Everyone asks us is it jake? or jacob? We figure the more the names/nicknames the more the love-we're not picky and call him everything from: Jacob, Jake, J, Jaker breaker, turkey feather (shrug, ask code), stinker, buddy, and kiddo.
Jake's quirks:
-he always loves to rest his right hand, and only his right hand, behind his head and then starts to scratch his head like he has an itch. This can be slightly problematic because I'm still afraid to use the baby finger nail clippers and so I file his nails down but it's hard to keep up with his ever growing nails so I have to keep an eye on him so he doesn't scratch himself to hard.
-He has started to discover and play with his tongue-sticking it in and out and rolling it around in his mouth and while he's at it, he is extremely efficient at making bubbles. 99% of his pics show him showcasing this talent.
-He is a champ at sleeping in his own room and only wakes up once between 9:30-6:00. There was even a night last week where he slept all the way through til 7 and it was heavenly.
-He's also kind of slowed to more of a 2.5-3 hour feeding schedule ever since I tried to structure his time a little more so that he has his awake time right after he eats and then once he starts to get fussy-nearing around 2 hours from his last feeding I put him down for a nap that way he's happy and refreshed for his next feeding. it has been great so far.
-He rolls on his side now and often sleeps in that position.
-He struggles off and on with a lil bit of eczema and cradle cap but they're both generally mild and can be taken care of with a lil lotion and a lil head and shoulders.
-He still doesn't like tummy time very much but we have the bumbo now so I figure as he sits up more and more and strengthens his neck muscles more, then maybe he'll like tummy time more....
-He has the cutest smiles that just erupt and fill his whole face, and we've started to see a few mini examples of laughter
-He's starting to try to reach out towards things sometimes so I think real interactive playing is just around the corner
-He still has his grey/blue eyes!! (I say I don't care but I just think it would be fun for him to keep his daddy's eyes)
-He likes to suck on his hands and especially his thumb-it's really cute and we've sort of given up on the binkie thing....i mean when he's fussy and needs help falling asleep sometimes we'll turn to it but he'd much rather suck on his hand and I'm ok with it. A- we never have to worry about losing his hand or running out and buying an extra one in the middle of the night, B- I sucked my thumb and I was fine, stopped eventually and with jake being our child we KNOW he's going to need braces no matter what we do so I'm not too worried :)
-He coos and makes fun noises with his mouth all of the time. I've heard guh's, kuh's, buh's, and all the different vowels. My favorite thing to do is lay him on his back and lay on my tummy close to his face and we just look at each other and talk to each other.
It's been a CRAZY 3 months but we're so happy that Jake is a part of our family and is such a happy,mellow, kid!
We met daddy for lunch at a cool chinese restaurant near his work and jake was so good-the servers just loved him.
like I said, notice his right hand...
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