Running thru Life: 2013-08-04

It is crazy to believe that you are 5 months
and that summer is almost over!

OMG- could you be any more cute?
I know what mommy's new favorite color to dress you in is...

It has been a fun and tiring summer filled with alot of firsts.

You survived my first month back at work and as I dropped you off this morning at your permanent daycare, I am looking forward to the next month.
Mostly because now with daycare less than 1/4 mile from our house we can establish sort of a routine.

You have been a pretty good sleeper this month considering you daycare hopped from everyone.

Going down around 7 pm and sleeping until 5 am- waking up to feed and then going back to bed till 8am.

We have used the Ferber method a couple nights when you wake up at 10 or 11 pm- it works pretty well. Max time was 23 minutes and min time was 7.
You are a stomach sleeper and I totally love in the morning when I go to get you up you are in your turtle position with your neck up and looking around and once you see me it is all smiles-
Seriously the best part of my day!

Your naps are starting to rock.

We are pretty much down to two a day unless you wake up super early.

Your morning nap is normally 30 min to 1 hour and then after noon nap is longer, one and half hours.

We now have your nap routine down- I put you in your sleep sack, read you a book, and before I finish, you are already rubbing your eyes.

You are a moose when it comes to eating-
some days taking in as much as 45 ounces.

On average is around 40.

We decided to jump into the whole solid foods-
yes I know the recommendation is for nothing but breastmilk for the first 6 months-
but you were ready- grabbing our food and cups.

You are also showing more interest at holding your own bottle- AMEN!

Your first meal was oatmeal-
you had 1 ounce the first night and did awesome.

I was not looking forward to solids because it was just another thing to worry about.

But thanks to some friends advice I made homemade baby food and frooze it in an ice tray which each cube is one ounce. I then each week put it in the fridge in the containers so it is ready for either I or daddy to feed you. I plan on only giving you 1 ounce at a time at first.

I was kind of surprised how awesome you did,
which just reinforced that it was time for solids.

We continued this for about a week when on Saturday night we gave you your first taste of carrots- OMG you love carrots and now you hate oatmeal- such is life.

Last night you had an ounce of oatmeal and one ounce of carrots.

Coming up soon is avacado and bananas.

You continue to be so happy!

Seriously, thank you!

It amazes me how you just laugh at me when I am being silly.

We have learned to accessorize- which even though you are a boy is still very important!

You are having more moments that you look like your dad-
which makes him very proud....but I still think you look ALOT like my dad and me.

You have started to notice your dog brother and actually will pet him if he sits next to you.

You are in 6 month clothes which I think will last you at least another month to two months depending on the brand.

You are still putting everything in your mouth and starting to really be able to lift yourself up on your stomach. I totally think you look like a turtle when you do this.

You are rolling like crazy and starting to try to use your legs to crawl but you still have alot of work to do. We put your activity mat away because with rolling so much you were getting frustrated with it.
You are starting to be able to sit up on your own for limited time periods.

You have switched over to the bigger part of the infant tub because you are so long,
you are too big for it.