Screaming Jack

So the nickname. A couple of weeks after Jack was born our Bishop asked how he was doing, one of our friends said that he was kinda screamy and it stuck. After that comment our bishop referred to Jack as screaming Jack the rest of church that day. That Monday a member of the ward came by and asked how our baby was doing and asked what his name was. I replied Jack and he said oh screaming Jack. I had just had Jack so I was not at church and did not hear the comment. I was confused and a little annoyed. No one had even seen him and he had a nickname. I asked a couple of our friends if they knew anything about it, and then the story unfolded. It was pretty funny after I knew how it came about.



Well I think his nickname jinxed us. Jack had colic. For about 8 weeks he screamed and screamed. One night Lorel wanted to use our bouncer to see if Ella liked it. She brought her to our apartment and tried to make her cry, while we were trying to make Jack stop crying. My mom kept reassuring us that not all babies cry that much, but it was hard to believe. After seeing Jack cry so much one of my friends said that she did not want to have a second baby, because she was scared her baby would cry that much!

Boy were we happy when he decided that he had enough of this screaming business. Jack is now a very happy boy!
He is almost three months and is very independent. He is very content with not being held, which makes me sad sometimes. Sometimes he will be fussy and I will put him down and he smiles at me like haha, that is what I wanted! We love him so much! We can't imagine life without him and we are so very blessed!