Week 9 update

Jaxon had his 2 month checkup this week, which included his first vaccinations.  I felt so bad for him, but afterwards, he didn't seem to be bothered... he just slept a lot.  Speaking of sleeping, he seems to be adjusting very well to his bedtime routine and slept for over 8 hours each night this week (except for last night when Kate and I got home late from date night and he didn't get to bed until 11 instead of 9).

Jaxon now weighs in at 15lbs 11oz, falling in the 98th percentile for weight.  I'm pretty sure his height measurement was wrong, because it was only 22.6" (25th percentile) and I measured him at 24" at home 2 weeks ago.  At any rate, he is wearing some 6 month outfits now and has grown out of all his 0-3 and some of his 3-6 sizes already.

We went to our first "Incredible Infants" Birth-to-Three group on Thursday.  There are 7 other infants in the class ranging from 2 weeks to 4 months.  One of the babies was born on the same day as Jaxon and 2 others were born the day after, all at the same hospital.

Week 8!

It's been a busy 3 weeks since the last post.  We were out of town for 2 weeks visiting family and friends in California.  Jaxon is an amazing road tripper and slept for the majority of the 8 hour driving stretches.  Kate sat in the back seat with him and Lucy got to sit up front with me.  Amazingly, it didn't really take much longer than normal, even with feedings and gas stops.

This week was Kate's first week back at work.  She is at work 2 days per week for this month to start out, then moves to 3 days in January and full-time in Febuary.  My first 2 days as "Mr. Mom" went pretty well.  Jaxon usually sleeps pretty well in the morning, then it's off to lunch with Kate followed by running some errands and then back home.

We've also started to attempt a consistent bedtime routine and time this week with a little success.  Before this week it was a struggle just to get him asleep by 11:30 or midnight, but so far he has only had one night where he wasn't asleep by 10, and on three nights, he was asleep by 9pm!  He have mom a back to work present Monday night and slept for a full 8 hour stretch before needing a feeding!  No if we could only get him to fall asleep without the pacifier.

We also had our first day back at the weekly birth to three baby connection on wednesday and got to see how much weight Jaxon has gained since week 5.  He is now 15 pounds 5 ounces!!!  A full 7 pounds heavier than his birth weight after only 8 weeks.

 These pictures were from my phone.  More to come once I get around to downloading from the camera!
(Jaxon w/ great-grandma Treva, Jaxon's first thanksgiving at uncle Rich and aunt Judy's, and train conductor Jaxon)