Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Jordan at 6 weeks




Jordan was 6 weeks last Thursday!  Where has the time gone.  I'm so sad that I have to go back to work next week.  It has been so amazing to have Jordan join our family.  We all love him so much.  He is so fun.  Dre is so good with him and wants to hold him all the time.  He recently started smiling.  He smiles the best for Matt.  Seriously when Matt just looks at him and says hi he will smile.  I have to work for my smiles, but when he does it melts my heart.  I feel like that is how they tell you they love you.  He is a great baby.  He rarely cries.  He cries when he is tired or hungry, but thats about it.  He dealt with a lot of gas early on but I feel like it is 100 times better.  He still has a hard time getting the poop out, but it doesn't bug him as much.  He took a bottle great which is a relief since he has to have 2 a day when I head back to work.  He has between 3-4 oz a feeding.  He eats about every 3-3 1/2 hours. He is a chunk so I know he is getting enough.  I never thought I would have a chubby baby after having Dre be so skinny.  He is already in 3-6 month clothes and number 1 diapers, but I should change to number 2 soon.  It is very obvious when to put him down for naps.  He yawns and I know he is ready.  There was a bout a week that I was leaving him up to long and his naps were horrible so I cut his wake time by 15 minutes and his naps have been awesome.  He also doesn't always sleep in his crib for naps so we let him sleep in the swing.  I went and bought a swing for Marnee so she has that option if he won't sleep in the crib.  He does fine in the crib at night so I guess that is good.  His sleeping at night is still a little unpredictable.  I'm still trying to figure out how to only wake up once.  It's happened a few times so I'm hoping it gets more consistant soon so I'm not so tired when I go back to work.  He likes the binky but right before he falls asleep he wants it out of his mouth.  A few times this week he has wanted to be left alone to sleep, not cuddled, but for the most part I still hold him to put him down.  Which doesn't matter to me cause I love to cuddle him.  It made me kind of sad on those times he wanted to go to bed alone.  He loves to look around and he looks at his play mat toys.  He has even hit at them a few times.  Overall I would say we have been blessed with another great baby.  We love him so much and can't wait for the net milestones.

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