Monday, June 13, 2005
Dining al Fresco
Sometimes in the evening when I’m getting Jack ready for dinner, I strip him down to a diaper to make clean-up a bit easier. He takes a bath right after he eats, so we just scrub him down to get the food off him, instead of soaking his clothes to try and remove stains. Last night he had some peas, a very photogenic vegetable.
More importantly, Jack is suddenly sleeping. And not just fake sleeping through the night, real sleeping. (A pediatrician will tell you that sleeping through the night is 6 hours. Last I checked a normal adult needs 8 hours of sleep to function properly, so 6 doesn’t quite cut it.) Last night he went to bed at 6:30 and didn’t make a peep until 4. I fed him and he went back down until 6.
This is a breakthrough of epic proportions for me. Now I have to make sure and go to bed by 10 and I will get 8 hours of sleep. Incredible. Of course it was NOT easy. Listening to a baby cry is one of the worst things I’ve ever done – I feel like I should go in and scoop him up. But it was worth the pain to get him to sleep like this.
Jack had a fun time at Grandma Gloria’s on Friday, and then he went back Saturday for Great Grandpa Joe’s 89th birthday celebration. Here is the guest of honor posing by the cake:
(sorry Philip, didn’t mean to cut you out of the picture!)
Jack had so many toys to play with he couldn’t decide what to do. At first he had a toy in each hand and was trying to figure out how to pick up more. Here you can see him waving something around while he plays in the activity chair:
Of course, in the end, he favorite toy is a good magazine:
That’s Great Aunt Margaret watching over him to make sure he doesn’t bang his head on the fireplace.
Joe is off to Chicago today for what we hope is his last business trip for a while. We miss him when he’s away but we’re happy he’s having so much fun at work. He gets to go take some depositions and stay in a fancy hotel.
On our agenda? More swimming lessons of course. This is Jack’s final week of Water Babies and then he’ll be an official swimmer. Well, not really. But he’s doing great and seems to like the water. Now we have to find a new activity for next week.
More importantly, Jack is suddenly sleeping. And not just fake sleeping through the night, real sleeping. (A pediatrician will tell you that sleeping through the night is 6 hours. Last I checked a normal adult needs 8 hours of sleep to function properly, so 6 doesn’t quite cut it.) Last night he went to bed at 6:30 and didn’t make a peep until 4. I fed him and he went back down until 6.
This is a breakthrough of epic proportions for me. Now I have to make sure and go to bed by 10 and I will get 8 hours of sleep. Incredible. Of course it was NOT easy. Listening to a baby cry is one of the worst things I’ve ever done – I feel like I should go in and scoop him up. But it was worth the pain to get him to sleep like this.
Jack had a fun time at Grandma Gloria’s on Friday, and then he went back Saturday for Great Grandpa Joe’s 89th birthday celebration. Here is the guest of honor posing by the cake:
(sorry Philip, didn’t mean to cut you out of the picture!)
Jack had so many toys to play with he couldn’t decide what to do. At first he had a toy in each hand and was trying to figure out how to pick up more. Here you can see him waving something around while he plays in the activity chair:
Of course, in the end, he favorite toy is a good magazine:
That’s Great Aunt Margaret watching over him to make sure he doesn’t bang his head on the fireplace.
Joe is off to Chicago today for what we hope is his last business trip for a while. We miss him when he’s away but we’re happy he’s having so much fun at work. He gets to go take some depositions and stay in a fancy hotel.
On our agenda? More swimming lessons of course. This is Jack’s final week of Water Babies and then he’ll be an official swimmer. Well, not really. But he’s doing great and seems to like the water. Now we have to find a new activity for next week.
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