Tuesday, May 8, 2007

We passed the 3 week mark and we're all still kicking (and for one in particular...kicking and screaming). Benson is still never very far from Jackson as you can see in the picture! Uncle Andrew and Auntie Christina came over for a visit this weekend...unfortunately Jackson was not what you would call 'angelic', quite the opposite actually...but I think that's because we wanted him to sleep and he wanted to be part of the action - guess he was afraid he'd miss out on something! Dad got to feed Jackson for the first time the other night - he had no problem taking to the bottle and it was nice for Ian to be able to feed him (our little guy is quite the entertaining eater...he gets quite aggressive when it's eating time and there is no pulling that food away from him unless he's done). He hasn't started smiling yet (except when passing gas!) but he's got the frown down pat...I expect to see a lot of this as he grows up:)

Jack's been quite fussy the last day or so - I'm hoping it's not the beginning of colic - Ian assures me it's not so I'm going to be positive and hope he's just a bit gassy...I think it might be a ploy to get Mom or Dad to hold him though because he settles right down if we go for a walk, in the car, or in the bath (he's the only baby I know that screams when he is taken out of the bath and loves being in the bath...bizarre). Oh - and in case I haven't mentioned it, he was born with a little tooth (front bottom)...in case you're wondering...no, it's not 'normal'...so the tooth has pushed through and he's got a little sharp part of the tooth sticking out which might also be causing him some pain! I tried to get a picture so you know I'm not crazy, but it's a bit too little right now. Well - hope everyone is doing well, talk to you soon!

2 comments:

Jonathan said...

Jack looks very big for three weeks old.

BTW The reason he's upset when he comes out of the tub is because he cold. He's not used to it yet. Our kids were the same way, until we bought a portable heater for the bathroom. We put it the counter and set it to 31 degrees. It sounds hot but when you're wet 31 still feels cold. The downside is you will feel hot when you are bathing him.

Colleen & Ian said...

Yeah - I figured he was cold but I'm quite thrilled that he doesn't scream the entire bath time...so I can deal with a little at the end (ha - does that make me a bad mom?). Good suggestion with the heater though - I'll keep it in mind if the crying starts driving me insane! Oh - we had him weighed yesterday (at 4 weeks) and he's now 8lbs, 10oz...so he's getting bigger!!