5 Months Already?!?

Happy 5 Month Birthday Owen!!

It is hard to believe you have already been with us for 5 months.  

Yet at the same time, I can hardly even remember life without you.

At 5 Months you are...

13 pounds 1.5 ounces

25 inches long 

Eating 6.5 ounces, 5 times per day 

Giving us a little bit of trouble with your sleep the past week or so

but you are normally a great sleeper.

Bedtime is between 6:00PM and 7:00 PM

You wake once around 12:00AM or 1:00 AM

Then you are up again between 5:00 AM and 6:00 AM

You take 2-3 naps a day ranging from 45 min each to over 2 hours at times.

Rolling over from your stomach to your back.

(I think mostly because you still hate tummy time so you found a way to get out of it.)

Starting to arch like you want to roll from your back to your stomach.

Smiling a Lot! Especially when we go in to get you after you wake up.

Laughing little bits here and there and normally at the craziest things.

Yesterday I had you in the kitchen with me while I was unloading

the dishwasher and you randomly just started laughing at

me while I was narrating my moves for you.  I guess if

I were you I would think I was crazy too for

walking you through every dish and

where I was putting it away. :)

Putting everything you touch in your mouth.

Doing much better in the Bumbo chair.  You will actually sit in it for nearly 10 minutes at a time.

You used to hate it.  You would arch backwards and fuss because you hated 

that it made you sit up so straight.  Now you are content.

Turning a full 90 degrees on your playmat.  I'll walk back into the room and find

you laying parallel with the row of toys.  

Loving the TV, but we try not to let you watch it that much.

If I happen to have it on while you are on your playmat, you will 

grab one of the hanging toys to help lift you up so you can 

turn your head backwards and catch a glimpse.

Talking a lot in your own little language.

Here's a little comparison to show how much you've grown since we first brought you home.  

 

We love you so much Owen, even on your bad sleep days,

and can't imagine life without you.