What's new with Jack!

So what has Jack been up to these days?  Well, he's a busy busy boy!  He is now doing his funky crawl (video below) all over the house and is like spider man, pulling himself up on anything and everything!  He is signing "more", "dadda" (so says Matt!) and "milk" but understands many more.  In the mornings he loves sneaking into the shower whether someone is in it or not, just to splash in the water!  He likes to dance to music almost as much as he loves to either turn it up or take a CD out of the player.  If there is a remote or cell phone on the floor - he's on it!  Same if Clifford is on the floor. 

We started swimming lessons once a week in the mornings, which he of course LOVES.  I'm so happy he's comfortable in the water already and want to keep getting him in the water to continue this. 

Jack got his first cold a couple weeks ago, and was a snotty mess!  I feel very fortunate that this was the first time he was sick and that it was so mild - complete credit goes to being at home with me and breastmilk!

Speaking of, he is still nursing several times during the day and night and we hope to continue as long as it works for us both.  Yes, that means beyond his 1st birthday and well past it hopefully!  As far as food, right now his favorite is oranges.  In fact, he ate a whole clementine today and turned his nose up to my homemade whole wheat blueberry pancakes.  Humph.  He eats whatever we eat, including lots of black beans, avocado, quinoa, corn, blueberries, apples, scrambled eggs and pasta.  We haven't given him any meat yet because we insist that it be grass fed and organic, but we plan on it once our farmers market opens back up and it becomes readily available.  So no, he won't be a vegetarian like his mama!  ;)

When we first moved into our house, we had Jack transition to his crib.  This worked well for the first couple months, when he was only waking up to nurse once or twice.  Fast forward to 4 teeth coming in at once and a cold and he is now in our bed!  Cosleeping just feels right to both of us and we all sleep better (most nights!).  We put him to bed in his crib and then he comes into bed with us after his first wake up.  Say what you want, it works for us!

Anyway, I think I covered the big topics of playing, eating and sleeping.  Pooping will be a separate post if you're interested!