5 Months

Our little man is 5 months old! (Yes, this post is a little delayed but I've taken a break from getting on the computer in the evening so posts are coming much further apart these days.)

He weighs 14 pounds and is 25 1/2 inches long. His head measurement is 43 cm.
He's lost lots of hair but has been quickly growing it back.
He rolls over from his belly to his back by pulling his knees up under himself.

Here he is rolling over-

This has caused sleep problems for him though because he gets on his back and then he is stuck! He doesn't know how to roll from his back to his belly yet and thus, he is like a turtle just laying there waiting for someone to come and roll him back over. It makes for many sleepless nights....
Speaking of sleepless nights...remember how he was sleeping through the night? Well, that lasted about a week and ended abruptly. Now, he's back to waking every 3 hours to feed. After desperation for sleep, I even tried having E give him a bottle of formula at night and that still didn't work.
I even tried starting him on oatmeal cereal and that also did nothing for his sleep but it did give us some really cute pics-

Miss A had been entertaining him lots these days which makes it nice for me if I need to get some cooking or cleaning done...here are some snapshots of her entertaining him-

Miss A enjoys walking around with this bucket on her head and it becomes quite the comical thing to watch her try to walk around in it-

I put him in a pair of shoes recently one Sunday. These shoes were a gift from my friend, Ashley. The outfit he is in is from his great-grandpa (Poppy).

F's cries have become more audible and puts up quite a fuss if he's hungry and I try to give him his paci instead. He has also found his thumb (can't remember if I mentioned that before now). He uses his thumb when he is sleeping to soothe himself. While some may worry when their children suck their thumb, I am completely happy that he has found his and uses it help himself get back to sleep.
He's still drooling lots and it makes me wonder if he will cut any teeth any time soon. He's not spitting up as much now that he is on Prevacid so I am hoping his reflux will soon be under control.

I took some St. Patrick's day themed pics of them last week-

While trying to get a shot of the back of F's romper, Miss A put his Wubbanub on his head so this was the best one I could get-

Oh and if you are wondering...yes there is Irish in my family...on my mom's father's side...it's a mix of Irish/Scottish. As many of you know-F's name is Irish and his hair has a nice reddish tone to it (what's left of it anyway) and his skin is fair like mine. So, he does quite embody the saying on the back of his romper.

Miss A has a fever that she came down with last night...she doesn't really have any other symptoms. She is quite fussy and clingy though and doesn't have much of an appetite. She's napping now and I am hoping she will take a good, restful nap.

More posts will be coming soon including updates on my 10 in 10, Purim, more of Miss A's antics, and pics from E's birthday dinner and brunch.