5 Months!

Wow!  The bird is 5 months old.  So cliche, but time is FLYING by!  Here are some current stats:

• Height & Weight - hasn't been measured since 4 month appt, but I'm guessing somewhere in the 17-18lb range
• Experienced some sleep regression for several weeks - bedtime between 7-8pm, waking up several times @ night = made for some sleepy parents.  Finally, we turned off the monitor, turned on a sound machine in our room and let him cry.  Who knows how long he cried, but he hasn't woken up @ night since!
• Now sleeping a pretty solid 3-4hrs during the day, and 12 hrs at night
• No set nap schedule just yet, but hoping to get there soon
• Still eating 5 times a day - exclusively breastfed
• Just tried rice cereal for the first time today - see pic above
• SO much personality!!
• Loves to jump jump jump! Either on your lap, in his "office", in the johnny jump up, etc, etc
• Loves his Office (or the circle of neglect as Valerie endearingly calls it!)
• Rolling over both ways, especially in his crib @ night
• Can sit up by himself for about 5 seconds before he face plants
• Loves an iphone (what kid doesn't?!)
• Starting to grab your face and put his mouth wherever he can
• Everything goes straight from hands to mouth
• Got his first stomach flu - 103 fever, vomit...no fun.  Mom & Dad overdosed him on Tylenol and had to call poison control.  Good times
• Then mom & dad got the stomach flu...and both grandmothers...it was rough...
• But we're all better now!
• Still going to "school" Mondays & Wednesdays and the occasional Friday when Mom has a meeting, etc.
• Smiling, laughing & talking all the time and it's AWESOME

We are just loving every minute with our little guy and marvel at how much he's learning & growing!