Late again, I know. :( Life just seems to move so fast! The 7th month for Max was a GREAT one! We finally got his reflux under control which meant more sleep and more smiles for everyone! He's on a higher dose of Zantac than Jack ever was, or at least than I recall. He takes 1.5ml 3 times a day, but it seems to do the trick! He's the happiest, most easy-going baby ever when he isn't battling the reflux. I feel bad because we let it go longer than we should have I think, but it's always hard to guess at what's bothering them when they can't talk!
But speaking of talking, he started to babble towards the end of this month. Ba ba bo be ba bo. SO CUTE! I can't get enough of it. He'll just grin at you and babble away and as long as you talk back to him, he'll keep doing it. Kenny and Jack are on a mission to teach him da da. I work with him a lot on ma ma but I know, I'll probably lose that battle, again.
He seems to love school, just like Jack. He's always smiling when I get there to pick him up and eats and sleeps really well there. I'm again thankful to have such a great daycare situation and wonderful people there to love on him all day!
Sleep improved this month, probably due to getting the reflux under control. We got back to getting up only once a night for the most part and even made it one night without getting up at all, but he's still not quite ready for that on a regular basis it seems. Sometimes I wonder if he will EVER sleep all night! We elevated one end of the crib to help with the reflux and that seems to have helped a bit, though he often ends up at the bottom. He learned to sleep on his side and then his belly and now as soon as you lay him down, he flops over on his belly.
He continues to eat really well and got to try a lot of new foods this month. I think he's tried just about everything that they make baby food out of, except meat and hasn't really turned his nose up at any. He's not wild about the summer vegetable blend (squash, zucchini, chick peas, corn, etc), but will eat some. Fruits are his favorite and he can put them away! He's eating a jar of puree at school for lunch and then for dinner he has puffs and some sort of soft food cut up (avocado, banana, cooked apples, blueberries, etc) and then some puree if he's still hungry. He wants to do it all himself, including the puree, so it's usually a messy affair, but that's ok. He's having fun! He still has 3 6 ounce bottles at school each day and then nurses 3 times a day at home too. He's a hungry boy! But look at this smile! This was after a battle with blueberries...he loved them!
Jack can't get enough of Max. I'm sure that won't last forever and every once in a while he'll get a tiny bit jealous and ask me to carry him instead of Max or something like that. But for the most part, he's really in love with Max. When he wakes up in the morning the first thing he wants to do is get Max up or go see Max if he's already up. He likes reading books to Max and helping him reach his toys. And he LOVES making Max smile. Max loves Jack too - and always lights up as soon as he sees Jack. I can't wait until they can talk to one another!
I think he looks less like Jack every day, though their hair is the exact same color. Jack looked a lot like me when he was born but now looks much more like Kenny. I think Max continues to look more like me. We'll see how long that lasts. It might just be the cheeks!
Oh Max - you continue to make us all smile. You couldn't be any sweeter and we just can't get enough of you! We love you Max Oliver and are just so happy that you are ours!
