5 months

Yesterday my "little" man turned 5 months old! 5 whole months since we officially met, but I feel like I've known him my whole life. I feel like this month more than last he has turned into this little person with a big personality. He communicates so well now it's absolutely amazing.

At 5 Months old, Santos:

-sleeps ok. Not well like he used to. Now, he wakes up with pain from teething. I'm sure once we get passed this rough patch and his teeth break through, he'll be back to sleeping... like a baby?? who on EARTH was the first person to say that. They should be shot. Babies don't sleep.

- is sitting on his own (almost) he sits up and wobbles for a little. He's getting stronger and stronger every day and almost needs no assistance now!

-loves to stand. You hold his hands and he'll pull himself all the way up. AND keep himself up for quite a while. Strong legs!



-ate all of his cereal for first time. The whole bowl!

-rolled over twice but hates tummy time. He has a STRONG cobra pose.

- grabs everything and tries to put in his mouth. Including feet...
which was a success tonight. He got that big toe in his mouth. Yuck. Good thing he had his bath!

-loves tubby time and mommy and daddy have joined in...

-still nursing and tonight we started solids!! First food ever was roasted butternut squash! SO CUTE. he made the yuck face the whole time but ate it. haha!

-loves to babble and try to talk. even a few squeaks. Over the weekend he started the M sound. Mama here we come!!

-discovered the cats and is fascinated by them every time they go by. He pets little man, and little man nuzzles him. It's really sweet.

-drools like a faucet and teething bad......

-weight: not exactly sure but I'm guessing about 22 pounds now. I'll try and get him on the scale.

-diaper size: 3 but from the looks of it....I think we're ready for the 4. haha! his little booty crack. He needs taller diapers.

-still loves his swaddle and sucks on his soother (not a lot though seems like lately he'd rather chew the sides of it.)

-favorite thing to do is throw toys. He makes me play fetch. He picks it up, throws it on the floor, and then looks at it then me to pick it back up.

-Loves to be out and around people. He will fight sleep like crazy just so he wont miss anything.

-officially uses his new big boy car seat



-lost most of his hair and it's now growing in quite nicely!

-Attended his very first superbowl party






Me:
On weight watchers and lost about 11 pounds. Not too shabby...
Still struggling with managing my time. Dishes stay in the sink so much longer than I'd like and the floor desperately needs to be vacuumed but nothing I can do about it. I'm learning to let go.
Daddy and I aren't seeing eye to eye for the first time about parenting. It's not huge issues, but I want to stop swaddling mijo and stop using the soother, and he wants to keep them until he's one... he read online that it was ok so he thinks we should leave it alone. I'm just nervous that it'll be harder the longer he gets used to it. So far... Daddy is winning on that one... I also want him to stop getting used to being walked around to go to sleep. I've managed to stop ok and baby understands during the day to go to sleep without it, but when daddy is home he knows if he cries daddy will walk him....

other than that I'm doing well. My boob thing is healing nicely. I'll spare the yucky details but I didn't end up having to take the oral antibiotic. Thank God. But still had to pump for a little from that side so he didn't touch it.




Daddy:

"Proud papa" - that's all he wishes to say. LOL