MACK | 8 MONTHS

Oh sweet boy. I cant believe you are 8 month old! You bring so much light into our home. I could kiss those cheeks for days. Its so funny because when he was born he looked alot like his dad but my mom recently sent me some of my baby pictures and I can see alot of me in his now. He has the deep deep blue Liston eyes so maybe, just maybe, some of my genes got in there a little bit. 

WHATS NEW

• Mack is officially a crawler and he goes EVERYWHERE in a hurry. 
• He got 2 more teeth this month bringing the total to 4. 
• Home boy can squeal louder and higher than any girl. He defiantly knows how to get my attention.
• Being outside watching the dog is his favorite hang out spot. 
• He is starting to pull himself up on the side of the tub or the fireplace. Scares his mama.

EAT

Mack is still nursing pretty much all day (and night) long. I know there are studies and such saying to not nurse your baby to sleep but its easily my favorite part of the day. I live for those quiet snuggle breaks. It doesnt bother him to take a bottle with frozen milk/formula from mitch when I leave the house for a bit so thats nice. I have been noticing a dip in my supply the last few days and he has done just fine with supplementing with formula to get his belly full. Nursing might be on its way out over here. When he was born, I told myself I just want to make it to 6 weeks of nursing so the fact that we have made it to 8 months was a huge accomplishment for me. 

He is really starting to be eating everything I am instead of baby food. Some of his favorites are bananas, blueberries, cinnamon toast, grilled cheese, chicken, and crackers. 

SLEEP

Oh sleep. How I miss you. 

Mack has never been a big night sleeper from when he was super young so I just keep waiting for that day we figure it out. He loves his naps in the day and they range from 2-3 hours each but at night he just wants to be up with his mama. These 2 new teeth have not helped that situation either. I dont remember teeth affecting Ellie this much, poor kid was miserable. since they have pooped through he has done better and he will usually sleep from 8-midnight, nurse, go back to sleep until 2, nurse, back down until 4 or 5, up to nurse, go back down, and then will be up at 730 when he hears ellie wake up. I have heard that nursing babies start to sleep better once they switch to a bottle so we will see. 

PLAY

Mack is BUSY. Into everything and wanting to do everything ellie is doing. He likes mitch and I but is obsessed with his sister. whenever she walks into a room he is in, his whole face lights up. It is the sweetest thing. He likes anything that makes noise or isnt a toy. Give the boy a water bottle and he will be content for hours. 

This has been a really fun month with our boy. We cant get enough of him. 

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