Florida- Vacation Spring 2013

Ready for his 2nd flight- to Florida, wearing his new sunglasses :) 

First time in a pool

First time to the beach- Siesta Key

Back in the pool! 

Orchid Garden we visited when visiting Great Grandma Nichols 

Manatees

Jackson and his Great Grandma Nichols

Fun and spontaneous visit with our friend from medical school Lindsay Fox (who we hadn't seen in almost 6 years), and her fiance Mark

Morning boat trip down the inter coastal

Happy Oberon Day! Jackson can't wait til he is old enough to try Oberon :) 

We had a wonderful trip and felt so lucky to have both sets of Grandparents with us- looking forward to many more big family trips in our future :) 

A few more 6 month shots

With his bear his Grandma Howe made him

Loving eating solids :) 

Jackson- 6 months old

Age 6 months

Weight & Length  16 lbs 11.4 oz (36%), 27 inches (65%)

Clothing size  Mostly 6-12, though still fits into a few 3-6 month outfits

Hair He continues to get more blonde hair coming in, especially on top

Teeth  Two on the bottom! We think there may be more coming in the near future!

Sleeping  Jackson sleeps from 7:00-8:00 pm until around 6:00-6:45 am with usually 1 and sometimes 2 wake ups. It was a little rough at first when we stopped swaddling him (just after 5 months) but now he is doing great sleeping just in a sleep sack without the swaddle.

Eating  Jackson continues to eat about every 2.5-3 hours but also has started solid foods! He will tolerate rice cereal, but what he really loves is the purees! He started with apples, then sweet potato, mango, carrot, peaches, and butternut squash.  He loves them all, especially mango!  We can’t wait to keep introducing him to more flavors. 

Movement  Jackson is rolling like crazy these days.  We stopped swaddling him for sleep and now he is all over the place in the crib and on the floor.  

Milestones  Jackson is now sitting up well. When he was just 6 months he needed some back up as he had trouble recovering when he tipped too far off balance.   He is getting better and better by the day.  Jackson also traveled on a plane for the 2^nd time this last month and did great.  He is a pro at nursing to sleep on takeoff and sleeping until it is time to wake up and nurse for the landing.

Favorite toys/activities  He continues to love his jumper.  He also loves his winkle, o-balls, baby paper and soft blocks.  He is also starting to like some stackable balls from Grandma and Grandpa Nichols.  He is starting to like using a teething ring more too.  He has gone on a few rides in our new Bob stroller, and has even been comfortable enough to fall asleep.  He doesn’t seem to mind it, but I can’t say he loves it yet. Hopefully as the weather gets warmer and he doesn’t have to be so bundled up he will like it better.

Dislikes  Waking up at night.  Can’t wait to have our little buddy sleep through the night.  We also dislike viruses- and viral conjunctivitis. Enough said, ready for this cold season to be done so the runny noses go away!

Words & sounds   He has started babbling with more consonants, including dadadadada… Daddy is so proud! 

What we love   Everything! 6 months is such a fun age.

What we don’t love  Illnesses-- we can’t wait for the viral respiratory season to end so we can have our healthy little baby boy back!

What we’re looking forward to next month Working on more sounds and starting to work toward crawling.

Jackson- 5 months old

Age 5 months

Weight & Length  16 lbs 2 oz (at 5.5 months)

Clothing size  3-6 months

Hair Jackson is growing quite the head of blonde hair, mostly on top.  Complete strangers continue to comment on his cute cowlick in the front (sweet little curl).

Teeth  Jackson’s first tooth game in on the front lower left on 1/26/13, and the lower right front tooth followed on 2/12/13.  He continues to chew on everything in sight (us included!) and drool a lot!

Sleeping  Jackson sleeps from 6:30pm until around12:30 and then falls fairly quickly back to sleep until around 6:00-6:30am. We often have to get up a lot between 4am-6am to put his pacifier back in but he will usually stay in bed until at least 6am.

Eating  Jackson continues to eat about every 2.5-3 hours during the day.   He continues taking 4.5 oz bottles at daycare. 

Movement  Jackson loves to spin himself around on his mat, and turn on his side. He prefers this to turning over, but does still roll front to back.  He continues to love to kick and explore things with his hands. He especially loves the jumper, and his wooden toy on his bouncer.

Milestones  Jackson figured out how to put his toes in his mouth this month.  He also learned to suck his thumb, but we still think he prefers his pacifier.  He can sit with limited support (or for a few seconds independently), but is still mastering independent sitting.  

Favorite toys/activities  He loves his green ball with beads inside of it that make noise.  He also loves a colorful plastic toy from Nancy. He continues to really love to hug his green frog lovie blanket from Aunt Christine.  He also likes the noises made by baby paper, and his Sophie the Giraffe.

Dislikes  Waking up at night.  This has been worse this month as he has had 2 viral illnesses. Speaking of that, we also dislike colds- and fevers. His first fever was to 102.8 with a bad cough and congestion and Grandma Nichols came down to watch him for the week when he was sick. Two and a half weeks later he had a second fever to 101.8 and cough.

Words & sounds   He has started to giggle a lot more this month.  He also continues to squeal in a very high pitch (“singing”). 

What we love   Snuggling with Jackson.  He loves to be held and we love holding him.

What we don’t love  Illnesses, we can’t wait for the viral respiratory season to end so we can have our healthy little baby boy back!

What we’re looking forward to next month Sitting up! We are practicing hard to get ready for 6-month pictures!