5 Months

This sure has been a busy month for you Lucas! I thought you changed a lot from your 3rd to your 4th month, but you changed even more in your 4th month.

At the beginning of the month you were content to lie on your back and swat/grab at the toys above/in front of you. Not so satisfied anymore! Oh no, you now purposefully reach for and try to grab anything you can set your eyes on. Meaning when we're holding you we can't be holding anything else...the phone, remote, paper, etc, it doesn't matter what it is - you'll stretch and reach and do what you can to get your little hands on the item. This also means we're hearing a lot of "No, Lucas! Mine! At's Kayla's!" from Kayla now.

You found your toes!


and what fun toys they are...


You get up on your hands and toes and push yourself backwards; you slide all around the living room like that and it brings back memories of when Kayla did that.


You went on the 2nd road trip of your short life - to AZ - and then your first plane ride - to MA. Thankfully you slept most of the time!


You have gained a lot of trunk control which means you can sit in the stroller without the infant car seat. I can also put you in Kayla's old booster seat, sit you in front of the fish tank, and you'll be mesmerized for a good 20 minutes watching the fish. Yay! I can fix lunch or dinner while you're occupied!

You are sitting for longer and longer periods every day.


Sometimes you catch yourself by putting your hand down, or righting your body, other times you fall over so we still keep an eye on you and have a pillow around!


But what a whole new world it is to be able to sit up and play with your toys now. Kayla just loves how much more interactive you are this way too :)


You started showing a real interest when we're eating. You stare intently at us; so much so that I feel almost guilty eating in front of you...it seems you're looking at me thinking, "when is it my turn to have some of that?"

So although I wanted to wait until you were closer to 6 months to start on solid foods we went ahead and gave you your first bowl of cereal a couple nights ago.


Give me that spoon Mom, you're not going fast enough!


And big sister Kayla just couldn't wait to help feed you too!


Your sleeping habits have improved somewhat. You don't consistently sleep through the night, but you have, on occasion, slept 6-7 hrs and for those nights I'm ever so grateful.

We discovered you like to sleep on your tummy, and you sleep much better that way. Your napping schedule has become a little more predictable; you're awake for about 2 hrs and then you're ready for a nap. You've started to nap for an hour (thank goodness because those 30-min naps weren't helping!) and sometimes longer. You do seem to have nights, usually between 730-830 where you are just a bear! You fall asleep easily enough during the day for naps, but that last nap in the evening you fight and fight and fight. You're tired enough, but you cry hysterically sometimes; hopefully you'll grow out of that soon enough.

When you're done playing in the exersaucer you are starting to lift your arms up to me to get you out. You get very excited to see me when I walk in a room - you start squirming around and kicking your legs so fast. But boy do you get angry if I come in a room when you're tired, cranky, or hungry and I don't immediately pick you up! Even if Daddy is holding you and you were content enough, if you hear my voice and I make eye contact, but don't go get you, you sure let us know you're pissed off!

You love to jump. All we have to do is hold you upright on our laps and you start bending those legs and jumping. Sometimes I think my arms are going to fall off! We really need to get you a johnny jumper thing!

Then there are the little milestones I probably wouldn't have really noticed, or paid attention to if it weren't for Kayla. When your sister was going through Early Childhood Intervention she had goals, and the little goals were things I wouldn't have known about - "oh babies are supposed to do that? That's considered a developmental milestone?" So now I notice that you crinkle up paper! hold your hands in midline! reach across midline to grab something! transfer an object from one hand to another! and in my head I check them off just like we would do on Kayla's goals :)

Speaking of Kayla, you sure do love to watch her! Your eyes follow her all around the room and if when she pays attention to you you give her the biggest smiles. What a wonderful relationship you guys are going to have!

Happy 5 months Lucas!