Firsts & Second Attempts

Back on Jan 21, the three of us attended a soccer coach social; The coach that hosted has a daughter about one week older than Frankie and her parents were telling us how much she loved her over-the-door jumper.  When we got home, we decided to break out Frankie's jumper to see what he thought of it.  At first, he had no clue what to do and was overwhelmed by it all, but after placing a few books underneath him (his feet aren't touching the ground yet), he's somewhat getting the hang of bouncing.  He's definitely intrigued by the 'piano' and loves the lights and music and I think in a week or two will be jumping like crazy!

Oh - This is kind of fun!

Intently watching the 'piano' lights





For the past few weeks during dinner, we've been sitting Frankie in the Bumbo seat on top of the table, but Frank really wanted to try him in the high chair.  This Tuesday, 1/31, during dinner we gave it a go and Frankie seemed to like the new view.

One of Frankie's newest tricks is sucking on his bottom lip, so on Saturday, 1/28, I figured I'd give the pacifier another try and he took it!  He only held it in a few minutes, but that is major progress!  Since, I've even been able to get him to take it when he's upset and it's helped him to calm down - We might be on to something here!

And lastly, for the past few weeks, we've been trying the bottle every day with slow progress - sometimes half of an ounce, sometimes a few sucks, sometimes one or two ounces...But yesterday (2/1) I switched back to the Medela bottles and Frankie took 3 ounces and wasn't looking to nurse afterwards!  We tried again today, and he drank another 3 ounces but wanted to nurse after, which I'm pretty sure was only because he was extremely tired - and judging by my shirt afterwards, which was covered in spit-up, it was definitely a comfort thing.  You go, Frankie - Keep up the good bottle work!