6 Months Old

Actually we're closer to 6 1/2 months old, but I have been meaning to post for a while and haven't quite found the time! My days are spent following Max who has seemed to master rolling around the apartment to get where he wants to go. We're working on the crawling, but mostly he just looks as if he's swimming. Max thoroughly enjoys sitting up all by himself and playing with (aka chewing on)  his toys. Still no teeth, but as the doctor has been telling us for several months now, there's six teeth that look like they could come up any time now (I'll believe it when I see it).

As of last Wednesday at his check up, Max was 19.2 lbs and 28 inches long. He was awesome when Great Grandma Ann gave him his shots, but was fussy for a few days (not so fun for me). They gave us the okay for finger foods and so far his favorites are pancakes and grilled cheese. He's not a big fan of the Puffs, but they've become one of my favorite snacks.

This past weekend we switched Max from his infant carrier to his "big boy" car seat. Matt and I spent the weekend looking for the perfect one. Poor Max had to run around with us so we could fit him in all the ones we wanted to try, but he was a trooper and was rewarded by getting to spend some quality time with Grandma and Grandpa Sheaffer.

The biggest news we have is that Max is FINALLY sleeping through the night with NO PROBLEMS once again!!!! After a lot of talk (and a few 3 am fights) we decided to go ahead with "sleep training" and picked up the book by Dr. Ferber. I was skeptical at first, but couldn't keep living on 4 hours of sleep, so we tried it and it was a huge success! (A little back story for those that don't know: Max went through a sleep regression at 4 1/2 months and we've had trouble getting back on track ever since then. His biggest problem was waking up in the middle of the night and needing to be rocked back to sleep, find his pacifier to put it back in his mouth, etc.) Ever since that first night, Max has slept like a rock star and the greatest thing: he no longer takes any naps in his swing! We're back to two hour long naps and ten to twelve hours at night.

Once again, I'll try to be better about keeping this up to date over the next few months as there will be lots of changes in our lives!

*Sorry about the lack of pictures. We just got a new computer and haven't switched over the files to this new one, so we'll upload them all in the next few weeks!