First Teeth, First Cold

What a week for Jacob! On Monday, Jacob's first teeth cut through the gums. The two bottom center teeth are coming in. Now he's learning what he can do with them ... like bite. No worries. He's pretty well behaved while nursing.

His other first of the week is not as fun - his first cold. Jacob has been pretty congested for the last 24 hours. Last night offered very little sleep for me and Caroline as we took turns holding him upright so he could fall asleep and drain his sinuses. Caroline made a MacGyver-like adjustment to his bassinet so he could be propped up while sleeping. It was great and helped Jacob sleep really well.

Last but not least, Jacob is working really hard on sitting up on his own (see picture to the right)! He can stay up for at least 30 to 60 seconds before tumbling over.

Well, the peanut has finally awoken from his extended sleep. That means it's time for his second breakfast. Here I come Jake!

Nap Time Post Script

Ahhh... finally. It's been 1.5 hours.

Nap time ... I wish

Today's blog is being co-authored by Jacob, himself. The photo is courtesy of the web cam that Grandpa bought us. Pretty cool, huh?

So recently, Jacob has shrugged off his nap time. At best we get a 45 minute nap once or twice a day. I'm not sure what has brought about this change, but I hope it's only temporary.

Jacob has started moving himself around more intentionally. He's getting really good at sitting on his own and now he's starting to reach for toys that are just beyond his grasp. This is a precursor to crawling, though I think we're a long way from that. As long as he's on the path, we're happy.

He's added some more foods to his diet this week. He loved carrots, which we started last week. We also added asparagus and barley. He's taken right to the barley. He's so-so about asparagus. Sometimes he eats it right up and other times he says he can do without it. Today we're also adding pears.

Well, Jacob's giving me the signal that it's time for lunch so we'll sign off for now.

Avocado!

Jacob started solid foods about a month ago. His discovery of eating is so much fun! Initially, he didn't know what to make of the rice cereal we were feeding him and the spoon we were using. Now he eagerly opens his mouth for a spoonful of something.

Caroline makes all of his food at home using recipes from various resources. Of course, being from California, she was very invested in his affection for avocado. At first, he rejected the green fruit. But after several tries, we added a bit of breast milk to it and he enjoyed it very much! We had the same experience with bananas. He rejected it over and over, so we took a break. Then recently Caroline tried again by mixing it with yogurt and he loved it. Today, I fed him straight banana ... okay, there was a hint of breast milk in it.

Currently, his solid food diet consists of apples, bananas, rice cereal, yogurt, and avocado when it's available. We will be adding carrots this week.

Three more weeks until our trip to Bubbie!