5 Months

You are 5 months old, sweet boy! I know I say it every month, but I can't get over it...TIME. IS. FLYING! This month was sort of rough for us...you endured yet another ear infection (hello tubes!), decided drinking out of a bottle wasn't cool anymore, and are cutting your first two bottom teeth, so eating and sleeping haven't been going super smoothly lately.

Let's talk food. On a positive note, you seem to really enjoy your two daily bowls of rice cereal and fruit, though, so that's been a plus! We tried sweet potatoes for the first time tonight...you gagged and made a face like you wanted to puke. Hmmm. We'll try again tomorrow and see what you think. On the formula front, you attempt to drink 6-7 ounces every 3.5-4 hours during the day. Sometimes you take it all with ease...other times you fight like mad and just take an ounce or two here and there. I'm hoping this is a phase and that once your teeth finally pop through you'll go back to normal. One tooth is definitely through the gum and the other is still working, so we'll see.

On the sleeping side of things, you are...inconsistent. You completely have the ability to sleep 11-13 hours at night without waking up and choose to do this whenever you feel well and ate well during the day. However, because you now fight your bottles and are in pain from your ears and teeth, you've started waking up either a few hours into sleeping (10ish) or early early morning (5ish) to eat. Fortunately, you always go back down quickly, but it's still no fun for mommy or daddy. We are in the process of scheduling tubes for you, so hopefully once those are in, you will return to your glory days of 12 hours at night. We miss those!

What else...you've found your feet! You now proudly hold your feet for me while I change your diapers and love to grab onto them when you play on your mat. You are also showing big time signs that you want to crawl...when we lay you on your tummy, you kick and flail like crazy and have started pulling your knees up underneath you. Once you get the arm strength to support your upper body, I think you'll figure it out. You have started smiling with your mouth shut (see above picture) and you have the sweetest laugh in the whole world. We can't wait to see what month six brings!

Well, that about sums it up! You are still a BIG BIG boy and are wearing either 6 month or 6-9 month clothing and size 3 diapers. We think you weigh around 17.5 pounds, but that was a very unscientific measurement. :) We love you baby boy!