Size: We haven’t weighed you since your 6 months appointment, but you are growing. You are still in 6 month clothes & wearing size 2 diapers. You will be moving onto 9 month clothes and size 3 diapers very soon.



Sleep: You are still waking up about once a night (sometimes twice). We are working on giving you your pacifier and patting you back to sleep. Sometimes this works and other times I end up feeding you. We are trying to break any early morning habits you have (normally you wake around 4 and 5). You go to bed between 7 and 8pm and wake up about 7:15am.

You have started rolling to your side and sleeping on your side. You still will not roll to your stomach, however, we have tried having you nap on your stomach every once in a while. You are quite the mover in your crib at night and move all around.



Activities: Currently you LOVE your jumparoo and will jump and play for very long periods of time in it. Before, your feet did not touch the ground very much so you would just play, but now you jump up and down so much. You are very entertaining to watch.

You love sitting up and playing with toys. You are particularly interested in remote controls, computer pads, & iphones when not playing with your toys.



Food: You are still eating 7-8oz of milk about 4-5 times a day. You have tried many new solids in the last month and tend to like fruits much more than vegetables. You have eaten bananas, mangos, peaches, pears, apples, peas, green beans, squash, sweet potatoes, and carrots. You gag when we try to feed you peas…not a fan.



New things: You celebrated your first Thanksgiving and made your first overnight trip to Wichita Falls. You did great during the Thanksgiving meals and just sat with us at lunch and played in your jumper at dinner.

You are so alert & curious. Your hand eye coordination is improving and you grab and pick up everything. You pass things from hand to hand and have learned how to maneuver your pacifier. You turn it around chew on it and then can put it back in your mouth when you want to suck. You tend to pull everything towards your mouth.

When we are holding you while sitting at a table you want to grab EVERYTHING. We have to keep all glasses and plates away from you or you will get them. I try to bring as many toys as possible to prevent this.

You went on your first nursing strike this month & refused to nurse for about 3 days. You would just cry and cry when I tried to nurse you, but you took a bottle fine. It didn’t help that mom’s pump broke during these 3 days (thank goodness for hospital pump rentals). Now you are back to normal.
I have decided you are a blankie baby. We pretty much only use the Aden & Anais blankets with you and we rotate them all, but in order for you to fall asleep or feel comfortable in your carseat you need a blanket to hold on to. When you’re falling asleep in your carseat or if the blanket is not swaddled around you tightly you pull the blanket to your face and fall asleep. This is a bit scary for me so I am often moving it after you fall asleep.

You are not quite crawling but you are getting close. You have mastered sitting up and will often see something far away that you want to grab (a phone or remote normally). When you see the object you will lean over and fall onto your stomach in the ready to crawl position, but pretty much get stuck there. On the hard floor you push yourself backwards when you are trying to get to something.

I cried when I dropped him off and pretty much that whole day (and some that week), but I know he is in a great place and being taken care of. He seems very happy and is pretty much exhausted by the end of the day, although he seems to be getting better about napping while he is there.

The Pineapple School is a Spanish immersion preschool and nursery.  Jack is in the Los Mangos classroom with infants up to around 6 months old.  They communicate in Spanish and do lesson plans in Spanish, as well. I know this is great for Jack's development and that he will also be able to obtain socialization skills at an early age.  The teachers and directors are all great and I feel so confident with him there each day.

I love getting his daily report cards.  It gives all the specifics on diaper changes, naps, bottles, mood, & activities enjoyed for the day.  The activities part is the most entertaining.  I've seen everything from playing with toys, tummy time, reading books, and spa days to playing the mariachis, smelling different smells and taking buggy rides. 

When I went into my first meeting with the director she asked what I wanted Jack to learn while he was there.  At the time he was 2 months and pretty much just eating, crying, sleeping, and pooping.  My response was "uh...change his diapers, feed him, play with him."  It was hard for me to imagine he could learn much at the time because he still hadn't realized his surroundings.  Now I realize how great it has been and how important it is for him to learn from an early age different things like textures, socialization, temperatures, languages, and physical development. 

Being away from him all day is hard.  Some days harder than others and on certain days I freak out because I feel like I need to be taking control of his development and that I'm a step behind because I don't always have time to read the books and feel exactly up to date on what I should be working on with him, what level nipple should be in his bottle, or what solid food schedule he should be on.  I'm trying my hardest to be great at this being a mom thing, but I can reassure myself that he is in a good environment each day when I am away from him where they care about him.

Jack has had some art projects to bring home that have made me VERY excited.  I have my child's artwork on the fridge and that feeling is priceless!


We don't know where we'll be living in a year which is a weird feeling. Makes me sad to think if we aren't in San Antonio then he won't be at the Pineapple school for pre school when the time comes. I love seeing the older kids in their uniforms each day when I'm dropping off and picking him up.