Memorial Day Weekend

Summer is upon us! We had a pretty fun weekend too. Saturday was spent just at home and Jacob seemed to really have fun. Although he refused his morning nap and spent at least 30 minutes screaming in his crib. That wasn't fun! Finally it's 11:30am which is his lunch time, so I free him from his crib and sit him down for lunch. He literally was nodding off in his highchair while Jason was trying to feed him! Then, as soon as Jason went to remove the highchair tray to put him back in bed (since he was clearly tired) he would jolt awake and start yelling & pointing at his food. This cycle continued until I fed him & kept him awake. He did take a nice afternoon nap though. However ... not before he got into our trash & I found him gnawing on a piece of thrown out steak from the previous night's dinner! Gross!!

On Sunday we went to visit Jason's dad in Pasadena. Jacob did ok, but refused to nap and really didn't eat much while we were there. And definitely didn't want any milk, which seemed to be theme all weekend. This transition from bottle to sippy isn't going well :( . Anyway, he did enjoy "playing" with his Aunt Heather's dog who was visiting. He kept saying, "do" while accentuating the "ooo" part so it sounded like "doe". He was just leaving off the "ga." He was more fussy than normal and very clingy. He had to be on me or Jason the whole time. When it was time to leave, I gathered him up and said, "Ok, let's go home, Say bye bye." And Jacob started clapping & waving like crazy and even blew some kisses! I guess he was really ready to go home!

Monday was another lazy day. Jason had to work, so Jacob and I took a long walk around the neighborhood and we stopped at the park and Jacob just motored around. We went to the smaller park by our house that doesn't have swings, so he went down the slide a few times, and he walked & crawled around. I held his hand going down the slide because he's still a little wobbly. He can't stay sitting up straight while going down the slide. There were a couple of older boys at the park too, and Jacob had fun watching them play. That night, Jason's brother and his wife came over for dinner. Jacob really wanted to hang out with them because he REFUSED to go to bed. It was terrible! He cried for over an hour until I finally releted, and let him sit with us. As soon as they went home, he went right down, but I'm sure he was tired. It was 2 hours after his bedtime!

This morning I got him to drink out of this makeshift sippy cup. Its one of those Avent training cups that come with a bottle nipple and a cup spout. Since he wasn't drinking any milk from any other cup we have (and we have many different kinds!) I tried the cup with the bottle nipple. The first time I tried it, he refused. Yesterday he took it, but when HE wanted it, which was after I read him a couple of books. This morning he flung himself backwards a few times and cried, but once I stuck it in his mouth, he drank it. I really hope this cup thing works out. I don't know what else to do. He's not getting enough milk every day and I know that he must be hungry when he wakes up. I don't want to feed him a regular breakfast because he has breakfast at school around 8:30, but that's 2 hours later. UGH! I really hope this situation improves soon!