This month brought a difficult transition. For me, not you. On October 18th, we put you in your crib at night. I admit, you were more than ready. It was me who kept repeating, "tomorrow night." But, I finally bit the bullet and you did great. Not a peep! You hum/groan when you are tired and are trying to put yourself to sleep. You also slam your feet down to soothe yourself, just like your big brother did at 5 months! We have woken up a few times thinking someone was trying to break in the house, but no, it's just you banging around upstairs!
And speaking of sleep, you went from loving to be rocked before naps and night, to not wanting to be rocked or held. You literally arch your back and scream until we lay you down in your crib. This also coincides with a brief nursing strike. Every time I would put you in that "rock" position, you would scream and refuse my breast. Luckily, it was short-lived and you now nurse fine (on most days). I did drop our 4:00 feed, so I only nurse/bottle with breastmilk-feed you at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. We haven't switched you over to the 4-6 month Mom's On Call schedule yet, because I didn't think you were quite ready for solids, so your feeding schedule is still the same: 7:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m. (down for the night at 7:30 p.m.).
You were ready, however, for more active play. We put you in the Skip Hop Explore & More activity center this month. You love standing up and interact with all of the toys. You now bring all toys to your mouth, pull your paci out (you have almost mastered putting it back in), but much prefer your hands. They are always in your mouth. If they aren't, you are using them to scratch yourself. Your poor little head has scratches all over, despite keeping your nails cut short.
You started to fuss this month and are harder to keep content…unless you are in our arms, of course. You absolutely love to be held, exploring the big world in our arms. You started to cry when we lay you down or leave the room. Daddy says that I have created a monster by constantly being at your beck and call, but it's just one of those stages of development!
I hate to admit this, but I just now discovered your double crown. For some reason I didn't notice it when you were new to us, but it's there, just like big brother Brooks. The two of you are quite similar. In more ways than one!
And lastly, you swung for the first time on October 18th, as well. You didn't love it, but you didn't hate it. You were rather impassive. I do get the best smiles and giggles during diaper changes. You think the cold wipe on your bottom is too funny.
Some month five happenings and whatnots: you had your 4 month well check-up, we celebrated Shug's birthday, you went to Railroad Park for the first time, you dressed up as a deer for your first Halloween, you still love bath time, your Sister fed you an entire bottle for the first time, you experienced your first fire, and blowout is your new middle name. We've had a lot of them this month.
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