Faile Family Fun: 5 Months Old: Oh the Progress We Have Made.

First I want to start out by saying how much trouble I'm in because I absolutely LOVE being at home now (if you know me you know that I hated being at home, I am no housewife) but boy do kids change your mind. Anyways here is a pic of my beautiful 5 month old.

He has found his feet. That is what he is trying to get in this pic. Bless his heart, I keep them covered up so much he is not going to know what to think when he gets to see the real things this summer.

Height: Pretty long. This is not a doctors visit month and I have not measured him.

Weight: 17lbs 2oz Again, this is by my scales so I don't know how they match up with the doctors scales.

Feeding: 5oz every 4 hrs, which = 4 bottles a day. Oh how I longed for this day!! AND baby food but I will get to that in a minute.

Sleeping: Still sleeping through the night ( I was a little worried bc people have told me once there kids started baby food they quit sleeping through the night.) Just this week he started taking regular naps!!! I now know how important routines are. He takes two naps a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Order has been restored!!!

Milestones:

He can hold his bottle all by his self now.
He FINALLY rolled over(from stomach to back). You know I wrote that he rolled over once at 3 months old but never did it again. He still don't do it much, he hates being on his stomach.
He's trying to sit up but it usually only last for about 15-30 seconds.
His hand to eye coordination has developed. He goes straight for anything you put in front of him. He puts everything in his mouth and gets mad when something doesn't fit in his mouth. He can also swap objects from one hand to another, which is something I probably never would have noticed if my weekly update from parenting.com didn't tell me.
He can go everywhere in his walker. This gives me a glimpse of walking bc I have already had to move him away from the wall heater, the open door with stairs, and my plant he was trying to eat. OH MY! However will I do it?
He is still not signing yet (I don't expect him to until AT LEAST 6 months) but he does recognize the sign for milk. When it's time to eat we show him the sign for milk before we get his bottle and he gets excited ,or if he's really hungary he starts crying when we show him the sign.
He cries now if he sees me leaving the room. At first it was flattering but now it's just difficult. I can't even go to the bathroom if he isn't occupied or he will start crying.

...............hmmm there is probably so much more that I'm forgetting.

Baby Food Bonanza!!!

The pediatrician told us that E should be eating 3 meals a day by 6 months so we started him off eating one vegetable at lunch time(green beans) and rice cereal for supper. He was not a big fan of them but he ate them anyways. I figured if I started with the worst he would have nothing to compare it to but I guess bad food is just bad food. FYI: I tried everything he ate and it was all pretty good except the green beans, They just needed some salt.

I read that they need to eat the same thing for 3 days in a row to make sure they were not allergic. Poor little guy was stuck eating green beans for two day and then I just felt bad. After about 4 or 5 days we started giving him oatmeal and a fruit for breakfast (I believe we did banana's first). He loved that. About a week later we were doing breakfast, lunch, and supper. He has eaten green beans, peas, sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, mixed veggies, and corn and sweet potatoes together. In the fruit department he has eaten banana's pears, applesauce, and prunes (is a prune a fruit??). We have started mixing his bland veggies with sweeter veggies, so yes I am still making him eat green beans. He eats it all and when he wants a bite and I am not fast enough he pants like a dog, it is too funny. After he takes a bite he says mmmm, it is too cute. He is also starting to slim up some thanks to the baby food. Not that he is not just an adorable chunker, but do you know how hard it is to lift a 17 pounder in an out of the bathtub?

Info for other parents:

Apparently there are different labels on the baby foods that say first foods, second foods, and so on. I did not know this and bought the ones that said second foods. I'm not exactly sure what the difference is but Easton ate both of them just fine so I don't really pay attention to it. If anyone knows why and it is something I should know, u just let me know.
PRUNES should only be given is small amounts or when constipated. I spent two days washing and putting shout on clothes that he pooped all over. And when I say all over I mean up to his neck.

He is such a good cheeser!