You are now 5 months old! It was actually a little over a week ago but who's counting. This month snuck up on me because I didn't have a chance to do your four month update and now the two months are blurring together. So I'm doing both months together so I don't have to figure out what's what.
At your four month wellness check you weighed 13.5 lbs and were in the 75 percentile for both weight and height. The doctor actually said you were a little underweight and it couldn't hurt to start feeding you cereal on top of formula. At the check-up you also got your second round of shots. This part wasn't very much fun! You cried during all the shots and it broke my heart to watch you cry but luckily you were fine shortly after. I just had to pick you up and cuddle you!
You are mostly on formula but a couple weeks ago we introduced rice cereal to you. At first you really didn't like it and would spit it right out. But eventually you got used to it and would eat more and more of it. I think it mainly had to do with the texture and getting used to eating off a spoon. Now the spoon is your favorite part! After each bite you grab the spoon and chew on it until we grab it to give you another bite. We just brought cereal to your daycare this week so they could start giving it to you also. And today I got a report that you've been doing great with the cereal and eating really well. So now in a couple weeks we get to introduce baby food!
Your sleeping schedule hasn't changed much. You still sleep through the night most of the time otherwise get up once a night. You wiggle around so much that you never stay covered and will wake up from being cold. So we've started putting you in thicker pajamas which has seemed to help a little bit. We have a baby monitor in your room but I really need to setup a video camera so I can see how you move to the other side of the crib or how you turn and face the other direction than how we put you in the crib. I'm pretty sure you scoot around on your tummy but I'd really like to see you do it. You and Liam are doing great sharing a room! You never wake him up and in the middle of the night you will talk to yourself instead of cry. When we go into your room to check on you, you just look up and smile. That's how you greet us in the morning too. I love it!! One of the other things I love doing is getting you dressed. You are so ticklish that as we're undressing you if we get to close to your armpits you flinch and start laughing. We've turned it into more of a game and will tickle you more and more to get you to laugh.
You're not a big fan of being on your belly anymore. You'd rather be sitting up or in your bouncer. You can't sit up quite on your own yet but almost. When we sit you up on the floor we surround you with pillows so you have a softer landing than the floor. You do really well sitting up if you're leaning forward. It's when you lean backwards that you lose your balance and then crash to the floor.
It's so fun seeing you go through all these big milestones like we did with your brother and watching you develop a personality of your own. All I can say is your a HAPPY happy baby! You are always smiling and giggling. Your brother sure loves you and is quite protective of you. If you are crying he'll pat you on the head and say, "it's okay Mason, it's okay". Melts my heart! He also makes you laugh all the time. The other day he was playing peek-a-boo with you and you were cracking up at him. I even got it on video and oh man it is the cutest video ever.
Happy four and five month birthday sweet little boy!! I love you so much!
Love Momma
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