The party's over Jack

Jack went back to the daycare grindstone (ha ha) last week.  He had Nahid almost entirely to himself because the winter session has hardly any kids in it this time around. Oulu was out on Friday but should be back on Monday. He clutched to Sean a little when he got there, but warmed up quickly to his familiar room and Nahid's open arms inviting him to play.

Jack points a lot at things that he wants and he's capable of standing on his own, usually without realizing it. I was remarking to a neighbor today about how amazing it is that when they come out their little legs are just these bow-legged rubbery things, and then you consider how much muscle has to develop in the course of one year for him to be able to support his weight-it's pretty amazing. 

The other day I let Jack play with the phone and he put it (backwards) to his ear and said "yah yah yah!"

Lately Jack has been eating peas (he picks them out of his mixed vegetables), turkey, bread, oatmeal with banana and applesauce, yogurt, Monterey Jack (of course) cheese, tortillas with cheese melted on them, and next week he should be able to start drinking regular milk instead of formula-hurrah!!! He's still really hooked on nursing, so I'm trying to be patient. 

I've done a terrible job of teaching him to self-soothe, and I'm paying the price-he can only go back to sleep at night if he nurses and this happens probably 4 or 5 times per night-yawn.

From last week daycare:

Jack had a wonderful day exploring his room and visiting Room 2. He had some snack (cereal) in there with his older friends.