Phoenix is growing up

What a week this has been! Phoenix is getting older, and that means a lot of great things are happening!

First, he has been sleeping through the night! For about a week now, he wakes up only once a night or not at all, and sleeps for at least 6 hours straight, sometimes more. Last night he went to sleep at 11:00 PM, and he's just now waking up at 7:30 AM. Yes!!! I am finally getting my sleep! Also, he is eating solids much better now. Two meals a day, one vegetable meal and one fruit meal. He's loving it all, so am I!

We do put him down to sleep kind-of late for a baby, but it seems to work for him. He falls right asleep and sleeps much better than if we put him down a couple hours too early. We definitely haven't been doing what the books tell us to do. Do we nurse him to sleep? Yes. Do we pick him up if he cries? Usually. I know I should feel like a slave to my child, but compared to how bad it was when he was a newborn, I feel a lot of freedom as a mother. Yes, I have to be prepared to take care of my son 24/7, but it's worth it. I spend nights waking up at all odd hours and days changing endless diapers and wiping off spit-up from everywhere in the house, but I get a healthy, strong, happy, growing baby boy. It's a pretty fair trade-off!

In this time of economic hardship and struggle for so many people, I will count my blessings and stay positive about life. Philippians 2: 14 says, "Do everything without complaining or arguing." That's great advice for me.