Poor Max

Our poor little man has been suffering from severe teething. He has been drooling for about 1.5 months now, but only recently has it really gotten out of control. His bibs last about a half hour before they need to be switched and he now stuffs both hands into his mouth or anything else he can find to soothe his pain. The past two days have been rough since he hasn't been sleeping during the day as much and cries due to the pain. Yesterday he wouldn't stop crying and didn't' want to take his food from the new nanny and so off to the doctor we went. He got a clean bill of health and we were told his first two bottom teeth are about to make an appearance. I can actually see them trying to pierce through, and I can only imagine how painful it must be for the little guy. I remember our dogs teething when they were puppies and that was difficult to handle, I think this is worse because we can't really do anything for him. We did give him some baby Tylenol yesterday which helped. He passed out at 6.30pm and slept for 12 hours straight. He was EXHAUSTED.



On a more positive note, he has found his feet. It was the cutest thing watching him study his feet and legs, and it made it almost impossible to change his diaper since he kept sticking them in the air and kicking my chest. Today is the first day our Nanny is alone with him. Steve went to the office and called me five minutes after leaving the house telling me he is already having a hard time leaving Max...join the club daddy-now you know how I feel.

Max's first day with his Nanny

Today was Max's first day with his new nanny Maria. We hired her last week and for the next few days we are doing a trial run which started today. She came with a glowing recommendation and I instantly felt she was a great fit. Her usual work week will be Monday to Friday but because I wanted to be home on her first day she started on a Sunday. I told her what was most important to me and what I expected of her and she informed me what she needed. We agreed that she would set the day time schedule for him in the next two weeks so she could get to know him more and see what he is like during the day. I told her I wanted him on a set napping schedule during the day in his crib and that she needs to work on that with him. She will also cook and clean when he is napping which is great for us. She played with him all day long while we had friends over and from what I observed things went great. I hope she will be happy here and that things go smoothly. Tomorrow Steve will stay home one last day to make sure things run smoothly here and to take her to our doctors office so she knows where to go if something ever happened. She is a nurse which is great and already informed us that Max's breathing seemed a bit abnormal to her when he sleeps and that we should just get it checked out to make sure it's nothing serious which we will do.

Yesterday was the first time I took Max alone into Manhattan. We drove in to help one of my best friends register for her baby girl and then we had lunch. Max slept in the car both ways and was such a good boy the entire time. Daddy stayed home and got some well deserved quiet time. Here is the soon to be father with Max and I:




Every night Max gets some "naked" time so he can let his butt air out from all the diapers. Here are some photos:






Daddy and Mommy even managed a night out:

Bat Mitzvah, Baptism and lots of LOVE

In the course of a week Max attended both his first Bat Mitzvah and Baptism. Each event lasted past his bedtime and yet he was very well behaved. He loved the music at the Bat Mitzvah and sat in the first row quietly taking things in. Once it got way passed his bedtime and he got hungry and tired I had to walk him around a bit but that is understandable. At the Baptism he was even better and finally got to meet all of Steve's friends and received tons of love. The love fest started at a dinner we had at our house. Lil man got showered with kisses and hugs before he went to bed.







The following day we had our friends daughters baptism in Brooklyn. The event was beautifully planned and we had a great time meeting every ones kids. It was a circus on the dance floor, with kids playing games, clowns juggling, caricature drawings being sketched and a clown making balloon animals. Max spent the entire afternoon being held by friends who were so sweet to him. On the way home he passed out and was out for the night. It was a great and busy weekend.








Steve and I always talk about how good our sons temperament is. He LOVES to smile and never cries unless he is tired or hungry. He is an easy baby and the older he gets the more his personality comes out. He can recognize Steve and my voice in a room, he knows his name although he won't always turn around for it, you can tell he knows it by his reaction. The best moment this week was when I got home from work and we were playing and Max started giggling out loud. He couldn't stop laughing and it touched me more than I ever thought possible. Any smile of his brightens my day, but his giggling out loud is the cutes thing I've ever seen. We are still trying to teach him how to eat since we want him to consume less formula. He continues to drool and go through more bibs then we can count. His hair has grown so long now that we want to buzz it again, but his grandparents are putting up a fight so for now he will keeps his little fuzz. We are going to expand his bedtime to 7.30 from now on since he puts up a fight for a half hour when he goes down at 7 which leads me to believe his circadian rhythm is the cause of it. Hopefully he will go down with less of a fight. As always I'm just counting the seconds until the weekend arrives so I can spend every waking minute with him. We have a lot planned so I'm super excited.

One last note...and it's a great one. I believe we have finally found our nanny. She is a wonderful Brazilian woman who used to work across the street from us. She has ten years of experience and is looking to work somewhere for two years. She was affordable and so we are going to pay her more then she asked for so she will also take care of the house. We have to call her references today, but barring any unforseen events, she will come next weekend for a trial run. Fingers crossed!

4 Month Checkup

Max had his 4 month check up yesterday. He was 15.9 lbs and was 26 inches long. That puts him in the 50th percentile for weight and 75th for height. He got his shots and the doctor said he looked FANTASTIC! He has been sleeping through the night for about three weeks now (it got a bit dicey when he got sick but he is back on track). We finally cut out the 10pm feedings since he goes to bed at 7pm and sleeps through to 5:30am at which point Steve feeds him and he goes down again for another few hours. He is giggling all the time and loves to laugh which makes it sooo much fun to be around him. We are starting him on oatmeal this week, tonight being the first night. We mixed it in with formula and fed it to him by spoon which was a lot more difficult then I had expected. It ended up being a huge mess, but it was so cute to watch him eat it. Every time we would remove the spoon he would scream, we eventually quit and fed him the bottle. Tonight we will try it again.

He is still not rolling around as much as I'd like him to, but he did roll for me when we were in Miami and he seemed to do it rather easily. More and more people are now telling me he looks like a split between mom and dad which of course makes me happy and drives Steve mad haha Maxi still loves his bath time and it has become a bit more difficult bathing him since he LOVES to kick and splash around like a maniac. He does it with such gusto, I always worry he is going to hurt himself.
We got the cutest compliment on our way home from Miami. Some fellow passengers said he was such a gorgeous baby, and not all babies are cute but he was super delicious. That is always nice to hear and of course being his mommy I have to agree, he is superrrrr delicious and a very well behaved baby :)I am counting the seconds for the weekend to get here so I can spend every minute I have with him. xoxo

Here are some pictures of his first time eating oatmeal:

His first bite ever:



It just keeps getting messier and messier:

Favorite Snapshots from Miami

We took so many pictures over the weekend in Miami, here are some of my favorites:

The Cousins playing together. Hannah who is smaller but two months older than Max even beat up my son...just kidding but she loved putting her little hands in his face:

Rachel 2 Years old:


Maximiliano 4 Months old:


Hannah 6 Months old:









The most precious moments were just relaxing in the room and getting to spend some real quality time with my son and husband. Max loves to laugh now and I could spend every waking moment playing with him, he is just too cute. Here we are rolling around and relaxing in the room:

And the third one goes...

Down the Aisle. My little sister got married over the weekend in Miami, it was a joyous occasion and she looked breathtaking. It was so nice to see family together in one place celebrating our little sisters hand in marriage. The ceremony took place on the rooftop of the Raleigh and the weather was perfect.





Max spent two of the three nights we were there with Steve's mom which was great for us. He was great on the flight there and slept most of the way unlike our return flight where he was up the entire time. We took a late flight and he didn't want to sleep, instead he talked and laughed and wanted to watch all the action. Steve had to walk him down the aisle so he would stop being fussy.
In Miami Maxi finally got to hangout with his two cousins from California which was too cute. We swam and played by the pool which was so much fun.








We spent the days at the pool with the kids and the evenings celebrating Olivia and Brads wedding. It was the perfect weekend. Here are some pictures from the wedding: