Graham, you are getting so big! 5 months have flown by. Your sweet personality continues to develop and surprise us every day. You are so sweet and curious. You love to watch what everyone else is doing. On the border of nosey. Ha.
Your brother is your most favorite thing to watch. You will sit by him and watch him all day. You've started to grab things (such as hair, face, etc.) which Henry hasn't been the most fond of but we know you just want to be close to him.
You've started to give kisses this month. I just adore them and can't get enough. You will hold our faces with both your hands very intentionally and then give a big slobbery kiss. You also seem very satisfied and pleased with yourself when you have finished. Such a flirt.
You are still our go with the flow/flexible baby. So thankful for that. Now that Nana is watching you during the day and brother will be at school hopefully more a nap schedule will begin to develop.
Some 5 month stats:
-bedtime is around 8pm. You still wake up around 11 for a dreamfeed and then usually we hear you fussing around 3 or 4 in the morning. The night you finally sleep all the way through will be a wonderful one. Ha! It's a short lived thing, so I'm trying to have patience with it. (update as of 9/6- we tried cry it out this past week. After one day you got the hang of it and now you are sleeping 8-5:30 in your crib. You sleep longer after I feed you at 5:30 too. Why we waited so long to try that, I don't know. Ha!)
- You roll over front to back and are happy to play on your tummy. You are even scooting yourself in circles whenever we put you on the floor. I don't think crawling will be very far away.
-You've started solid foods. Sweet potatoes, squash, peas and carrots have been introduced so far. You are more interested in what we are eating though. Baby led weaning may be your thing. We tried apples and you have a big allergic reaction to it. So now we are kinda keeping an eye out when we give you fruits that were grown with skin (pears, peaches, etc.). Kind of stinks since all store made pouches have applesauce as the base ingredient.
- You roll over front to back and are happy to play on your tummy. You are even scooting yourself in circles whenever we put you on the floor. I don't think crawling will be very far away.
-You've started solid foods. Sweet potatoes, squash, peas and carrots have been introduced so far. You are more interested in what we are eating though. Baby led weaning may be your thing. We tried apples and you have a big allergic reaction to it. So now we are kinda keeping an eye out when we give you fruits that were grown with skin (pears, peaches, etc.). Kind of stinks since all store made pouches have applesauce as the base ingredient.
-Napping is still a work in progress. You do seem to enjoy napping after you've bounced yourself out!
-You weigh 16 lbs (45%), 27 inches (95%) and your sweet little head circumference is 5%. Apparently you have a small head?! We think it's perfectly perfect. Maybe that nurse measured wrong. Ha!
-You are daddy's snuggle buddy. You both LOVE sleeping in the mornings. Henry is my morning guy and you are daddy's night owl/sleep in partner.
-You smile and laugh at everything your big brother does! I don't think anyone could love you more. You and him both look for each other first thing in the morning. Henry calls you "Gah Gah" and it's the cutest thing.
You are the best baby and we are so blessed to call you ours! We love you Graham Leo!
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