I cannot believe our little boy is 5 months old.  I am officially ready for him to stop getting bigger.  He is such a sweet, happy baby.  He has changed so much in the past month, here is a rundown of what is going on with our sweet boy.

Activity – Ethan is now developing a new “skill” every few days.  He has mastered grabbing toys and putting them in his mouth.  He loves sucking on his fingers (and frequently gags himself by shoving his fingers too far back in his mouth).  He has learned to blow raspberries and is constantly babbling and cooing.  He loves to smile and giggle.  Within the past few days he has also started to roll from his back to his stomach.  It is quite funny, because he rolls to his belly, gets mad, puts his face down on the floor and starts crying until we put him on his back, then he rolls over again and starts all over!  It is crazy to see how coordinated he is and how much effort he puts into this new trick.  He is also becoming more steady sitting up, but I think it will still be a while before he is sitting up on his own.

Sleeping – Ethan continues to struggle to sleep well.  Though his sleep habits change every few weeks, they are constantly bad!  Lately, he has been waking up every 45 minutes after we put him down for the night.  We have tried everything we can think of to get him to stay asleep.  We finally decided it was not worth the effort (especially since nothing was working) and he is now back in our room at night.  He is much happier and sleeps much longer when he knows we are close.  And when he does wake up we can calm him down without getting out of bed instead of getting up 10 times at night.  He still takes 30-45 minute naps unless we lay down with him, then he sleeps for 1-2 hours.  Though we look forward to the day when he sleeps all night in his room, we are all much more well rested this way!

Eating – Ethan has decided that life is far too interesting to focus on eating.  He would rather talk to me or practice squirming around than eat for very long.  His weight gain has slowed down a bit, but he is still healthy and chunky, so I’m trying not to worry too much.  We have tried giving him some solid food (rice cereal, apples, and bananas).  I thought he would love it since he likes to eat so much, but doesn’t seem interested yet, so we will wait another few weeks and try again.

In other news, Ethan is now in daycare at Primrose School.  They had a 2 day a week opening and we decided to try it out.  It is walking distance from our house, so it has been very convenient.  So far he seems to be really enjoying it.  After I pick him up, he is very loud and very active, so I can tell he is “learning” from the other babies!

Ethan’s likes are: being naked, baths, grabbing and pulling hair, stroller rides, being out and about

Dislikes: getting pajamas on after bath time, playing alone, anything related to sleep!

Here are some pictures of our sweet 5 month old – I can’t believe he is almost half a year old!

 

Yes, our baby boy has cleavage!

A very drowsy, cuddly, happy boy before bedtime.

Hanging out with Oma.

He loves watching the mobile.

Watching the Butler game with daddy.

The cats still haven’t figured out that the baby stuff isn’t for them.

This is a bad pictures, but this is how Ethan usually sleeps.  Comfy, huh?

Hanging out in his new jumperoo.

Ginger supervising a nap.

Handsome little man.