I can't believe this sweet little boy is 5 months old. I still can't believe I have a son. It still feels weird to say that after talking about my "daughters" for the past 5 years.
Mack was baptized this past Sunday and put on a show for everyone. He and the girls were uncharacteristically well behaved during church. So much so, that several church members commented on what wonderful children I had. (At least I know my children can put on a performance when it's needed!) HA! We had the baptism during early church (the normal church service we attend) and returned to our house for a small brunch. It was lots of fun, and it was good to be with family. For more pictures from the baptism click
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At 5 months, Mack is still not sleeping through the night. Ugh! He usually wakes for 1 feeding around 3 or 4 am. Sometimes he will wake up at 12 or 1 am and that is better because it allows me to get through a few more sleep cycles before I have to wake up at 5:45am. He is doing a little better with the rice cereal. I've been doing as much stimulation to that gag reflex as I can. (paci's, bottles, spoons, etc) He can sit unsupported for about 30-45 sec. He can certainly belly crawl to what he wants to get to. It won't be long until he figures out how to get up on his hands and knees and get there much faster. He pulls his sisters' hair ALOT. They usually scream and tattle on him, and I remind them not to put it in his face and he won't pull it. This is a conversation that I plan on having with them over and over again for the next several years. Mack's laugh is infectious. There is nothing in this world that can make you smile like hearing a baby belly laugh.
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| The sweet cake |
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| The Bowers men - 4 generations |
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| Sorry for our scary faces in this picture. I think we were all a little nervous about standing in front of the church. |
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| Mack getting Baptized |
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| Our sweet boy! |
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| 5 months and growing so fast! |
1 comment:
Our doc here insisted that they need to drop that 2 or 3 am feeding around 4 months before it becomes a habit. Now, I did't do that with Walker (Jake was already sleeping through the night at this point on his own), but I tried it with Anderson and now he sleeps 12 hours. It only took a few nights to break him- we would let him cry for about 5 or 10 mins, console him, and then put him back down. I only had to repeat it once before he fell back to sleep, and then he got it. I'm not one for the cry it out method, but my doc made me feel so guilty for feeding him. Anyways, I hope this helps. Lord knows we could all use more sleep! ;)
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