Mr. 5 Months

Dear Colt,

At 5 months old you love to grab onto anything within reach and will put it in your mouth. You rolled from your back to your tummy about a week before you turned 5 months, and have only done it one other time. Unlike your sister you don’t mind being in your car seat. You will just sit there and look at yourself in the mirror completely content.

It’s funny because you are either a super happy smiley baby, or screaming at me and you switch between the two very quickly! We are still working with having you be happy while just laying on your back and you are so much more content with it than you used to be. In the morning you will lay there for an hour or so rocking back and forth until you get hungry or tired and then you start yelling at me to pick you up. By your bed-time you pretty much just want to be held by someone as we go about our day and if we lay you down you will wail at us. Sometimes your scream sounds like a little piglet which is pretty funny (unless we’re in the middle of being screamed at… then it’s not so funny).

You have been a great sleeper since you were born. After nursing or taking a bottle at night we burp you give you your binkey, lovee, and swaddle and hold you for about 2 minutes and lay you down awake you will do a great job of falling asleep by yourself. We haven’t needed to have you cry it out and I think that was partially because I never nursed you to sleep because I didn’t want you to be dependent on that. Instead of having you cry it out to fall asleep you may need to cry it out in regards to having someone else (but mom) feed you and lay you down. You definitely have a preference to have me do it and will scream and arch your back if someone else tries. Lately you will stay awake for about 2 hours before taking a 1 hour nap.

You are very observant and love being held face forward so you can stare at the world going on around you. One of your favorite things is watching Jayde play. I’m excited when you two can play with toys together. You also enjoy grabbing onto things and have started to grab whatever I’m holding in front of me, as well as my face and hair.

This month you love to splash and kick while in your bath so I pretty much end up just as wet as you are. You love your baths still (like always), and having your diaper changed. Lately you decided you do not love being dressed in the morning. You also LOVE your bouncer! We got it out the other day and you are fascinated by all the things to play with. It’s so cute seeing you bounce away.