Higher Dayz

We have still been working on feeding Jordan the rice cereal and he is doing better. We now give him two servings a day. Not sure how this will work next week when we are at work but maybe the grandparents will take on the challenge. He is getting bigger and we have finally cleaned up the high chair that was given to us. He looked so cute in it. Big Ali even gave him some of his toys to play with on the table top. He can actually reach out a few inches on the table top and grab a toy and then bring it to his mouth. He loves chewing on things. He is just adorable.

He is doing new stuff every day. We caught him looking at his hands the other day as if to say Wow, what are these. He isn't really sure about what they are or who put them there, but he can't be sure that they are OK until he can taste them and fit them in his mouth. He holds his head better when on his belly. He is probably only a couple of weeks away from turning from his back to his belly. He can already turn from his back to the side when he sleeps.

-The Mama Ali

Chow Time

3 generations of the family. Jordan, his grandfather, and he meets his great grandpa for the first time!

In case anyone needs a new desktop on their computer.

That's right! We tried him on some baby food this weekend. He actually did as well as can be expected. He made a terrible mess, but did eat some. We were able to give him several spoonfuls, but he hasn't made a connection yet. He doesn't connect eating with hunger. When he gets hungry he wants the bottle. He doesn't eat because he's hungry, he eats because there is nothing that we can't put in his mouth right now. Everything else goes in, and drool comes out. He will start teething any time now.

Yesterday, Jordan met with a social worker that wanted to check on his development. She just asked some questions, not an actual checkup. Things like can he do X? Does he like to do Y? He did very well. He could do most of the things she asked including a couple of things i never paid attention to before. He loves to follow his parents as they walk across his vision. I never thought of that as any special development - it's just what he does. We are going to take him in to see an actual physical therapist at the end of March just to make sure he's developing well.

One good turn deserves another.

This is the problem.

This was the solution.

He enjoyed the solution.

There was another problem in this one. Jordan has reached the drooling stage. He isn't doing it all of the time yet, but if he sits upright for too long, he will have the stuff running down his chin. So we just leave a bib on him all of the time when he's awake. Those 2 pictures of him at the top? He would push off the side of the bassinet and end up like you see him. We put him in the crib, and he did the cutest thing last night. We put him on his back facing north south in the crib. When we woke up, he was still on his back, but facing east west. He was able to turn around without turning over. That means it won't be too long before he turns over.

Jordan has become a very happy baby. A couple of weeks ago we were trying to get him to smile. Now he can laugh if you tickle him on his belly. He has gone of putting his hand in his mouth to putting whatever is in his hand into his mounth. He loves playing with his cannula tube by chewing on it. Same for the apnea monitor cord. If you put the rattle in his hand he'll eat that too. Teething rings, stuffed animals, his clothes. Whatever he has in his hand, he'll taste. The funny thing is that he doesn't intentionally grab anything. He just flexes his hands and if something ends up in there, he'll taste it. It is too cute.