time keeps ticking. and this sweet boy keeps growing. and i think i love him more and more every day, if that's possible. i have realized this month that he does seem to be a little behind from where he should be, which the neonatologist at the hospital said he would be. since he was born 5 weeks early, there was a possibility that he'd be approximately 5 weeks "behind". i don't like to compare babies because they all do things at their own rates, but for the most part, they all seem to do things within a few weeks of each other. i have the girls calendars that i look at occasionally and i have noticed that he's done things about a month behind what the girls have done so far.
that being said ... i still try to do things with him that he should be able to do at his gestational age. so technically, he should only be 4 months, but he's really 5 months, so i do things with him that any 5 month old could do. we work on sitting up. rolling over from tummy to back. eating baby food. grabbing things. he may not do them as well as other 5 month olds, but he's working hard every day!
so at 5 months ...
*not sleeping that great right now because of recurring ear infections.
*eating like a mad man. he loves fruit!
*trying to grab everything he sees. mainly my water bottle. he likes to chew on the straw.
*rolls over tummy to back in bed and cries b/c he can't get back over to sleep.
*likes his schedule. still lets us know when it's bedtime.
*is getting better about being in the car. i'm not sure what changed, but i'm not questioning it.
*has really taken to his "gankie". it's a sure fire way to get him calm in the car. he likes to hold it and suck his thumb.
*another big change ... he can get his thumb to his mouth and keep it there longer without it yanking out.
*still can't sit up well. i now feed him in the bouncy seat so he can lay back and the food will stay in his mouth.
*LOVES to swing. loves. loves. loves.
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