06.30.07 - stumpless

Our baby is now stumpless. Jackson's cord stump finally came off today. It was hanging on by a thread, so I took some baby scissors and just snipped it off. Not sure if I should have done that or not, but it was totally grossing me out just hanging on there. Now diaper changes and baths will be much, much easier!

06.29.07 - if it's not one thing, it's another

Diaper rash is not a fun thing. Poor little Jackson's bum has been pretty red the last couple of days. It looks a lot better now though, but I think it's still bothering him somewhat. That Boudreaux's Butt Paste stuff is magical. We figured out a trick to get Jackson to sleep better through the night...we've started putting his Boppy pillow in the bassinet at night and he's been sleeping in that. The last two nights he's slept tons better than the previous two weeks. I think it's because he's a cuddler and likes that feeling of being held...which obviously we can't hold him all night long, so the pillow is kind of giving him the feeling that he is being held all night. He's also sleeping on my chest a lot, but that's not an ideal situation either. But, the nights are getting better little by little, so that's a plus - more sleep for us makes it a lot easier to care for him during the day! Caffeine helps with that too, haha.

06.25.07 - Eventful weekend

Jackson had a jam-packed weekend. On Saturday, we went shopping at Costco and to the grocery store. He slept through it all, so he really had no idea whatsoever where he was. On Sunday, we went to our annual church picnic where everyone oohed and aahed over how cute he is. After the picnic, we went over to my parents' house for the rest of the day. Jackson and Alex got to meet for the first time. Alex was pretty jealous and a tad scared I think, especially when the baby cried. He kind of kept his distance. Adam and I snuck upstairs for a nap in the afternoon, which was lovely. Poor Jackson though...if only we had known that Grandpa would take him out to let him "drive" the Porsche, I'm not sure if we would have snuck away for that nap after all, haha. Adam went out for about four hours this afternoon, so it was the first time Jackson and I have been by ourselves. I got a taste of what life will be like for a while...doing laundry with a baby in the other arm is difficult, but I got it done. He was really good for me though. It's funny because as soon as Adam got home was when he started his fussy time. I'm not sure what we'll be up to tomorrow. Perhaps a mall outing? We need to go to Ritz to get pictures printed so I can start working on his photo albums. 

06.22.07 - gallery is up!

The gallery is now up and running. I'm sure it will be updated frequently, so keep checking back. Jackson slept really well last night. We went to bed around 11:00 and he slept until his 2:00 feeding and then went right back to sleep until 5:00. After that feeding he was up for a while, but then went back to sleep and we all three slept in until almost noon! It felt so wonderful to get that much sleep. He had another bath today. Boy, does he hate those! He loooooves having his hair washed though, oddly enough. Jackie came over for a few hours this afternoon and Bryon and Erin are coming to visit after dinner this evening. We plan on taking Jackson out to the grocery store on Saturday and perhaps Costco and then on Sunday we have a church picnic we want to try to make. Church was pretty empty last week, so we really hope he'll get to meet everyone this Sunday. The youth group sent us flowers the other day, which was a really nice surprise. I know a lot of the youth are dying to meet him, so hopefully he'll be on his best behavior this weekend. His eye is looking tons better by the way. There's still just a tad bit of discharge, but it's not swollen or anything anymore and doesn't seem to be bothering him.

06.20.07 - 7 pounds!

Our little one is getting so big already! We had a pediatrician appointment today and Jackson weighed 7 pounds even and measured 19 & 3/4 inches long. So, the formula is definitely doing the trick. Everything checked out good except that his left tear duct is clogged, so we have to put some ointment on that eye four times a day until it's healed. He's got some pretty nasty gunk around that eye...makes me want to vomit when I'm cleaning it out. I'm much better with the poopy diapers and the spit-up than the gunky eye. We don't have to go back until August, when he'll be two months old...and then it's time for shots, eek! After the appointment today, we went to Target to buy some more diapers. We have tons and tons, but didn't realize that they are all a size or two too big for him, so we needed more of the newborn size. Praise the Lord for coupons - diapers are freaking expensive! We ran into a couple of people we knew while at Target, so it was fun showing him off. Oh, and we also got to show him off at the pharmacy when we picked up his eye medicine. We had been their best customers for the last nine months with all the nausea medicine we had to get there, so it was nice going in there with the actual baby this time!

06.18.07 - First blog

Jackson Boyce Stein was born on June 10th, 2007 at 7:23 a.m. I had been keeping a previous blog about my pregnancy with him, which I'm no longer going to be updating. Now, everything will be on his site here. Yes, I know it's silly for a baby to have his own website, but humor me :). I'm still working on getting the gallery up, so there's nothing there yet. Soon hopefully! I've been a little preoccupied, obviously. Jackson is a good little boy, but he does have his days and nights confused, so it has been pretty challenging at times for us first-time parents. He's a good eater - with the bottle. We tried nursing and he did that exclusively for four days, but once my milk came in, he just didn't want to have anything to do with that anymore and it was becoming much too challenging to get him to eat. We tried a bottle that evening and he was so satisfied. It's a bit disappointing that the nursing thing didn't work out, but as long as he's getting all the nutrients he needs, I know it'll be okay with the bottle. We've had a lot of firsts in the last week - first (and second) bath, first walk outside in the stroller, first church service, first pediatrician visit, etc. It's been really exciting and Adam and I can't wait for the many more firsts to come. Okay, enough rambling from me for now. Time to get back to my baby!