We have at least one picture of all our children sleeping in a ‘stink-bug’ position. Here’s Jacob’s version. Also sleeping ‘on the edge’.
Category: Jacob
Jacob master of the stairs
Jacob finally decides to crawl!
On his 8 month birthday, Jacob finally decides to crawl!
In words from cousin Savannah:
We were downstairs and Jacob saw piece of a horn. Then he decided to crawl to them. Then he crawled to them! I tried to get him to do it again. I used one of his toys. Then he did it again! I was so glad i told everyone!
Back to LaReita: It was a very exciting day for everyone! Jacob was beaming while everyone shouted and cheered for him. Today he has been crawling a bit more to everyone’s delight. I have been wanting him to figure out crawling because I know that it is an important developmental step for them in learning how to read. (Cousin Laurel Ann Strate, who is an excellent educator can fill you in on all the scientific details.) So our patience and efforts in helping him get down on his knees finally paid off.
Though his favorite thing to do is still to stand. And grab the glasses off my face. He’s getting pretty quick at that!
Jacob’s First Food
At 7 months old, Jacob got his first dose of people food. Fresh green beans boiled and pureed. He didn’t quite know what to think of it. Every time he did the truly sour look, my camera missed the moment. He didn’t really get much down. Just a lot everywhere else. This is the first baby that I haven’t started at 6 months, and on rice cereal. I’ve been trying to track down something with his GI tract. I have found that through my breast milk he is allergic to: sugar, honey, wheat (gluten – any refined flours), AND dairy. Aside from learning how to eat differently, the nice thing for me is that my clothes are getting larger/body shrinking with this kind of diet! (Some days are MUCH harder than others to stay on the bandwagon.)
May Pictures
Camping in the kitchen
I can’t remember exactly why it is Benjamin and Samuel are camped out in the kitchen. I think it was because Jacob was beginning to sit up, so I put blankets and pillows around him, so the hardwood floor wouldn’t be such a hard landing. Sam and Ben got in the spirit of things as well.
April Pictures
3 Boys and a dog
Julles’ dog, Ruxpin, is pretty much a fixture in our family life. Wherever the boys go, he goes. Here’s a cute picture one morning of the boys playing on my bedroom floor, with the dog right smack in the middle of it all. It reminds me of my dog when I was a kid. She did the exact same thing. My mom told me that there was a children’s book in the 50’s that had the phrase, “And there was Timmy, right smack in the middle of it all”. So this phrase I use a lot because I heard it a lot growing up!
Oh, how boys love having a dog.
Go-Dog-Go Play
Dad’s & Donuts
The school has a program every semester (I think) where the dad’s are invited to come and read to their children in the classroom. Children seeing their father read is supposed to greatly increase the odds that children will also be readers, and continued learners. Having the boys see dad reading isn’t a problem at all. Though we could probably improve on spending time reading with them. Sometimes at night during story time, one of us (the parents) fall asleep mid-story. Then in the morning the child who was jipped with the story, insists that their book is finished that very morning.
At this particular Dad’s and Donuts we arrived a bit late (goodness, that’s something else we need to work on). So by the time it was time to get a donut, they were all gone. And when they were reading, they were kicked out of the room. Well, not literally, but were encouraged to leave to go get some donuts. Which had run out.
