The Amazing Ian Jacob

Dear Ian, You may have noticed that there is a gap in our monthly newsletters. The best I can explain it is that starting around month 20, things got kind of tough for us all. You were having a hard time dealing with your emotions and we were having a hard time dealing with your [...]

Dear Ian, You are 20 months old and I am waaaaay behind on telling you all about it! Quick, let’s get this all chronicled before my brain forgets even more than it already has! First, we would be remiss if we did not chronicle your first trip to the emergency room. Day care called just [...]

Dear Ian, This weekend you turned 19 months old and you’ve started making sentences! Well, they’re more like catch phrases than anything involving grammar, but we’re still moving beyond grunts and pointing in many ways. If you drop things you’ll say “It’s a mess!” though it sounds more like “Essa mess!” Many items also elicit [...]

Dear Ian, Last week you turned 18 months old, on Good Friday even, so we took the whole day off to celebrate. From that day forward, you have not had a decent night’s sleep. This particular milestone was not in the baby books. We took you to your well baby checkup and they said you [...]

Dear Ian, You are 17 months old and I believe Dickens said it best when he wrote, “it was the best of times. It was the worst of time.” Everything for you is either the greatest thing you have ever experienced or the absolute harshest tragedy a toddler has ever had to endure. That changes [...]