You're still nursing and doing great with that, but you are much more active while eating and like to smack me around with your free hand. You are getting solids at least 2 times each day. You devour rice cereal and like most fruits (not peaches) and like veggies that aren't green. You like helping Mommy with the spoon. Just yesterday I was trying to feed you peas and you'd grab the spoon and make sure it didn't make it to your mouth. Then I switched to apples and you'd grab the spoon and jam it in your mouth so fast. You know what you like! You have also had some practice with a sippy cup, but you mainly just like chewing on the spout. You've taken several bottles during the past month, so Mommy has been able to leave you with a friend even during your feeding times.
In your 5 month update, I mentioned how horrendous your sleep had been. Thankfully right after you turned 5 months, it drastically improved again. You weren't quite sleeping through the night but were making it from 7pm-5am and would eat a little and go right back to sleep until 7:30am usually. You were still getting swaddled too. Well double-swaddled actually because you kept squirming out of one swaddle and waking up, so I used two. However, while we were vacationing in Vermont, you rolled over while swaddle two different times and we figured we better stop swaddling. Since then sleep has been pretty bad again. Most night you're up three times each night right. Blah! Naps are hit or miss since we stopped swaddling you. You're now using a sleep sack. I don't even think it's having your arms free that is keeping you awake, but the fact that you're so darn active. You roll all around your bed and hit your head pretty hard sometimes. Hopefully sleep will start to improve again soon.
You were fantastic during our trip to Vermont. You did great with the traveling and sleeping in the pack-n-play. You got to go swimming for the first time while we were there. It was a nice little getaway for us! While we were there you discovered your feet and now play with them all the time. It's given you something to do with your hands other than put them in your mouth, so that's nice. You also learned how to blow raspberries, but so far you don't do it nearly as much as your brother did during meal time.
You've been rolling for several months now and are extremely fast. You have better control over your directionality now and will intentionally roll to get a "toy" you want; often paper that you'll eat. You can turn easily while on your stomach and will still pull your knees up and lunge forward some, but no crawling yet. We bought at exersaucer at a local consignment store and you love it! It's nice that I can put you in that now when I need to keep you from rolling. You are also pretty good about playing in your crib if I need to you confined for a little bit.
You can do a tripod sit alone for a few seconds sometimes, but certainly aren't proficient at it yet. You do try to sit yourself up when you're in your whale tubby though. I have had to start putting that tub in the big tub because you splash so much in the water. You love bath time just like Brennan always has.
You still don't take a binky, but like to play with them. You can put them in your mouth on your own and will chew on it, but won't leave it there and suck on it. You chew on anything you can find, including your brother's hands and just as of this morning your feet. No teeth yet though.
You really are such a good baby. You have the biggest smile and those blue eyes still get comments from strangers everywhere we go. You continue to love your brother and your eyes go straight to him if I say, "Where's Brennan?" He loves you most of the time too! :)
I can't believe in just six short months you'll be one! Time is flying by and even though I'm one tired Momma, I'm trying to savor every second of it; especially if you're my last baby!
Love ya bunches and bunches!
Love,
Mommy
Brennan back at 5 months
Brennan today at 6 months and looking much less babyish. :(
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