Weight: 16 lbs
Length: 25.5 inches
Milestones:
-New syllables, lots of babbling, squealing, talking
-Rolling over, tummy to back
-A couple short solo-sitting sessions
-More alert, interactive, sustained eye contact
-Drooling, spitting-up (Oh, so that’s why we have a huge drawer full of bibs and burp rags!)
-Slept 11 hours! Twice!
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| Woohoo! |
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| Drool bubbles. |
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| Spit up. That's new. And disgusting. |
Favorite Activities:
-Exersaucer! (Jake
calls it the “command center”) After some deliberation, we decided to get
Jonah a bouncer/exersaucer (actually, we borrowed one from some generous
friends). At first, he wasn’t sure about
it. He sort of sat in it reluctantly for
a few minutes, then cried. But slowly over the last few weeks he’s decided he
LOVES it! Bouncing, laughing, studying
the lights, the whole nine yards. We get
at least 20 minutes per stretch in this thing, which conveniently is about how
long it takes for me to make dinner these days.
-Front porch swing: Jake discovered this one. For some reason swinging on the front porch
calms Jonah like almost nothing else (it now rivals the exercise ball). It’s
nice sit out front and read in the late afternoons with a calm baby on your
lap. He’s fallen asleep like this
several times.
-Walks in the stroller: This is also new. Instead of falling
asleep in the stroller (or getting super fussy) Jonah now loves going on
walks. He looks around and gets exciting
by the trees passing overhead. It’s great timing, since the weather is cooling
off. Lately we’ve been taking a walk
around the neighborhood in the evening, which is a nice way to ward off the
evening-fussy hour and get some quality husband-wife conversation in.
-Bath time: Jonah’s decided that he loves bath-time now,
too. He’s discovered how to splash and
he tries to lap up any errant water with his tongue, which is pretty
hilarious. The pre-bath diaper change
and post-bath massage are favorites too.
He’s almost manic, flapping and kicking and squealing. It’s pretty amusing.
-Being chubby.
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| Walks with mom: around the neighborhood and in the grocery store. |
Schedule:
Jonah wakes up around 6:30/7:00am and we start the day with
some side-lying nursing in the guest bed (I love the side-lie nursing position,
by the way; so comfy!). After a diaper
change and some morning tickles and giggles, Jonah gets some solo play time in
his exersaucer or on his playmat while mom gets ready for the day. On days where I’m home with him, the rest of
the morning includes breakfast with dad, an errand and two naps (since they’re
still pretty short he usually takes one around 8:30 and another one around
11am). During naps I try to get some
work done (usually emails or reading articles) and tidy up the house. The afternoon usually includes a walk, some
hammock time or some time in the front porch swing. I try to read him a couple board books each
day, but some days I’ll just read to him from whatever I’m reading on my tablet
(Bible study, mommy blogs, etc.) We take another 1-2 afternoon naps and
sometimes I’ll lie down and co-sleep with him for one of these. He almost always sleeps longer when I nap
with him. Dad gets home around 5:30 and
gets some Daddy-Son playtime while I start dinner. Then we all eat together, either with Jonah
in his Bumbo on the dining room table or us in the living room while he’s
bouncing in the exersaucer. After dinner
is our evening walk, then around 7:00 we start the bedtime routine: bath,
massage, baby butt straw, mobile, swaddle, nurse, bed. He’s asleep by 7:45pm. Jake
and I get some alone time and then we go to bed between 9-10pm. Lately Jonah’s been sleeping fairly well
until about 4/5am, which is when I go in and nurse him and try to get him back
to sleep in the crib; although usually I’m lazy and we just co-sleep in the
guest bed until wakeup time.
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| Swaddled up for a long afternoon slumber. |
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| Jonah's favorite buddy: Glo-B! |
Things I want to
remember:
Parker and Hannah’s wedding weekend. We had such a great time in Minneapolis celebrating
my brother Parker’s wedding to his gorgeous bride, Hannah! Seriously, they were b-e-a-utiful and the wedding was amazing. It was Jonah’s first time meeting a lot of
family, and we had such a fun time celebrating all together. I love my family so much! And I forget how much fun we have hanging out
together. Because Jonah slept in a crib
next to us in the hotel, we heard his every peep and squawk (he’s a loud
sleeper) and we didn’t sleep so well.
But thank goodness Omi and Opa were next door and kindly took the little
guy in the mornings! And our last night there during the reception, Jonah fell
asleep in the carseat, so we just rolled the stroller into the bathroom and let
him sleep there. We all slept much
better with a bathroom wall between us.
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| Ready for the big day! |
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| Jonah with his Aunt Caty and Uncle Ian |
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| Meeting Uncle Parker and Aunt Hannah! |
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| Groom, groomsmen and honorary groomsbaby. |
-Being a mom has made me into a shameless performance
artist. Seriously, everyday I make up a
new song to sing while we go about our day, which results in some fairly
ridiculous songs. On the Jonah Top 40
these days are:
“Walking carefully,
down the stairs”
“Diaper Change Part 1: That sounded mighty”
“Diaper Change Part 2: Why did mommy wear white pants
today?”
“Mommy is so tired, why aren’t you?”
“You pooped a little in your sleep last night”
Katy Perry is inquiring about the rights to that last one.
