Eating and Sleeping

We've had a tough time with Maxwell's eating and sleeping. He refuses to allow us to feed him b/c he's really independent and capable of feeding himself. However, until recently he'd only feed himself Cheerios. On Saturday we went to a friends for a playdate and her 10.5 month old son eats like a sumo wrestler! His mom cannot shovel the food in fast enough for him! Max observed Rowyn's fabulous eating and before David and I knew it, Max was standing at Rowyn's mom's leg begging for food. We quickly learned that Max likes green beans.

Today was a day of progress. My mom was able to feed Max more than he's ever eaten at one sitting today. He FINALLY ate his soy yogurt!! BIG NEWS in my house! He's also liking black-eyed-peas and David's "special" pancakes. After noticing that Max was having a difficult time moving his bowels, David decided to add pureed pear juice and flax seed to the pancake batter. Max loves them. Oh and it did the trick :)

Sleep... we started with the Ferber - cry-it-out method. Controversial, we know. We'd have Max fall asleep in our arms and then place him in his crib which ultimately woke him up and he'd scream for 10-15 minute. It was tough AND he'd wake up every 3 hours which came with more cry-it-out. David recently read that we should put him in his crib just before he falls asleep and we've done this two nights in a row and it's like a magic pill!!! He slept for 8 hours straight last night. PHEW!!!

His personality is just divine. So fun and curious and overall a really happy kid. I hope I don't mess this up!