5 Months Old

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Five Months

At 5 months:

• Waking every 2-4 hours to eat - the 4 hour intervals are few and far between. Mostly, he wakes every 3 or so.
• Sleeps his first stretch of the night in his pack n play next to the bed and the rest of the night in bed with us. 
• Naps approximately 4 times per day. He has no schedule but somewhat keeps his own. He will take a morning nap approx 1 hour after waking up, a mid day nap around 11 or 12, an afternoon snooze around 2 or 3 and a final snooze around 4 or 5. The longest nap is usually the 11/12ish nap which lasts for anywhere from 1-3 hours. 
• Is still a speed nurser and will eat in 5 minutes
• Wearing 3-6 month clothes and 6 month clothes
• Loves to cuddle. 
• Hugs with purpose
• Smiles pretty much all of the time
• Has his pacifier in most of the time and can smile a big smile while keeping it in. Other paci tricks include burping with it in place, spitting up with it in, grabbing it and pulling it out and putting it back in (not always coordinated enough to make this happen), moving it to the side and chewing on it, holding it and chewing on the sides of it. 
• Hates to be alone - will play alone on the floor when he knows you are nearby
• Has "jazz hands" - is always opening and closing his hands, touching your face or clothing, grabbing strings, petting any surface to learn about the texture
• Shakes toys, crinkles them, waves them about
• Passes toys from hand to hand
• Grabs toys with purpose and examines them
• Everything goes directly into his mouth
• Slobbers constantly
• Spits up an absolute ton!
• Knows mom and dad - lights up when he sees us
• Is beginning to discover there is another moving "person" in the house named Trooper. He will grab for Trooper and of course, Troopie like the smart woofie he is will move away. 
• Still 100% breastfed. Has licked 1 banana but has not eaten any solids. He eats every 2-3 hours during the day. 
• Has rolled from tummy to back 2x but while it is obvious that he knows how to do it, he has little interest
• Sits up unassisted for up to a minute (or so) and does especially well when he has a toy to distract him
• Works on tucking his legs up under him and then straightening them (and repeating it over and over) which I believe is the precursor to crawling
• Can stand up holding an object like a table as long as someone is behind him because he is completely unaware of the consequences of letting go
• Loves baths. He is taking baths in the big bathtub and loves it. He plays with his stacking cups and enjoys the water. 
• Loves being naked or mostly naked with just a diaper. Will smile, giggle or squeal when he realizes you are taking his clothes off and is quite smiley and delighted the whole time he is without clothes. I have to wonder if he is going to be one of those kids who takes his clothes off at every chance. I have a feeling he might be. 
• Has been to McCall, ID 2x, Whidbey Island, WA 1x and Eugene several times
• Pays close attention to what we are doing, especially interested in watching us eat!

 Falling over after sitting up like a big boy!

 Bed Head

 Giving Melman the staredown

 "Talking"

 Checking himself out

 Big guy doing a mini pushup

I call this one "the peeper" - He woke up when daddy was taking pics :)