Anyway, NickNick, you are now 5 months old!!! Still feels like yesterday that we brought you home from the hospital- I simply can't believe that 5 months have passed!
Since your last "birthday" you have been making lots of progress developmentally! The first big change is that you are eating solids now. We started pretty slow but you liked your oatmeal from the first bite! We are working up to making it a regular part of your diet. After your six month birthday you can start having fruits and veggies. You seem to be taking a real interest in what Daddy and I are eating now, so thats a good sign that you are ready for big boy food.
You are such a good baby, and you love to laugh and smile. Mommy and Daddy are getting pretty good at finding your tickle spots and it lights up our whole day to hear your little squeals and giggles. You continue to sleep through the night on most nights and we made it past the "4 month wakeful" period without much change to your sleep pattern other than maybe needing the nuk popped back in during the early morning. You have been regularly breaking out of your swaddle sleep sacks by morning time, but if we try to put you down unswaddled, you usually wake up within an hour or so, so we are going to keep swaddling for now. You have been able to rotate yourself around in your crib a few times!
You rolled over from your tummy to your back for the first time this month!!! You still hate tummy time so this one was kind of hard for you to figure out, but now you are a champ at it. If we put you on your tummy, you roll to your back almost immediately. Guess you have a way to get out of tummy time now!
We took our first few road trips this month, and you did GREAT! We were worried that you would not like sitting in your carseat for the 6 hour ride to PA but you slept most of the way, basically just waking up for your bottles and to play for a few minutes before the road lulled you back to sleep. We had a nice visit with all of your relatives that live in PA and you even got to go to Lily's birthday party! It was nice for everybody there to finally meet and hold you! We took a second road trip to WI later in the month which was also a good trip for you. You spent more of the time in the car awake but were content to play with your toys or have one of us entertaining you.
Another big first this month-- the first time BOTH of your teams (The Packers and the Steelers) made it to the Superbowl! You had a fun time rooting for both teams, but in the end the Packers won and you were so happy! GO PACK :)
It seems like you do something new everyday. You are very curious about your surroundings and like to hold toys and whatever else you can get your hands on. You love to touch everything and learn about different textures. You have taken an interest in our pets and love to pet our kitty Ariel. She is very patient with you and lets you pet her even though you are not very gentle yet.
You are completely in love with your feet and toes. You hold onto them all the time and love it when you don't have socks on so you can get a good grip. You especially love to do this while in the bath tub. You continue to love tubby time and we are looking forward to when you can sit up on your own consistently so that we can have you play in the big boy tub with toys. The way you love water, we are sure you are going to love swimming lessons, which you should be able to start in a few months.
You are such a joy to us Nicholas. We love you more and more every single day!
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