Wow, I haven't blogged anything since Cole's 4 month post. Bad blogger! Sorry!
This weekend Cole turned 5 months old! He spent the majority of last month sick. First with RSV and bronchialitis. He never really fully recovered from that before he got an ear infection. FINALLY, the doctor gave him an antibiotic and got him fully well! Meanwhile, big sis had strep throat and was also on an antibiotic. We should have just taken a match to this germ filled house!
While he was sick, Cole was not making a lot of strides in developing new skills. Since he is finally feeling better, he has gotten extremely fast at rolling over from his back to his belly. He tries to push his booty up to crawl, but he ends up doing the yoga pose, downward dog, more than anything. He is getting a lot closer to sitting up by himself too. He has found his voice and loves to yell. He doesn't make a lot of sounds, just kind of a creaking sound or one long syllable of yelling. He has a quiet laugh that we have been hearing a lot more of. He is starting to have a sense of humor and thinks it is funny when he grabs his diaper during a diaper change and then I take it away from him.
You can kind of see his personality in these pictures. Everytime he would smile he would look away and do it. He knew he was giving me a hard time and thought it was funny. What a jokester!
We don't have a doctor's appointment this month, so we don't have any new stats. Since the illness, he has been growing a lot and has really chunked up. Cole is wearing mostly 9 month clothing and size 3 diapers. He eats rice cereal and baby food at dinnertime. He seems to like veggies more than fruit. I think the fruit is a little too sweet or tangy for him! Otherwise, he tends to drink 6 oz bottles of formula.
I THINK Cole is about to have his 2 lower teeth pop through. You can feel the lumps where they are and he has been majorly cranky and having trouble sleeping. I am more than ready to get those darn teeth through so my wonderful sleeper will return! Despite the teeth, he usually just wakes up once a night for a bottle. Sometimes he wakes up needing the paci, but that is a quick fix. Our only sleeping problem is that we cannot get him out of his bassinet. He has a rock n play that has an incline. When we swaddle him and put him in it he sleeps like a charm. When we put him in his crib, he really only sleeps for like 4 hours. When I have to work in the morning, I tend to really get lazy and choose the bassinet route even though I KNOW I need to get him sleeping in his crib. Don't want him taking that rock n play to the college dorm someday.
Cole still thinks his big sis is about the most interesting thing in the world. He loves to stare at her and whatever she is doing. Even at daycare where there are a lot of kids to watch he chooses his big sister out of the crowd. He is starting to have a bit of stranger danger and seems to especially be wary of old people. (Try explaining that to your elderly neighbor lady!) He has started reaching for us when he wants to be picked up.
I am starting to think Cole's eyes will be staying blue. And they are very blue. His hair is SO poofy and does not like to lay down at all. We have already given him two small haircuts. That hair grows fast! It looks like it will be a light brown and I still think he is going to be left handed.
Cole is such a sweetie pie. Always ready to smile at you and give you those big blue eyes that melt your heart. I can't beleive that next month he will be half a year old. The time has flown! I can't wait for the summer when we get to go outside and have fun in the sun! We're almost there!
We love you Mr. Mister!
