~5 Months Old~

Dear Rowen,

Last week you turned five months old, it amazes me everyday how big you are getting!  This month last year was when we found out our lives would be blessed with the arrival of a baby, but I never could of imagined that baby would be the happy, silly, loud, little baby you are!!

We went to the doctors the other day and you weighed 18.1 lbs and are 27 inches tall, which puts you roughly in the 75-80%.  You have been wearing your last wears of many of your six months clothes which also happen to be your summer clothes, and your nine month fall clothes are all washed and folded waiting for you.  We just transitioned over to size three diapers.

This past month has brought a lot of change for you in the food department.  I will admit I was very hesitant to start foods with you, not so much because I didn't think you were ready, but rather I didn't feel well prepared for the process.  I finally gave in when I caught you watching us eating and you were moving your mouth.  So far you have loved the change.  We mix either a fruit or a vegetable in with your cereal three times a day, and you don't seem to dislike anything we have tried.  I think apples may be your favorite, but we have also tried bananas, pears, green beans, peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, and squash.  You still take at least four bottles a day of at least eight ounces, you are a healthy eater!

You continue to sleep through the night, but lately its a battle to get you to sleep, you fuss and thrash and if we put you in your crib you put your butt up in the air and cry.  You usually fall asleep after ten minutes, and I know picking you up won't do anything (believe me I've tried), but for those ten minutes its hard to let you work it out sometimes.  Once you are asleep we don't hear a peep from you until we wake you up in the morning.  This past weekend you let us sleep in until 830 on Saturday and that was pretty amazing.

Every day you seem to get stronger.  You now roll back and forth from your back to your belly, and a lot of times when you are on your belly we will see you rotating yourself in a circle.  You are sooo close to being able to sit up on your own, we have been practicing and I think once you figure out how to catch yourself from falling backwards we will be good to go.  The Jumperoo remains your best friend, you would spend every waking minute in it if we let you.  In addition to moving around like crazy, you are turning out to be quite the chatterbox, which isn't a surprise to me!!  You love to lay on your mat and coo and babble to all of the sea creatures and it is precious!!

A few firsts for you this month aside from food, your first Hurricane Irene, your first earthquake, and your first Baseball game!

Happy five months Chicken Little, we love you so much!!