well I suppose its time for an update from me

Jake is going well, he was at his 8wk check 5.1kg and 62cm long hes grown since then so I am going to weigh and measure him on monday. He is a long and skinny baby!!!still in Newborn disposables (infants don't fit, they are huge!!!) he now wears 00 jump suits and has almost grown out of them leangth wise but they are so baggy round the middle!!!!! he can still fit most 0000 clothes though he has been bought lots of 000 so he is wearing them most of the time.

he is now 100% breast fed, no sheilds etc....he does get a bottle if I am busy but not often. It tskes abou 30-40min for a feed in the day, morning feeds are longer as he drains both boobs which takes a while!!! He sleeps from about 8pm till 4am most nights has a quick feed and then sleeps till 7am when he has a really big feed.

Our routine tends to got like this:

4am - Feed, back to sleep
6:30-7am - Feed, then drop dad at work
7:30am -Ride my young horse for 1/2 hour or so depending on how long jake is contented in his swing for
9am - time for another feed
9:30-11am - Playtime,
11:15am - Feed
11:30 Sleep
2:30pm - wake from sleep and feed
3pm - 4pm - playtime
4:15pm - Feed then drop off at babysitters so I can ride my other horse for an hour
6:30pm - pick up from babysitter & feed
7 - Feed
8 - Bath, feed and bed


I have been very busy the last few weeks preparing for shows with the horses and we had a massive clinic with 2showjumping and dressage instructors last weekend so have not had much free time!!!

Jake is now smiling heaps! he also had a laugh the other day but doesn't tend to do that much yet, just mainly smiles and makes noises. He is now reaching for things and grabbing them and loves his playgym mat thing as he can bat at the toys and grab them. He is also looking like he will roll over soon, he is almost getting up on his side but hasn't done the big push over yet, we will see if he actually does it in the next few days. He also says "haaallloooowwww" to us when we say hello, it's something he does regularly so he's obviously learning to recognise words. Jake can hold his head when he is sitting up and held upright, and he can lift it up when he's on his belly but he cant hold it up for long periods yet though he is getting there! He cannot stand on his own feet for long periods when held like some other babies I know but that's ok, he's very bright in the mental department according to the health nurse and the doctor. He loves to watch TV with Dad and had his first origin game the other week (slept through it like a pro LOL).

The last few days have been very windy for us so hopefully the infacol will sort it all out, fingers crossed!!!

better go he's getting ready for a sleep and that's my cue to go ride a horse!!!!

Cheers
Lisa