Stats:
Jack is 20lb 8 oz. and 31 1/2" long. He has finally broke the 20 pound barrier, if you can believe it. He is still in 12 month clothes and on the smallest rise of his BumGenius. My big baby is still a peanut.
Sleep and Eating:
At the end of October or beginning of November my sleep deprivation was really, really getting to me. We noticed that he would be fine sleeping until we came in the room and then once he could see us from his crib, he would cry until we pulled him into bed. Then, he would proceed to nurse all.night.long. I was touched out. So we put his crib upstairs and he has been sleeping through the night ever since. Occasionally he needs a bottle, diaper change or cuddles once a night, but not every night. It has been AMAZING having some time at night to myself or to spend with Trevor. It is even better to wake up in the morning and not feel like a zombie.
We are still nursing. He really has zero desire to stop. I tell him "all done" when he seems to be nursing infinitely but he freaks out. At this point I feel as though it is more comfort than anything else so I am not fighting it. He also, knock on wood, has yet to get sick and stayed healthy through my flu bout, so we will keep with it. The sleeping through the night cut back nursing a ton, though, and brought with it my first postpartum period. Disastrous is all I have to say about that. He has vanilla sweetened non dairy milks (he likes almond and coconut so far the best) and really will only drink from straw or his bottle. He is still having a hard time tipping up a sippy. He eats three meals a day and a couple snacks. He really enjoys freeze dried mango, cheerios, raisins, peas, fruit, tomatoes and casseroles. Silverware is really fun for him and he is getting so good at it! I love that Trevor cooks a vegan meal every day for the two of them and he makes him vegan breakfasts as well. I'm pretty lucky to have such an awesome husband!
Development:
So much has happened that this is about to be a really random paragraph. He has 10 teeth (4 top and 4 bottom center and left top and bottom one year molars). These molars are hell. The third is coming in now and they really screw with his happy disposition and sleeping. Communication is really increasing! He understands us more and more often and he is saying more. He can meow, woof, make an elephant noise, "uh oh", "what's that?", "yeah", "mamama", "dadada" and the cutest "hai" for hi. We picked that last one up from looking at food in the oven with the light on and saying hi. (Which, he LOVES to cook alongside me at night. It is adorable.) Besides cooking with me, Jack loves dancing. If you put on music or if some is playing randomly and he starts busting a move. The music on Disney Channel, specifically with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, is the best. There really isn't anything cuter. Baths, diaper changes, cleaning his nose or wiping him down after meals is akin to being skinned alive...or you would think that with the way he screams. He is such a busy body that detaining him for a few seconds or minutes to do these tasks is just unreasonable, in his opinion. We finally cut his hair into a big boy haircut before Thanksgiving and he looks like a toddler now. It is hard to believe that his baby-ness is slipping by so quickly. We've played in the snow, leaves and with his basketball hoop a lot this fall. He is loving undecorating the Christmas tree right now. Little bits of my personality are coming out. He enjoys putting things in groups and in lines in perfect order. A little OCD like his mama. He's also a people pleaser; always happy to do anything where you say "please" or "thank you" to him. He's also a clean freak like his mom and dad. Pushing the buttons on the washing machine and dryer and holding the cord while dad vacuums is pretty exciting for Jack. We have a hard time keeping him out of the dog dish and the toilet. Poor Sof's dish is always on the counter and the bathroom doors are always shut. He can get off furniture now and is skilled at by passing the babyproofed cabinets. Luckily we have some pretty high and sturdy baby gates. Jack is such a happy and social (and cute!) little boy. We are so, so, so lucky to be his parents.
Other randomness:
We finally finished getting our floors done and have plans to get blinds this month (since I was an idiot and cut our strings to keep them out of Jack's reach and now we can't close them). We will get a few dead trees chopped this spring and then I want a break from house updates. While the end product is great, I can not stand it being done and the mess it creates. I was eating a little dairy and vegan junk food recently (as was Trev) and I got the flu for the first time in forever. I am 100% back into a whole foods plant based vegan diet and am not looking back. I forgot how easily I get sick when I eat like that. It isn't worth it to me. I am LOVING the new Happy Herbivore cookbook, Light and Lean, and will be doing a review and giveaway on 12/29. I'm pretty excited because I am hosting my family on Christmas Eve for WFPB appetizers. I am really hoping to knock their socks off! Work is going well and I have been changing a lot of what I have been doing but the kids are doing such amazing work. It is infinitely more time consuming and intense for me but I think it pays in the long run. We got family pictures done mid-October but they aren't on this laptop and I am too tired to upload them, so you will have to just check them out on my Facebook page. Well that is it for now! I will at the very least be back at the end of the month for the Happy Herbivore post. :)
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