The month started out with a visit from my parents. The weather could have been better (or at least more consistent), but everything else went extremely well. We got out for some all day trips to local attractions and Jett remained a happy baby throughout. It was excellent! And he'd just gotten the hang of crawling and started pulling himself up on the furniture and was very mobile and squawky for mom and dad. We enjoyed having them and they enjoyed their time with Jett!
Jett's still sleeping pretty consistently, though he does appear to be on his second round of serious teething and wakes once or twice a night for some Tylenol. He sleeps through the night about once a week, and has to have a bottle to go back to sleep once or twice a week. Whatever the case, we're happy to have any amount of sleep! We're actually functioning like normal people...
So Jett's super mobile right now, which is troublesome because he's getting into things, but great as he's able to entertain himself a bit and interact with us even more. We've relinquished the tupperware cabinet to him which keeps him busy in the kitchen. He's constantly pulling books off the bookshelves in his play room and gets frustrated that he can't pull himself up onto the ottoman. He loves the shoes we leave by the garage door and attempts to suck on the toes when my back is turned...he's also eaten some dog food kibble, thoroughly enjoys the feeling of his wiggling fingers in Cash's water bowl and changes the channel on a frequent basis as the remote is now one of his favorite toys with its light-up buttons (though he bores quickly with the iPhone we've handed down to him with kid-friendly videos...). He's also fascinated with power cords, the gross water pan under the plant in the dining room, and really, anything dirty and germy and perfectly sized for his mouth. And we're having a lot of fun with this :)
It turns out that not all 7-8 month-olds are this mobile. We had two other babies over this past weekend (one older, one younger) and not only are they not moving yet, but they're a lot bigger than Jett. These two may correlate though. The pediatrician suggested that he was able to move as much because he was so trim. I think he may be staying so trim because he's expending so much energy, which is in his genes. You look at any picture of young Kenny and he's a stick in motion. And we've been feeding him plenty...we're still making his food and he gets about six ounces of veggies & rice cereal, 3 x a day, with snacks of frozen fruit or frozen bagels, formula bottles and water in his sippy cup (which he finally figured out how to drink from). He's able to hold his bottle which is AWESOME - we can strap him into his bouncy chair, give him his bottle and let him be while I finish getting ready for work in the morning.
So anyway, it's a good thing he's as mobile as he is because he has to go back to daycare and the only spot available at the last minute is in the Infant II room as the Infant I room (his former classroom) is completely full - we anticipated this. The Infant II room is for babies that can crawl and feed themselves. Lucky for us, he fits the criteria, even though he'll still be a month shy of the minimum age...but, because we've already established a relationship with the school, and they have an open spot and are missing out on our money...we're getting an exception granted and Jett gets to hang out with the big kids. Really though, there's no way he'd be content in the Infant I room. My friend Kate was over last Friday with her 2-month-old daughter Audrey and all Jett wanted to do was grab at her and climb over her and he was kind of a hazard as she couldn't really deflect his advances...so, he may be the runt of the room, but hopefully he'll keep up!
Jett will be back in daycare starting in May as Nanny Jamie has been offered a desk-job in DC. She'd applied for this job back when she was applying for our nanny position and was told that the job had been filled with an internal applicant. Apparently, this internal applicant didn't work out and the job is now open again and she was their runner-up candidate. She went to school for business and this is on track with her future career goals and I know the importance of getting on a good career track, working in HR. So, we're happy for her as she's great and deserves great things, but sad and disappointed that we couldn't retain her for the full six-month contract, or even have the opportunity to extend her time with Jett into next year. With a short window of time to arrange an alternate care situation, we feel very fortunate that Jett's former daycare has this open spot. We stressed about figuring out what to do for only one day, and we're all situated now. We weren't sure we could interview and hire a replacement nanny in time, and thought we might give school a try again. Cold and flu season has ended and Jett's older and stronger now so hopefully he won't be steam rolled by repeat illnesses in the communal setting again. We'll see! We've always got the option to pull him out again and situate a second nanny if needed. I'd really like to see daycare work out though - as much as I'm going to miss the personalized care for Jett, housekeeping, and utter convenience of a nanny, I really like the daycare and want him to benefit from the curriculum, hanging out with other kids, and it's definitely a better deal financially...
April's been great so far and we're hoping our luck holds out to May, 9-months, and beyond :)
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