Sleeping through the night. Eating like a champ. And drinking from a sippy cup!

I guess, in a way the Marshy Corner blog has become all about our little guy. You may already be aware of the new blog we started for our daughter, after being diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). If you're not up to date and would like to walk alongside us on the journey to recovery, please visit the new blog, ALL in God's Hands.

So, an update on Joshua. Can I just say again that this little guy is the happiest baby boy I've ever seen!! I know I say that almost each time that I write about this little man. But seriously, I think this little guy is ALWAYS happy and smiling! Lately, he doesn't even complain when he's got a dirty diaper; and he doesn't cry too much when he's hungry either. So, what can I tell you about him that's new??

Well, last night for the first time in his 6 1/2 months, Joshua slept through the night. His night sleeping has elongated once we started eating cereal, but he would usually wake up about 11pm to nurse and then sleep through about 5:45 or 6am. That was awesome and we were enjoying that quite a bit. But last night, I put him down for bed about 7:15 pm and I had to go get him this morning at 7:30am so that he could nurse. You mommies, out there that nurse, can imagine in how much pain I was when I woke up this morning. He had skipped two feedings!! yes, I was in some pain!!

Let's see, what else?? Well, I've already shared with you that he's cutting his first tooth. And, he is!! But the little pearly seems to be taking it's sweet time. I check every day to make sure that I am not making up this milestone--and I'm not. I see the little white slit of a tooth under his gum, trying to make it's entrance! In the meantime, he continues to soak his tops with drool. He's chewing on anything that he can get his little chubby hands on and he's bitten me a couple of times, while he nurses--OUCH!!

He's still enjoying his breakfast and dinners with the family, in addition to the few times a day that he is still nursing . These days, Joshua eats cereal in the morning, after he nurses. In the evening, I nurse him and then we sit down for dinner; he eats a Stage 1 veggies, followed by rice cereal. He nurses again right before going down for the night. So far, Joshua is enjoying the veggies. He's had green beans, sweet peas, sweet potatoes and carrots!! and do you think he's made a face at any of those?? NOT ONCE!! He's a great eater! Let's just hope that he continues to like the veggies, after he has a taste of the yummy fruits.



Oh, before I forget! Joshua has also gotten the hang of drinking out of a sippy cup!! No, he hasn't quite figured out how to hold the cup, so mommy has to help. Must be a different sucking motion than nursing though, because it took him a couple of times before he finally figured it out. Our pediatrician recommends that Joshua only take about 4 ounces of water or juice throughout the day; he prefers for babies to get the majority of their liquid intake from formula or breastmilk--which is fine by me. So, I've given the little guy water. His favorites though seem to be the fresh squeezed apple juice and the fresh squeezed orange juice he's had the last two days!! Yummy!!