secure in the love that is his family now, too.
OK - Enough of the mush....
I bought Jackson a pair of baby sunglasses. He got the opportunity to wear them on the way to Sydney this past week. He was one cool cat....
He still enjoys sitting up and playing. I am loving that he appreciates all of his toys a lot more.
And just lately he prefers to use his feet to hold and pick up things.
Every day he does something new. David and I are constantly in amazement of his development physically and personality-wise. He has recently started recognizing his name. When we call out "Jackson" he turns and looks!
Last night I would say "Kisses For Mommy, Kisses For Mommy" and he would turn his head and suck on my cheek. Then I would give him kisses. This went on for a good 15 minutes.
And here is a new one. Don't know where he got this, but it is hilarious!!!!
I am still on holidays this week and hopefully the weather will be a bit nicer. It has been cold and damp so we haven't been able to spend as much time outside as I would have liked. This week we are having a picnic with Mel and celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary.
Only 50 more days till we leave for our Indiana visit!!
After four days of rice cereal and no adverse reactions, we moved on to avocado. I dutifully mashed it up and thinned it out with some breastmilk. I gave him his first bite and he just held it on his tongue and looked at me like "GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" then spit it out. Me, thinking that this was just him getting used to the new texture and flavor (and most of what he "eats" ends up on his bib anyway), gave him another two bites... the third one resulting in dry heaving!! It was hilarious! He obviously did NOT like the avocado. We will try again later when we can mix it with bananas or pears.
This brings us up to yesterday. I pureed some carrots and he LOVED those! He still is getting the hang of the whole swallowing thing, but he smiles after every bite. And he loves to help me with the spoon. After this morning's carrot brunch I put the remaining glob on his tray for him to explore.
Next week we'll try sweet potato and peas (don't gag, Mom). My friend, Allyson recommended a book called Super Baby Foods which I have ordered. I am anxiously waiting it's delivery. She also makes all of her own baby food for her daughter who is 3 months older than Jackson.
My first week of holidays has flown by. I have had a chance to catch up on a bit of housework and other things that I wanted to get done. And I have had a bit of a chance to reflect on my life. I came across this quote and it has really resonated in my head and heart:
"Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body" -Elizabeth Stone
That's how it feels. It sounds a bit cliche, but I never knew I was capable of so much love until I looked at my tiny baby. Even when he was in my belly I had no clue. My life changed the moment he was born. I felt it. I love Jackson more than anything in the world - I pray every day that he will be safe and happy. He inspires me to be the best I can be and to look at even the little things with wonderment. I have also found a new appreciation for my family - my mom, dad, sister, nephew, grandparents, aunts, uncles... because I know that it is hard work raising a child, and they all played (and still play) a huge part in my life though I might not have realized it until now. I sincerely want Jackson to grow up feeling secure in the love that is his family now, too.
OK - Enough of the mush....
I bought Jackson a pair of baby sunglasses. He got the opportunity to wear them on the way to Sydney this past week. He was one cool cat....
He still enjoys sitting up and playing. I am loving that he appreciates all of his toys a lot more.
And just lately he prefers to use his feet to hold and pick up things.
Every day he does something new. David and I are constantly in amazement of his development physically and personality-wise. He has recently started recognizing his name. When we call out "Jackson" he turns and looks!
Last night I would say "Kisses For Mommy, Kisses For Mommy" and he would turn his head and suck on my cheek. Then I would give him kisses. This went on for a good 15 minutes.
And here is a new one. Don't know where he got this, but it is hilarious!!!!
I am still on holidays this week and hopefully the weather will be a bit nicer. It has been cold and damp so we haven't been able to spend as much time outside as I would have liked. This week we are having a picnic with Mel and celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary.
Only 50 more days till we leave for our Indiana visit!!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Little Wonders
What a big week here in the Bennett house!! Who knew week 23 would bring so many incredible milestones?!
Firstly, Jackson is officially sitting unaided! He gets so proud of himself when he is sitting. He plays a little and then looks to make sure David and I are paying attention and just SMILES!
On to milestone number 2 for the week: he had his first laugh last night! It was delightful! We have to work hard to get it out, but it was there. Hopefully I'll be able to catch a recording of it for next week's post. The best sound in the world!!
On Monday, Jackson and I went to do the weekly shopping. We used the shopping trolley with the baby capsule attached for the first time. He showed everyone who would look his feet (he is OBSESSED with them right now). I sure bought a cute baby at Wooly's!!
On Tuesday, Jackson and I went to the last GymbaROO session of this term. The theme this week was "bed". I took his Bed Book that we read every night. Again, he looked at the word "bed" like he knew what it was! So proud! And he cracked everyone up during parachute time. He was squealing so loudly and had his arms and legs up in the air. I love GymbaROO classes and can't wait until next term. He has grown so quickly over the 3 weeks we've been there. It has been good to learn exercises to help him develop and see him interact with other babies.
On Wednesday, we went to the mother and baby session at the movie theater with Bianca and Julian. We saw "Up!" (which I thoroughly enjoyed). It was nice because there were many moms and babies. They left the lights halfway up and turned the sound down. Moms were up rocking their babies and watching the movie. No one worried about the babies fussing. Jackson watched the first 15 minutes with me and then ate and went to sleep.
On Friday, Jackson was taking his nap in our BIG bed. After the last debacle with falling off the lounge I made sure he was the in CENTER of the bed. But alas, about a half hour after I left him to do work I hear screams. Again, he fell off the bed. I have NO CLUE how he got to the edge, but I think he might be waking up to practice rolling or something... or he is a good scootcher... or he can fly.... He was okay. Didn't cry as long this time (me or him)... good thing babies are resilient and bouncy!
In addition to sitting, Jackson has been practicing standing up. He is very good holding on to someone's fingers, but I am working with him to use furniture.
Jackson is finally starting to appreciate his toys. He has figured out that if he shakes his rattles, they will make noise.
We have started putting him to bed a half hour early. And he is now sleeping 11 - 12 hours at night.
And, Holly, this is karma. Do you remember how I used to put Myles' feet in his mouth? Well, Jackson just does this on his own. Everytime I look at him he has his feet in his mouth. HAHAHAHAHA! That's what I get!!
I think that is all from this week. I am officially on a two week break from teaching. It has been very rainy this weekend, but I am hoping it clears up so I can spend some well deserved time with Jackson outside! We leave for IN in 8 weeks from tomorrow. The countdown has officially begun! Stay tuned for next week's blog: Jackson is starting solids tomorrow! I have already used my Magic Bullet to grind organic brown rice in readiness for his first taste of rice cereal. We will probably try avocado at the end of the week as well. Have a good week!
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