Learning to grab

Jacob is doing well. He is growing fast and learning new skills. His favorite thing to do is GRAB. He likes to grab and pull my hair, grab his burp cloth during feeding, grab or hold on to his bottle (left hand only...right hand not quite there yet), grab my shirt, grab or pull my lips, the list goes on and on and on. He is also learning to mimick my facial expression. Sticking out his tongue is one of them. We try to stimulate him as much as we can since we really can't tell what he can or can't do b/c of his age. However, he's really good with letting us know when he's not in the mood...He has also learned, just recently, how to soothe himself to sleep after mommy and daddy puts him down. He gets into his quiet alert stage and eventually falls asleep. He sleeps anywhere from 4-6 hours at night now. =)

Though he's learning new skills, we have noticed that he does not want to be on his tummy for a long period of time like he used to. He also does not have a long attention span during reading time. After the first 2-3 pages, he'd cry. We've learned to read to him when he's on his activity mat so that he gets visual stimulation from his toys and hear the stories simultaneously.

Jacob continues to take 4 oz. per feeding. Sometimes he has a big appetite and will take 5-6 oz. He feeds about 6-7 times a day. His feeding schedule is not predictable as it used to be b/c sometimes he'll eat after 2 hours, 6 hours, or in between. We are strictly on his schedule...we had to toss ours out...hehe

Somehow the pictures uploaded in the wrong order...dont' know that happened, but enjoy!

After his bath...
Before the bath...

Pacifier helped soothe his hunger...

Gettin' chunky by the hour...

tummy time...focusing on how to get my attention to change his position...

We call him the 'squirmy wormy' during feeding time

twisting n' shouting

"help me?"

his bassinet...

For Aimee and Laurie: he cried several times during the photo session =)

I found myself doing jumping jacks and all sorts of things to get his attention and keep him from crying

he was mad for a while