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Leo at Five Months

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Month Five (June)

 Oh, man! We can't believe how big our little guy has gotten!  



  • Likes: moving all over the floor, grabbing things and putting them in his mouth, Itsy Bitsy Spider, almost any nursery song, being carried in the carrier facing out, smiling and laughing, being kissed, people trying to eat his feet, baby in the mirror, baby crunches
  • Dislikes: 6:00 - 6:45 pm (most fussy time of the day)
  • New Developments: laughing, rolling both ways easily, sitting up while leaning against something, using his legs to wheelbarrow himself across the floor(the arms aren't getting in on the action yet!
Leo has changed so much this month.  He's now sleeping in the crib full time and putting himself to sleep all of the time (no more rocking!).  Our bedtime routine consists of giving him a bath, bottle, reading him Hug Time, The Going to Bed Book, and Goodnight Moon, putting him a sleep sack(no more swaddle!), singing Leaving on a Jet Plane, and then putting him his crib(no more swing!).  He usually puts himself to sleep with no crying for naps and his naps are usually around an hour long.  Bedtime is still a little tricky. Sometimes, there's no crying and other times he cries for 15 minutes.  We've had a pretty good run though of sleeping until 6:30/7, although we realize that is subject to change at anytime!  Overall, the nursing is going much better, thanks to some sage advice from our lactation consultant and a lot of nursing support tea.  Rachel had no idea she could be so into tea!  

We love how smiley and happy our guy is and we can't wait to see everything that month six has to offer!!  

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