Kellen Is 5 Months Old!

Kellen turned five months old when we were in Arizona!

Stats

Despite my good intentions, I have not gotten around to weighing him or measuring him this month.  He is almost six months old now, so I'm just going to call that a loss and move on so I can post this!

Development

• SUCH a happy baby!
• Smiles and laughs a lot
• Is very ticklish under arms
• Rolls all the time
• Is starting to push himself forward with his feet, but has not gotten up on his knees yet
• Is sitting up really well with support and is trying to figure out how to sit on his own
• His hands are constantly in his mouth.  Actually, anything that even comes close to his mouth end up there!
• He recently discovered his feet and is fascinated by them.  He tries to put his feet in his mouth too, but hasn't quite mastered that skill yet
• Nurses or has a bottle every 3-4 hours during the day and once overnight
• Eats baby cereal and baby food now!  We usually offer it to him twice a day at this point.  So far, he has had apples, pears, carrots and sweet potatoes and likes them all!
• Naps about three times a day.  Usually has one longer nap and two shorter ones.
• Goes to bed around 8pm and wakes somewhere between 2am and 4am to nurse and then goes back to sleep until 6 or 7am

Likes

• His hands and feet
• His jumperoo
• Stroller rides
• His big brothers
• Watching basketball
• Sophie the Giraffe
• Eating
• Bath time
• Sleeping on his tummy
• Being held.  He cries when he wants to be held and then stops.  Makes Mommy happy and exhausted at the same time!  The Baby Bjorn gets a lot of use these days!
• When Mommy says 'ouch'.  Mommy hurts and Kellen cracks up!  He thinks it is just hysterical.

Dislikes

• Still HATES being in his carseat...
• Does not really enjoy being on his tummy when awake
• The cold weather
• Middle of the night diaper changes
• The nasal aspirator - poor kiddo is always congested so we use it multiple times a day :(

Adventures

Kellen took his first big trip this month!  We went to Arizona for a week.  He went on his first airplane ride, got to spend a lot of time outside in the warm weather, and met his GiGi and Mommy's Aunts and Uncles.