5 Months

We have been super busy the last couple of weeks. We moved to a new place on top of everything else we have going on. Plus Blake turned 5 months! He is getting more and more fun every day. All of a sudden he has interest in playing, he grabs his toys and sucks on EVERYTHING! He loves to chew on fabric, his blankets, burp cloths anything. He is an expert at rolling over and is working so hard to sit up. He is great at sitting assisted and can sit on his own for around 20 seconds or so. We keep practicing to try and strengthen up those muscles.

We decided to up his foods because he has been having a hard time staying full, so the doctor suggested we try foods more often. She also gave us the ok to try stage 2 foods. Blake has also been trying to grab my food and drinks so we are trying finger foods too. So far he just looks at them and tries to pick it up but can't get it to his mouth. Besides if I put it in there he spits it out because he doesn't like the texture. So far he has tried to pick up peaches, pears, avocados and some organic cereal puffs. This week he finished trying out apples which is a stage one food. Then we tried green beans, turkey, and prunes. Prunes are also stage one but the rest are stage two. We will likely try chicken this weekend and some other fruits like blueberries and apricots. We are still doing purees until he is older and shows more interest and ability to pick up foods then I hope to move on to mostly finger foods. We ordered a book about feeding babies that I hope to get in the mail early next week. The doctor said there was some pretty good meals in there for us to try. Other then the fruit I gave him for finger foods Blake has still only had organic food. I am hoping to keep it up and make time to get some organic fresh fruit this week for myself so I can offer it to him as well.

We also started reading Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems by Dr. Ferber. I haven't gotten to far in it yet but so far it gives a lot of information about sleeping and sleep cycles. I may even learn how to take care of my own sleep problems with this book. Blake actually is only centimeters away from touching the top and bottom of his bassinet. There is no room in our bedroom for his bed so he will likely move into his room very soon. I am not ready for this at all and don't know how I am going to sleep with him in the other room. It makes me so nervous to even think that I won't be in the room while he is sleeping but I really have no choice at this point. I would have liked to wait until 6 months but I don't think he will make it that long in his current "bed". This afternoon I let him "fuss it out" and he has been taking a nap in the pack and play so maybe he will be able to learn to sleep in his crib too. Of course now we just need to get his father to put it together....

This week Blake also got to go to the park for the first time. He LOVED it. He went to the "bus park" with the kids and tried out the merry-go-round, the bouncing sheep and dog, and the bus. Today we went to Elver park and he tried a slide, we bounced on the bridge, and we tried out the swing together. He also loved watching all the traffic and feeling the wind blow his hair. I can't wait until he can sit up and we can play on more of the equipment. I also bought him a swimsuit today so we can hopefully go for a swim soon. It has pirate ships all over it, I wanted to buy the matching hat but it wasn't big enough. I may get him into swim lessons after his 6 month birthday but I need to check out the price first. Unfortunately the weather isn't suppose to be that nice this weekend but I am hoping it gets back to being warm again soon so we can keep going to parks to play and the dog parks with George.