5 Month Update

Fun Facts About Colton:

• He weighs 19 pounds 15 ounces and is 27 1/2 inches long (which is the same measurement as last month so either the doctor measured wrong or we're measuring wrong.)
• He has 2 bottom teeth now!
• He's getting really good at sitting on his own (but we still need to be close just in case!)
• He reaches for toys with both hands now and will really reach far if there is something he wants but can't quite get.
• He will slap your hand over and over if you keep saying "fives".
• He likes to grunt and/or groan at his toys when he's playing.
• He still loves his bouncer and will often fall asleep in the bouncer because he's playing for so long!
• If you are letting him sit in your lap or holding him up to stand, he'll start to bounce like he's in his bouncer.  If you say "go go go" he'll start to jump/bounce up and down.
• He loves Dakota ... especially when she licks his hands and his face!
• He's now had rice cereal, green beans, carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, squash, bananas, peaches, and applesauce.  We haven't tried pears yet but that's the last thing we have to try in the Gerber 1st Foods. 
• He gets mad if you eat in front of him!
• He sleeps for 8 hours at night, wakes up to be changed and fed, and then normally sleeps 2-3 more hours.  Unfortunately, his wake up time is normally between 3:00 AM and 4:00 AM so it's a little frustrating.
• He is wearing 9 month clothing but some of the outfits he's worn recently have been 12 months!
• He loves bath time!  He's outgrown his infant bath but can't sit in the bath tub yet so we just put the bumbo in the tub and let him take a bath that way.  He's really reaching for his bath toys now and will stick out his tongue if you face the hand held shower head towards his face.

I think he likes carrots!

He's pulling off his socks now ... and then putting them in his mouth!

Such a cheeser!

Learning & Grooving

Reaching for his bath toys

Loves the handheld showerhead!

Played so much he fell asleep!