Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Jack Overload, but we Love him!

Okay this post is mostly for my mom because it might be Jack overload for the rest of you. My mom is constantly bugging me for more pics. She needs her "Jack Fixing" for the day as she calls it. Do you think she needs more grand babies? We are currently trying to get Jack on a schedule. Jack is on day 3 of a modified schedule that I am following from the book "The Contented Little Baby Book" that a friend let me borrow. So far he is doing good. Today he only cried a little during one nap. He is still waking every hour in a half during the night. I am hoping this changes!

Update with Shawn: He is in the process of interviewing for summer internships. It is pretty competitive, so we are crossing our fingers that he gets something he likes. He also loves playing and cuddling with Jack (at least until Jack starts to cry, then Jack magically ends up by my side). Please ignore the wet spot on Jack shirt as he spit up right before we took the pictures.

Picture time, yeah! Jack thinking, "Do I have to, I don't want to?"
"I really don't want to take pictures! Please stop!"

"Well I guess if you insist, I am pretty cute."
"Actually, this is kind of fun, I have both of my parents full attention, not bad for a little guy!"
"Okay enough parents! I see you every day. Oh, I found something better to look at.""Okay, I am bored. On to the next activity for the day....."



How do I wake up a sleeping baby, when I have tried most everything and he needs to get on a schedule and sleep less during the day so he will sleep at night?

A wet washcloth might do the trick.
Yep it did and he hates it! I am such a mean mother.
Hopefully, it will keep him up for a little while because he needs to stay awake for another hour.
Oh, no after two minutes he is starting to drift off.... Any advice?

5 comments:

Kristin said...

Jack is such a cutie! We need to come for another visit! As for getting him to be up more during the day - I'm not sure there is much you can do - My advice is just to let him nap in the daytime where it is light and there is some noise, so he can really tell a difference when it is quiet and night time. And you should try and get as much sleep as you can while he is napping until he gets it figured out. He will soon enough - don't worry!

Natalie said...

You can post all the pictures you want! There is no such thing as overloading on cute baby pictures! And seriously, he's so stinkin' cute.

Kelly said...

Marti, he is so cute!!! It looks like he has brown eyes with his blonde hair? I hope I get to see him while you are in town. Lets plan something.

Mrs. J said...

Shawn! Your son is so freakin' adorable. Look at all that beautiful blonde hair! I only wished my son's came out that way.
Thanks for the well wishes. And it's cool to see your blog. Now I can keep up.
Take care: Amy

Ames Family said...

Hi Marti!

I haven't read your blog in a while, so it was fun to see little Jack! What a cute little guy he is. Congrats! I am sure you are a great little mommy.