Tomorrow is the last day of October. Crazy. I knew the fall would fly by. Brad's regular season is over and the post season tournament starts Friday! So, needless to say, we've been busy around here. Max has been busy, too!
First trip to the zoo! I love that Brad has a son now! He's a great girl daddy, but I know he's excited about doing "boy things" as Max grows up.
Probably the #1 thing Max gets comments on, is his spikey hair. It still sticks straight up and is downy soft. I think he would get just as many comments if his hair looked like this (that's Aunt LaShay's hair on Max's head...hilarious!):
October has been unseasonably warm, so we've had lots of nice evenings to play. Max loved his first time on the trampoline...although Mr. Serious posed for this picture. Speaking of serious....Max takes after Mallory in this department. He gives smiles to familiar faces pretty easily, he'll talk and (almost) laugh while playing, he LOVES watching Connor and recently started smiling when I ask if he wants to take a bath. I think that last one is because we started "real baths" not in a bath seat. He kicks his legs and breathes fast when I turn the water on:)
We're officially rolling over! We're not sure how to get off our tummy, but we can definitely roll from back to tummy...fast! This puts a slight kink in sleeping/playing sometimes. In the last week, he's gotten better about chilling out on his tummy after he rolls. Kind of funny, coming from the "tummy time king" in the first few months.
Max is no longer swaddled at night. He's a side sleeper and loves his paci/blanket combo, just like his sisters. Sleeping all night is still an issue. I think we've "ferberized" three different times with this kid! At his 6 month check-up, I was complaining to my pedi. She suggested switching his night routine to feeding first, then bath. We did, and it worked! He slept from 7:30-5, without waking once, the first night. I keep joking that if I knew that would help, I would have done that two months ago! Unfortunately, it only last five days. Max got his first ear infection (in both ears) and sleep has been hit or miss at night. Ugh. We're on round #2 of antibiotics. Seems the first round didn't knock it out.
Max is sitting up! Told you we've been busy learning new things! Around five months, he started sitting in a tripod position and now he can sit unsupported for a little bit. I can't quite leave him sitting and walk away yet, but he's close!
Max still adores his sisters. He and Morgan have a little bond. She will lay beside him watching Sesame Street and hold his hand. She's also crazy around him. Several times, she's made him cry from scaring him! I definitely have to watch her if he's in the exersaucer or bouncy chair. She loves to shake it/him and tip them over. That's always fun to glance over and see!
Max is sitting up! Told you we've been busy learning new things! Around five months, he started sitting in a tripod position and now he can sit unsupported for a little bit. I can't quite leave him sitting and walk away yet, but he's close!
Max still adores his sisters. He and Morgan have a little bond. She will lay beside him watching Sesame Street and hold his hand. She's also crazy around him. Several times, she's made him cry from scaring him! I definitely have to watch her if he's in the exersaucer or bouncy chair. She loves to shake it/him and tip them over. That's always fun to glance over and see!So, I always thought dressing girls was more fun than boys. 90% of the time, that is true with Max. I think he lived in polo style rompers all of summer. Anyway. I totally melted when I saw Max in a button down shirt with the sleeves rolled. How cute is this little guy?
I helped the girls make a canvas to hang in Max's room. I really wanted to do it before he was born, but didn't have a plan. I loved the idea of letting the girls just "go for it", but kind of thought we might end up with rainbows and flowers for his room. So, I "guided" them with taped off stripes and a box for Mallory to paint his name. They loved it, felt like they did it all by themselves and are very proud of their artwork. It goes perfectly in his room, too!
I helped the girls make a canvas to hang in Max's room. I really wanted to do it before he was born, but didn't have a plan. I loved the idea of letting the girls just "go for it", but kind of thought we might end up with rainbows and flowers for his room. So, I "guided" them with taped off stripes and a box for Mallory to paint his name. They loved it, felt like they did it all by themselves and are very proud of their artwork. It goes perfectly in his room, too!
In true boy fashion, Max loves food. He started cereal at the beginning of October. I won't lie. I was going to wait until six months, but started at five in hopes of sleeping better:) It didn't seem to help. He's a big fan of oatmeal. Not so much rice or barley cereal. He's had green beans and sweet peas. He has finished a whole jar in one sitting! Right now, our routine is a feeding at five and then cereal/veggie around 5:30. He'll let you know when he's ready for it, too!!
A little sample of a day in the life of Max:
7am: wake up...most of the time happy
7:20: walk Mallory outside and wave as she leaves for school
8: time to eat and then play
9: nap (at home or in the car running errands)
11: eat again, play
12: nap again
1:30: up and eat again before picking up Mallory
4ish: catnap, around 45 min
5: eat again
5:30: cereal/baby food
6:45: eat again
7: bath
7:30: read books, rock, in bed, sleepy
From 8 on, it's a mystery most nights:)
Stats at his 6 month check up:
Weight: 21.5 pounds (95th %)
Height: 27 inches (75th %)
I can't believe his weight! He's the size the girls were...at one year old!!
Max is seriously such a content, easy going little guy. We love him to pieces!
