JJ is 4 weeks old!

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JJ is 4 weeks old today! Here are his "One Month" pictures. Hate to burst your bubble but don't expect me to post "monthly" pictures. While I took them with Marie (and plan to with JJ too), I never posted them regularly. I am trying to post to the blog more though and will follow up this post with some more pictures of both of them and stories about how things are getting along with two kiddos. In a nutshell though, Marie is warming up to her little brother nicely.
JJ is a great sleeper, so low and behold that is what he is doing in all these pictures. I actually tried to take some awake pictures after these... it didn't go so great. He hated the camera flash so I have a lot of pictures with bulging eyes and freaked out hands. I am going to try again tomorrow to catch him before he is tired. Hopefully I can get some pictures showing you his blue eyes and smile.
On a side note, I want JJ to be a thumb-sucker and I think he could be but it might take a little effort on our part. Mare is a paci girl and every time JJ has his paci (which is a lot), Marie wants hers too. For a while now, Marie has only had her at nap time or bedtime. For the most part, pacis are left in her crib and if she takes it out of her crib with her when she gets up, we tell her to put it back in the crib and she does. However, in the car when JJ has his paci, she wants one too. So this is one of the reasons I want JJ to be a thumb-sucker. The other reason is because lately we have been doing the "paci-push" with JJ. You know what I am talking about - having to run upstairs to push in the paci every 5-10 mins when a baby is trying to fall asleep because the paci falls out and they get really upset. I realize, though, that we can't keep pushing the paci if we want him to find his thumb. On the one hand, though, it is really easy to pop in the paci when he is fussing and he quickly calms down. You can't exactly force his thumb on him in the same way (right?). Any thoughts or advice on the paci vs. thumb debate? I hope I didn't just open a can of worms...

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Christy said…
He's so pretty!!!

Els loves her thumb, but she usually just sucks on it to fall asleep. A few times I've tried to encourage her to put it in when she was sad and awake, and it made her furious.

I love that she loves her thumb now ... might be tougher to give it up in the end. Seems like they all just decide for themselves in the end.
January 17, 2010 at 1:38 PM
Sara said…
I agree... what a precious little boy! Enjoy all that sleep- that's awesome! I think Jack is going to be a thumb-sucker, but I agree with Christy- he seemed to decide that himself. I hope to see you soon!
January 19, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Brea said…
Yeah, I think it really has to be the baby's decision. Both of my boys ended up being thumb/finger suckers, but that didn't develop for a few months, at least. And they both seemed to associate it with sleep. Like with Nate, if I pick him up and start walking toward his room for nap time, he automatically pops his finger in his mouth. B would do it whenever we handed him his favorite blanket. I think if it's going to happen, it occurs around the time when they learn to self-soothe, which does take a few months. Don't worry, though. I'm sure you can re-wean Marie from the paci after a few months if needed when you regain a bit more normalcy and routine. Do whatever you've got to do to get through the day right now!
January 20, 2010 at 9:01 PM
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