5 Months!

Evan you are 5 months old today!

Eat:

This month I officially went back to work so you are on a brand new eating schedule!  You have also started rice cereal this past month!  During the weekdays you wake up at 5am and breastfeed.  You go back to sleep until around 6:30 or so.  Then you have around 3 four oz bottles at the babysitter.  You eat when you get home around 4:30 or so, and then you breastfeed the rest of the evening until your nighttime bottle.  We have started putting rice cereal in your nighttime bottle.  We have very recently started spoon feeding you rice cereal and you LOVE it!  You already know what to do with the spoon and you cannot get enough!

after your first taste of rice cereal

Sleep:

At the beginning of the month your sleep schedule was terrible.  You could be passed out in our arms but the moment you hit that crib you would cry.  Finally we decided to sleep train you and you are now a wonderful sleeper!  You wake up around 5am to eat and then go back to sleep for about an hour or more.  Then you take 2 long naps at the babysitter and you catnap in the evening.  We usually begin your bedtime routine around 7:15 and you are asleep around 8:00.  A few times during the month you would wake up and play in your crib, but thankfully you put yourself back to sleep.

Sizes:

My goodness you are all over the place in sizes!  You still fit into some of your 3 month outfits but you are mostly in 6-9 month outfits (although they are still too big).

Likes:

We have been so blessed because you are such a happy baby!  You have many likes so to keep it simple I'm going to just make a list:

• eating from a spoon
• Sophie the giraffe
• chewing on your hands
• grabbing your feet
• eating your right foot
• flying in the air with Daddy
• bath time
• looking at yourself in the mirror
• being dipped by Daddy
• rolling over
• being sung to
• your jumparoo

Dislikes:

There are not many things that you dislike.  However you don't like being hungry and you don't like being put down after you wake up from your nights sleep.  All you want to do is cuddle and love on us!

Firsts:

You are now going to Ms. Bonnie's house (your nanny) while I go back to work full time.  Although I love teaching and conquering other challenges in my day, I miss you dearly.

Enjoying rice cereal in your bottle as well as rice cereal with a spoon.

Rolling over CONSTANTLY.

You are now obsessed with your feet.  You are constantly grabbing them and shoving them in your mouth.

You have a new admiration for Joey.  Whenever he is around you can't keep your eyes off of him.  You reach out to touch him, but he usually just walks away.  Don't worry.  Soon enough he won't be able to get away!

Evan we cannot believe that you have been around for 5 months!  Oh how the time flies!  You seem like such a big boy now and I cannot imagine what our future holds with you.