I know I might be jinxing myself in writing this, but I truly believe Reid has dropped his last feeding during the night. He has slept through the night for 6 days straight, with the wake up time varying between 5:45 and 7. He now starts the day eating somewhere between 6:30 and 7, but we're there. Praise the Lord! It's been such a long journey with this little kiddo, and I am so grateful to be getting a decent night's sleep...I can actually stay up past 10 pm, which is usually so rare. Ironically, his first full night was the day I decided to start potty training Micah. Reid must have just known I would to be rested this week, haha.
He also has been the happiest, sweetest little boy this week - which I attribute to not only sleeping more soundly, but not having the pain of that tooth coming through. Seriously, just so, so happy.
We're also officially at 3 nursing sessions a day now. I'm not sure when I got to that point with Micah, but wanted to make sure to document it with Reid for reference. He'll nurse when he wakes, then eat breakfast an hour later, then nap. Sometime soon after he wakes from his morning nap (usually) he'll eat lunch play a little bit, and then nurse before his afternoon nap. After his afternoon nap he'll get a snack of some sort, and then start dinner on the earlier side to help his through late afternoon. He's usually starting his dinner while I'm beginning to make it for the rest of the family, but he loves to self feed, so it works perfect. His appetite is so big for table foods, it's like I can't feed him quickly enough, lol. Reid also eats pretty much everything I put in front of him (aside from actual baby food - he's not a fan of that consistency for sure!) and scarfs down frozen peas and carrots, bread, blueberries, pears, chicken, ham, etc. He loves cheese too, but has had a bad diaper rash after our 2 cheese encounters, so I'm wondering if there's some type of sensitivity to it, which I plan to ask the doctor about at his 9 month.
That's about it, although I know it's alot. Reid is growing up so, so quickly and learning new skills daily. I really love the stage he's in right now and know it's only going to get better :)
Reid, as well as Micah, are great blessings.
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