Taken a few days late this month, but here he is, our cute-as-a-button five month old boy!
He
enjoys sucking on his toes, playing with his toys and watching
everything his big brother does. He is trying very hard to be mobile
and has mastered the art of sequential rolling (he literally rolled from
one side of the basement to the other, squealing the whole way the
night we got home from our big road trip...I think he was happy to have
some space to move around).
He
is starting to want to sleep on his side at night. I'll put him in his
jammies and his sleep sack, feed him his final bottle of the night and
substitute a pacifier for his bottle once he takes the last drink. As
soon as I lay him in his crib, he spits out the pacifier, rolls onto his
side, grabs a handful of sleepsack and stuffs it in his mouth. He
lulls himself to sleep by sucking on his sleep sack. It is pretty
cute. Sometimes, he'll roll all the way over onto his belly and get
upset, so I'll have to go flip him back over (he can do it himself, but I
think he just gets so upset that he's no longer sucking on his jammies
that he forgets to roll back over and just cries for me instead). Once I
return him to his back, he immediately rolls back onto his side and
resumes sucking on his sleep sack.
He's
pretty enthusiastic about his jumper lately, too. He often jumps and
squeals while I cook dinner or while I'm chasing after the little man.
Sometimes, he jumps as we're holding him. It seems like his little legs
and feet are constantly kicking and moving. I also don't think it will
be long before he starts crawling. He can push himself up on his
forearms very well and has even started to get rugburn on his toes from
kicking his legs so much into the carpet trying in vain to propel
himself forward. He is so eager to keep up with the little man, you can
just sense his determination.
He's
starting to get some good torso strength and has been able to do some
supported sitting. He tries to sit on his own, but he still has to use
his arm to tripod himself upright and we need to stay close because he
is quite tipsy. It won't be long, though.
He
has great facial expressions and he still gives us the pouty lip, Mr.
Grumpy Face look from time to time, which is so so cute. He also has an
adorable sour face expression that he reserves for when i'm attempting
to feed him rice cereal (he's NOT a fan). Most of the time, we get
smiles, though. He still takes the prize as the world's best baby -- so
happy, so agreeable, so snuggly. He is a breeze to put to sleep and
uber-cooperative as we wake him in the middle of the night to feed him.
He's
wearing size 3 diapers now (we had several blowouts on our road trip
and decided it was time to move up a size) and is still in the 3-6 month
clothing, but is starting to reach the limits on some of the outfits.
It won't be long before we're digging into the 6-9 month bin.
His
list of states visited has grown exponentially recently. He now has
Colorado, Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio and Nebraska -- not
bad for only being 5 months old!
It's hard to believe he has already grown and developed so much. Time certainly does fly!
