Max's Latest Accomplishments

Max has been doing lots of new things lately. He had his first experience sitting in a high chair out in public - at Panchero's. I stuffed my coat around and behind him, and he was so happy and excited to be upright and with everyone else at the table (instead of in his carseat down on the floor) that he screamed happily and waved his arms and legs for most of our lunch! So I realized it was time to get out the booster chair with the tray for at home, instead of feeding him in the blue baby chair we had been using. He seems to like it, but today he was really sleepy. (He doesn't normally insist on having us hold his head while he eats - he's not that spoiled!)


He really does like it, I promise! A guy just gets sensitive when he's sleepy.

Another new thing Max has been trying is babyfood. He's been doing rice cereal for awhile, but recently he's tried sweet potatoes and bananas. Those bananas went down nice and easy! Now we get to look forward to interestingly colored baby spit-up instead of just plain old white spit-up. The recent additions to Max's menu are all in an effort to get him to sleep better at night. I figure that maybe if he can get his fill during the day, hopefully we can start to eliminate the 3am-5am bottle that has just recently become his frustrating habit.

So now that he's been doing so good sitting up (with assistance), we decided to get out the bath ring and eliminate the baby bathtub. He really seemed to enjoy himself:

Did you notice that Max seems to like putting his feet up on the edge of the sink? Maybe he's developed some muscle memory and knows that bath time means kickin' back and putting your feet up - like he did when he was in the baby tub.

One of Damon's coworkers offered to loan us a bouncy seat that her son loved but has outgrown. And since we don't have enough baby contraptions sitting around the house :), Damon agreed to bring it home. Of course Max loves it!