So I am way way overdue for an update. I finally started working right after Thanksgiving. I thankfully got a part-time job working 3 days a week (T-W-Th) from 8:30-5:30pm. I am working at Apple Vacations at their corporate headquarters as a Receptionist. It is more than an ideal schedule for me and I am so very thankful for a good job, a great schedule with quite decent pay! It is a slightly boring job but I am grateful for how everything works out. Having off Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday is wonderful!!
Life here is very busy as Jackson is getting more demanding of our time and attention as each day goes by. On January 1, 2001 while we were visiting Jenny, Tim & Ben in Lancaster (my sister, her husband, & my nephew) -- Jackson decided that this day was the start of rolling over on a regular basis. Back in early November he rolled over once but then didn't do it again until Jan. 1. He now rolls over from tummy to back several times a day. He has 3 approaches to rolling over and only 1 seems very efficient. He has been trying to roll from back to front now -- but can't quite get it. I'm sure it will be just a matter of time now though!
Jackson is learning how to make new sounds every day and once he figures out a new one, he does it over and over and over! He is quite a trip and loves to show off whether it is with his new sounds or rolling over or jumping like a crazy man in his jumper. He definitely loves when all eyes are on him!
The biggest event has been that I decided to start letting Jax "cry it out" instead of rocking him to sleep for naps and bedtime. With me not getting home till 6pm 3 nights a week, bedtime was lasting way too long and I have just been exhausted. I finally just decided randomly to start this new method this past Thursday night. I had been thinking about it for the past month or so knowing I had to start sometime. I was deathly afraid that Jackson would be one of those babies that takes 2 hours to fall asleep. However, we have been pleasantly surprised that he would much rather sleep than cry. Jackson is not a crier in general so I had a really difficult time with the thought of letting him cry even if it was for 5 straight minutes and then checking on him to calm him down. I myself have cried several times in the past 4 days. Before being able to now put himself to sleep, Jax soley relied on me for everything. I think I secretly loved that he needed me for EVERYTHING. As draining as bedtime was, I took pride in knowing that sometimes I was the only one who could get him to sleep. But my little 5 month old is growing up and is far more capable than I was giving him credit for. He is gradually lengthening his sleep time as we are also trying to transition him out of his swaddle. He is so strong that every time he moves, his arms move halfway up and he doesnt like to leave them there so he struggles until he gets himself out, but by then, he is also awake. That was the other problem, he was waking several times a night bc of his swaddle. So now, he is swaddled with one arm out and it has definitely lessened his waking up in the night.
So lots and lots of changes here. We are busy but happy. And are looking forward to many more changes in the coming months!!
2 comments:
We went through something very similar around 4 months (with the swaddle and rolling over). We went cold turkey with the swaddle which only took a few nights. For about 2 weeks we had the issue of her rolling over during the middle of the night to her stomach and crying because she couldn't turn back over to her back. Once she was transitioned out of the swaddle and able to roll both directions we ALL got more sleep ;-) However then we moved on to teething and every night became a crap shoot . . . it's always something!
You have NOOOOO idea how much your comment on my post meant to ME!!! And that your family has loved the video too!!! I LOVE YOU! And one day our little boys will HAVE to meet one another!!! I had no idea you had a blog!... YEAH!!!! oh boy is that a hard transition to let them "cry it out"... its WAY more hard on us than it is for them!!! But its so good to here that Jackson is doing sooooooo good! HE IS SOOOO PRECIOUS!! He is you and Mark to-a-tee!!!! LOve LOVE!!!
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