Jack's Tag

Jack's Favorite Things...

1) Kids - He LOVES to be around other kids, and I guess technically that would be older kids. I think this is when he is the happiest. I hope that he can learn to love younger kids just as much or the eventual transition to younger brothers/sisters will be a hard one.


2) TV - He is addicted...as you can tell from my last post. I actually feel really bad about this. I think I have gotten him into a routine...I turn on the tv for him first thing in the morning, and when I am making dinner. And if I haven't gotten around to it, he does it himself. But the funny part is that if he turns it on and it's not on the right channel, I've just barely noticed (since I am normally looking around for the remote so I can turn it to a kids show for him) that he hits the screen until it's on the show he wants. He thinks he is changing the channel by hitting the screen, but I'm really the one doing it with the remote. I snickered to myself for a while when I finally realized that.


3) Food - Normally he has a "healthy" appetite. He likes all kinds of stuff; green beans, lima beans, (canned) carrots, tomatoes, cucumber, zucchini, yogurt, cheese, spaghetti, macaroni and cheese (just about anything pasta really), graham cracker sticks, rice, turkey, ham, applesauce (when he likes it, he LOVES it, but can't stand it other times), peaches, pears, apples, fruit strips/snacks, grapes, bananas, and anything sweet. Even if it's a food he's never eaten before and Britton or I have it, he begs for a bite...he's such a social eater!


4) His Peekaboo book - He is really starting to be interested in books. I mean, he has always loved to carry them around and turn throught the pages, but is just recently interested in the story...but there is still a short attention span, so we only get to read about 2 sentances on each page. But he LOVES his Peekaboo book that he got from his Aunt Kristin. Within the last week, he has begged and screamed for me to "read" it to him over and over and over again. He NEVER tires of it.


5) His giraffe - He has a giraffe (that we for some reason kept calling a dinosaur when we first started giving it to him, don't know why) that he sleeps with. It is so cute to lay him down for a nap or at bed time and then watch him wrap his little arm around the giraffe's neck. SO adorable!


6) My nightstand drawers - Actually any drawers he can get open. He loves to go through my nightstand drawers and pull everything out and carry stuff around the house with him. It was a little annoying at first (so I had to take out a lot of stuff that he shouldn't really play with), but now I just think it's cute. Also, a month or two ago, he discovered the drawer under the oven (as I have posted about in the past). He likes to get the pot lids out, but now he also likes to take the magnet letters (or any other toy he's carrying around) and put them inside before he closes it. He also likes to get into the desk drawers in the office, but most recently he has discovered the bathroom drawers and these ones are still in the annoying phase because there really isn't anywhere else I can put the stuff in those drawers.


7) Buttons - Buttons on the tvs, on the dvd players, on remotes, on the exercise bike, on the phones, on daddy's shirts...he's not prejudiced, he loves them ALL! He is forever turning the tv on and off and then changing channels/volume. He screams for my phone when he sees it (so if any of you have received hang-up calls from me, I'm sorry!!) But now he is beginning to hold the phones (and other things too) up to his ear...well, actually it's like the back of his neck to pretend he is talking on it. It's so cute!


8) Sleeping - I'm not sure if I would say that sleeping is one of Jack's favorite things, but when it is time for bed (or a nap) he doesn't really fight it, so he must enjoy it to some degree...right? Once in a while he'll freak out but that's usually because he doesn't feel well, or if it's not his crib I'm trying to put him down in. Usually, he just lays there on the pillow and waits for me to put the blanket over him and give him his giraffe to hold.


9) His binki - I think I am going to have a lot more trouble getting rid of the binki than I will have getting rid of the bottle. [In fact, I think Jack got his last bottle two nights ago. He will just have to get his milk from a sippy cup from now on and I'm not going to warm it up any more. He's really not that attached to it, in fact, he's been less and less interested in it recently, so I don't think it's a big deal to put it away.] The binki on the other hand is like his security blanket. I mean, he can go without it just fine, but if he's feeling shy or sick (or woke up on the wrong side of the bed) or if he can see it, he wants it and will hunt to find it wherever you try to hide it.
*Update: So I already gave in...I warmed up his milk tonight, but he drank it from a sippy! I think he kept getting a brain freeze because he would only take a sip or two at a time, but was going strong after I warmed it.


10) Playing - He loves to play with his toys. He loves to be chased. He loves to play new games that his daddy invents. He loves playing hide and go seek (although we haven't been able to implement the counting or the 'staying in place until the person comes to find you' parts yet). He loves to be tickled. He loves This little piggy went to market. He loves it when I kiss his hands or his feet when I am lotioning him up after a bath. He LOVES playing in the bathtub. He loves playing peekaboo. He loves playing with bottles, but I think it's just because he likes to eat what's inside (or at least try to before Mom or Dad catch him and take it away)...lotion, desitin, soap, athlete's foot cream, orajel, medicine, etc.


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