I haven't blogged much about Jaysen. Second child syndrome, I guess. I just have less time and energy. With Kyler I blogged every milestone. And with Jaysen I realized that as important as the milestones are, the date that it happened isn't. Anyway, thought I would blog a little bit about what makes my sweet Baby J who he is.
He is now almost 10 months old.
He is my chunky monkey. "Squishy" as some (Mindy) call him. Kyler had so little chub that all the chub that Jaysen has is very noticeable and kissable.
He eats well. The only thing that he doesn't like so far is green beans. Baby cereal, baby food, cereal puffs, bread, and whatever else we put in his mouth he just loves.
He finally has 2 teeth! It seemed like everyone thought he was teething from the time he was 4 months. I guess because of all the droll and the fact that he puts everything in his mouth.
He started crawling last month and now he is a pro. He just loves being able to get around. He tries to pull himself up to things like the couch and chairs but he isn't quite strong enough yet.
He does a little bit of chatter here and there, mostly mama, dada, nigh-nigh, no-no. He yells when he is happy. It's loud and high pitched but at least he is smiling.
Speaking of smiling he does it a lot. He is a very happy baby with a big, open mouth smile.
He laughs a lot and his favorite thing is to be scared. As in saying "boo!" or jumping out from behind something. He jumps and laughs hysterically every time.
He makes lots of "farting" noises....with his mouth. Sometimes it sounds like it should be coming from the other end. Pretty funny to watch.
Still a binky baby. Loves it more than anything. And speaking of binky's, he only likes the green ones from the hospital. I bought some cute football ones for Christmas and he doesn't like them. He plays with them but honestly I think his cheeks are so chubby that that the smaller binky doesn't fit.
Lately he doesn't like bottles. We even had to try and switch to sippy cups and he still doesn't have much interest. We really aren't sure why. I guess he just decided he likes to eat solid food more. I am fine with it but worried he isn't getting the nutrients he needs from milk and isn't getting enough to drink. I try and nurse him as often as possible but I am at work part of the week and lately he only nurses for a couple minutes or until he gets distracted and then he is done.
He is finally sleeping better. He has never been a good sleeper, from day one. 3 or 4 hours was the best he would do. But for the last couple weeks he has been going 5 to 7 hours at a time. I cannot believe how much having sleep has helped me function. I have SOOO much more energy. It's awesome. I just hope he keeps it up. *knock on wood* ----Guess knocking on wood didn't work. I wrote this a couple weeks back and now that his teeth are coming in we are back to long nights of very little sleep. Here is to hoping he remembers how to sleep again soon!
He cries when I tell him no. It is actually kind of funny that he even knows what that means. Especially because I didn't yell or even get up from my chair. I just said, "Jaysen, no no." And he looked at me and then put his head down and sobbed.
Although he and Kyler are brothers they are so opposites. Kyler is blonde and was bright blonde when he was born and has always had a lot of hair. Jaysen has dark hair and not much of it.
Both boys are pretty mild tempered but I have noticed Jaysen has more of a temper than Kyler ever did. He gets upset and throws himself back and kicks his legs. He will let you know he doesn't want something by throwing a fit with his hands when you try to give him something he isn't interested in. He seems a lot more serious than Kyler. I always say Jaysen is my "thinker". He tends to study things and have a very serious look on his face a lot of the time. He even has the cutest little scowl where he raises his eyebrows and it looks like he is either pondering something or giving you a dirty look. It always seemed like Kyler would laugh and smile at anything and everything and Jaysen has to be truly amused in order to give you the time of day. Not that he isn't a happy baby. He is just more serious about his happiness, haha!
I better post this now instead of trying to think of more to add. Last time I waited to post and had to make a lot of changes. For some reason my blogging time is very limited.....hahaha.
