I can't believe Jackson is already 3 months old, time has just flown by. He is such a happy baby, he smiles and laughs all the time, it is so fun. He is starting to grab everything and trying to sit up and roll over. It is so fun to watch him grow, I love being a mom, it is the greatest. Being pregnant for nine months is definitely worth it. Right after the new year I went back to work, the first day was really hard, my mother-in-law Karen is watching him and she brought him at lunch time to visit. We are having a hard time with it though because the stubborn little poop won't take a bottle. I have been strictly breastfeeding ever since he was born and he has taken a bottle before when I had to leave him for a couple of hours, but not now. It is like he doesn't want me to go or something because Karen tries to put the bottle in his mouth and he just rolls it around and laughs at her, like ha, ha Grammy I am not going to take it. So, everyday that I work I feed him before I leave at 7:30am and he is fine until 1:00pm when she brings him at lunch to feed and then he is good until 5:00pm when I get home. I was going to work Monday through Wednesday but I cut it down to just working Monday and Wednesday for a while until I can get used to being away from him and he can get used to a bottle. It is so crazy though because Jackson will take a pacifier but he won't take the bottle that looks just like his pacifier. If anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear them, I feel bad that Karen has to bring him to work everyday.
I like my new schedule though because it breaks up the week and it doesn't feel like I am away from for very long, it is great. It makes my time with him even more special. We are also very lucky that we don't have to put him in day care, Karen loves watching him for us. So is so cute with him, they play all day long, and she packs him up and takes him with her to the store and to do her errands. We have the best babysitter in the world! Going back to work wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, when I was pregnant the thought of being away from him was unbearable, and that even got worse after I had him. Now that I am back I realized how much I love what I do, and I am so grateful that I have a career where I can be home with him more than I am at work.
Jackson is so funny! Everything now goes straight for his mouth, and he has found his thumb. He doesn't really suck it he just kind of chews on it and smiles at us, like ha, ha mom and dad look what I am doing. It is so cute, and I can't believe I am saying that cause I always said I would never let my baby suck his thumb. Joey is constantly pulling his hands out of his mouth and putting his binkie in instead, but I had to get some cute pictures of it before we break him of his habit. I love my boy!
