5 month old Jack and 3 year old Emma

My babies are growing up 😔. I find it hard to believe that she is three and Jack is 5 months. Where has the time gone?

I'll start with my sweet Emma. At her 3 year appointment she was 33 lbs and 38inches tall. Perfect in every way. No health issues. Healthy as can be and that is all I want! 

She is a thriving 3 year old. Full of energy I tell ya. She starts preschool in a few weeks! Twice a week for 3 hours. That will be so good for her because she is so active. She loves to play with other kids. She is doing gymnastics once a week. She really enjoys it. It teaches a lot of things like patience and rules and self discipline. Really good for stubborn children like her. Her favorite things to do are swimming, playing outside, dressing up like a princess and going to grants farm to feed the goats and other animals. I just love this little girl to pieces. She's so funny and can be the sweetest little thing around when she wants to be. She cuddled up next to me today and said "mommy I love you" for the first time. I always have to tell her I love her first but today she just said it on her own. She's is quite a master negotiator. She knows what she wants when she wants it and who to manipulate to get it. I love her strong determined personality. 

Jack was weighed in at 5 months because we had to go in for thrush. We both have it. No fun but I'm hoping the meds start working soon. Anyway, he was 17 lbs and 4 oz!!! He's headed to football practice next week lol! He eats like a champ. He's had solids a few times. The tongue thrust he has is still really strong so I have to keep revisiting it. He's doing well with it though. I imagine in a few weeks for sure he will be chowing down. Lots of drool these days. Teeth are for sure in our near future. He is taking 3 naps a day 2 small 30 min naps and 1, 2-3 hour nap. I try to get the long nap in at the same time Emma goes down but it rarely happens. Jumping in his jumperoo thing is his favorite thing to do other than eat lol. He's so sweet. He giggles and smiles like crazy. 

A black cloud!

When I say black cloud I really mean it. I have had a string of bad luck this past 6 days. 

On Thursday our garage door broke and we were told we needed a new door. Awesome, just what I wanted to spend 2k on. Then he tells me that it will take anywhere from 1-3 weeks to get it. So I have to open and close it manually. Fast forward to today... I was going to my chiropractor appointment and when I went to close it the damn string that you pull broke. Now I have to pull the actual door down. 

Yesterday Jack had his 4 month appointment. He weighed in at 16lbs 24 1/2 inch long and his head was 16 (I think). He was given 4 shots and 1 liquid. Within 2 hours he was screaming bloody murder and his belly was very extended. I gave him Tylenol, that didn't help. At 9 pm I called the after hours line and they said to bring him in to the pediatric unit. I was about to leave when he had a blow out. Then another. Then another. His belly went down and he stopped crying. He nursed a bit and then passed out so I decided not to take him in. I wasn't going to wake him up so that Drs could torture him.  He ended up sleeping until 6:30. Crazy! He's doing much better today. A little fever but over all soooo much better. At his 6 month appointment I'm not going to let them do 4 shots at one time again. I will come in once a week for 4 weeks if I have to. I'm not putting him through that again. Poor kid. 

Ok so backing up again to last night. Our AC ended up going out. It was hot as hell last night in my house. I don't know how any of us slept through that. I talked with the hvac people today and they said our coil is frozen and it has to thaw before they can do anything. So they are coming in the morning. I just hope that we don't need a new unit. I know we do though. We are staying at my moms  tonight and going back over in the morning. Sooo that's my cloud! I just pray the skies start to clear. 

4 months

I took Jack in for a weight check to see if we need to increase his meds. He weighed in at 15 lbs 3 oz (75th percentile) that was at 3 1/2 months.  He is now on 15mg of Prevacid vs 7.5mg. The dr also suggested adding cereal to his diet to help keep things down. I tried the cereal, he hated it. On a spoon he just couldn't do it. He would gag and spit it out. I will revisit this at 5 months I think. After the increase in meds he's doing better but now we have a new issue. He is constipated. He went 5 days without pooping and then.... Let's just say there was no saving the outfit he had on. Sometimes you just have to cut your losses ya know lol. I think I will start him on miralax. That's what I had to do with Emma because of the same issue. For some reason Prevacid just constipates babies. 

Jack is a relatively a very happy baby. He hardly ever complains. Really the only time he cries is when he's hungry. He loves his new jumparoo play thing. It's a whole new type of playing for him. He isn't fond of tummy time and doesn't do well with it. His favorite thing to do is interact with us. Emma really gets him happy. It's so cute. We sing songs with him and he just smiles and coos. He started laughing a little over the past few days. Apparently peep a boo is hilarious. 

Our big boy is in 6 month clothing and size 3 diapers! He's going to be a linebacker I think, lol. He eats on demand most the time but we are on somewhat of a schedule. He eats plays sleeps. That's how it goes most days unless we are out and about. He goes to bed around 8pm, he eats at 3am then wakes at 6 and I just bring him in bed with us. At 8 I give him his meds and then he eats 30 min later. He typically naps around 10:30, 2 and 5. Then at 8 he's down for the night unless he throws a fit. Some nights I have to go in his room multiple times to give him his binkie. Other nights he doesn't make a peep. Overall he's a good sleeper though. 

That about sums up everything about Jack!

We had a great 4th of July. Jack didn't flinch one bit with the fireworks. Emma loved them! She is my wild child. She could barely sit still to watch them. But she had fun none the less. 

Emma will be 3 next month! Oh my goodness, I definitely have a threenager. This little angle never stops. From the time she wakes till the second her head hits the pillow she is go go go. She's doing gymnastics once a week and that's the only activity we have her in right now. She's been talking a lot about ballet though.  We will for sure have to keep her very busy. If we don't I fear that she will end up acting out and getting in trouble. I suspect she has adhd but I don't think that can be diagnosed at this point in time. I'll be asking the dr at her appointment though. Poor kid has so much energy she doesn't know what to do with herself. She's so happy though. She just loves life. 

That's all for now. Talk with ya next month!

Pappy and Jack

3 1/2 months

Baby Jack is 3 1/2 months. My life is go go go all the time. If it's not one thing it's another. I do not plan on abandoning this blog but sometimes it's hard to post as often as before. 

Jack is so full of life. Very happy all the time. He only cries when he's hungry or in pain. He's eating every 3 hours and at night he goes 6/7 hours. We just transitioned him out of the rock n play and to his crib. It's at an incline and he has this thing similar to the Tucker sling that keeps him in place so he doesn't roll down. It took a few nights but he's doing well. He takes a morning nap that's like 45 min and afternoon nap that is sometimes up to 3 hours and a evening nap that's about an hour long. I haven't set up a specific bedtime yet but it's usually around 9:30. Emma's is 7:30 and I plan on moving his to that time in the near future. 

His reflux is under control with Prevacid and keeping him elevated. He doesn't spit up as much as he used to but still does. His butt has finally healed. We believe it was strep that caused it. 11/12 weeks of his life he had this. The poor kid was miserable and I was so fed up with Drs not helping. But we figured it out and that's all that matters I guess. 

It's going to sound terrible but I can't remember what he weighed at his 3 month appointment exactly. I'm pretty sure it was 11lbs 14 oz but I could be off. I know he's gaining weight well though and is healthy so that's the important part. 

Currently Jack loves playing and batting at his toys that hang from his play mat. Fans also catch his interest. He lights up with a smile anytime Emma starts talking to him. It's so adorable. His little coos are so cute. Tummy time is not so fun for him. He hates it really. He has gotten really close to rolling over though while doing it. His neck control is great so I guess being mad during it helps a bit. 

I'll update his stats at his 4 month visit in July. 

On to miss Emma! My little trouble maker. She's so full of energy and life. Always into something that kid. God love her. She enjoys anything that requires activeness. We started her in gymnastics a few weeks ago and she is in love! I'm thinking about putting her in dance, soccer or tball as well. She just has so much energy she needs to have lots to do. 

We have been trying potty training but not very strict. I think in a few weeks we are going to clear a weekend and stay home bare butt. I hear that's the best way. We shall see. She is so stubborn it may be a while. 

She's a healthy happy little girl. Her turning 3 in a month is so unbelievable. She was just born feels like. 

That's all I have for now. Here are some pics. 

7 weeks old

I feel like such a slacker. It's been over a month since I've last updated. So I'm just going to jump right into it. 

At Jack's one month appointment he was 9 lbs. 3 oz. was in the 50th percentile for pretty much everything. We did have some concerns that we talked about. I was pretty sure that he has reflux. Emma had it pretty bad when she was a baby and he has a lot of the same symptoms. They put him on Prilosec in the beginning and that didn't do anything. So we switched to Prevacid. That seems to be working a lot better. I'm also taking him to a chiropractor. He goes once or twice a week. I'm not sure if it's a combination of the both of them or it's one or the other but I'm not going to stop either one. Other than that Jack is doing great. Sleeping is not so great though he's up every 2 to 3 hours. I'm a pretty tired mama right now. Mark  started traveling again. So it's just me and the kids. Emma is going through some tough terrible twos right now. Hard to believe she'll be 3 in a few months.

Emma is a great big sister.  She's going through some jealousy here and there but she loves to help with him. 

On a side note Emma's foot is doing much better. She got her cast off and is back to normal. She says the craziest things sometimes. Like she has conversations with me in full sentences now. She knows her colors, hoe to count to 13, and has almost mastered the alphabet! She's very smart. She does has a quick hot temper like me! She's very opinionated and bossy. But she's adorable so she usually gets away with murder with everyone else. I try to keep it under control but it's basically like arguing with a miniature me. Hitting a dead horse I tell ya! God love her though. She's my little angel. Love her so much. 

Back to baby Jack. Well he's in size 1 diapers and 0-3 month clothing. Eats every 2-3 hours. He's cracked a few smiles the past few days not sure if it was me or gas that made him do it though lol. I think it was me because of how we were interacting. He's growing so fast. I think he's around 11 lbs. just by getting on our scale at home. His 2 month appointment is next week. I'll try to update then. We have been fighting a terrible yeast rash that keeps coming back. I have tried everything!!! I mean everything. I really hope it starts getting better. Even prescription nystatin hasn't helped. I'll be bringing it up again at his nectar appointment. 

That's all I got for now. Here are some pics

Easter

Jack left Emma right. Same age

Pics

Little man is 2 weeks old and doing good. Having some tummy troubles at night that are causing some pretty long hours of no sleep. But other than that he is great. No more jaundice. He is up with his weight again. He was losing for a while. And we had to go back for weight checks every few days. 

Emma is a great big sister. Sometimes a little rough because she doesn't understand how fragile he is. But overall she's gentle and so sweet to him. She finally got her hard cast last week. She's getting around very well these days. 

It's a short post with pictures today folks sorry. 

Easter