It's month FIVE and we're still ALIVE!

I CAN'T HAVE A SICK BABY!  

Or a sick myself for that matter.

PLEASE ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE HANDLING JAXEN! (ALSO REFRAIN FROM SEEING US IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF SNEEZEY-DRIPPY NOSE-COUGHING ANYTHING.)

<3 THANKS.

What you can do is double (triple even) YOUR vitamin D intake so that YOU won't get sick! Wouldn't that be nice?! DO IT! It also helps to maintain a low inflammatory diet.

14.8lbs      25" tall! 

Updates:

• First roll over after bath time at the beginning of the month from back to front.
• Now we're talking up a storm! 
• Back to swaddling for naps. (Limit 2.5 hours total/day) Will nap in his swing but still not in the pack n play bassinet.
• RECORD NIGHT SLEEP! 8 HOURS CONSECUTIVELY!!  Only after napping for a total of 1.5 hours that day and being a total crab. 
• First night in his own bed 10/24/13! Went pretty well...woke up at 1240a & 340a to eat then we snuggled/ate in my bed at 630a and he slept another 30min there after that. The second night he slept 8 hours again!!! Now, if only I could sleep. I miss my snuggle buddy :(
• Moving bedtime to 7:15-ish
• Houston, we have a thumb sucker.

O.T:

Dr. Berger recommended we see an Occupational Therapist for our napping issues. While I feel like a lot of children have issues with naptime, after explaining what we go through pretty much every day, the doctor literally said, "It shouldn't be THAT hard." Our first visit on the 10th landed us with a new soothing technique to use after each diaper change. I don't feel that it made much difference. Our second appointment was mostly talking and she worked on his neck a again and is having me take notes on his napping habits. This third visit she made all these suggestions that he needs to be on a schedule. This is what I think of that idea:

                  With that exact face too.

But seriously, I tried and it made him mad, fussy AND inconsolable.  Which is intolerable now that I'm trying to transition him to sleeping in his own bed at night. This = less sleep for me and I just can't deal with ANYTHING on less sleep.

Pumpkin Patch Photos:

I finally found a photographer to take some pictures of J for free! I dressed J up in his Halloween costume and we went to the pumpkin patch to shoot. Hopefully we got some good shots. She is a newbie, building her portfolio so we'll see...

First Overnight

We drove down to visit Gma Sylvia and Gpa Paul for the weekend. It was our first time sleeping away from home. Gma watched J while Ben and I got to go climbing at a new sweet spot by their house! Aside from a bit of intermittent crying on the car ride (towards the end) he did great. He even slept an hour and a half in his pillow on his bassinet for Gma! 

Baby Sign Language

In an effort to prevent much frustration and temper tantrums, we're going to start signing at 6 months. This should give you enough time to study them so you can sign with J too. Click on each word to see a video of how to do it. It's pretty easy. Here is what we're teaching first (I think). Click on the word to see a video demonstration!

1. Eat
2. More
3. Diaper
4. Play
5. Outside
6. Book 

START STUDYING ALL YOU GMAs & GPAs!!!!!

Items I Can't Live Without:

1. SWING (this is the only place he will nap right now)
2. SwaddleMe

He's turning into a REAL BOY! YAY!!!!! THIS IS THE PART I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!

 
New photos added! Click here! (If you want to print any of these don't copy them from facebook as the quality is downgraded when I upload them. Email me and I'll send you the high quality file so you get a nice print.)

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