Happy 5 Months Baby Pierce!

Pierce you continue to light up my life in every way! You are the happiest, most contented baby I have ever met (ok, I know I'm a biased Mamma but for real!)

You are growing like a weed! (out more than up it seems...but I think your fatness dear son is what keeps you easy breezy). I won't know your stats until your 6 month appointment but I feel confident you will be jumping percentiles yet again. This month we set out to get some pictures of you and your brother outdoors hence why going through 400+ pictures delayed getting your post up. What a fun time we had!

Eating:
Same schedule: you eat at 7:30/7:45, 11:30, 3:30, 7:30 and we continue to give you a dreamfeed at 10:30 to ensure a good night for all. The one night I skipped it you woke up at 5am hungry. We just started solids the week you turned 5 months and you LOVE the oatmeal as we skipped the rice cereal all together. You are one hungry boy. You never spit it out and you open your mouth wide like a little bird ready to be fed. The only real food we have tried is green beans that I made very thick for you and you loved them as well. You have clearly been ready for the main event for some time. I will probably keep you on only veggies for a while to hopefully establish a love for them. Right now we just give it to you twice a day but you don't freak out if we can't get to it.

Sleeping:

Same. 9:15-11:30 (morning nap), 1:15-3:30 (afternoon nap) and then a 45 min catnap in the evening. You go to bed right after we feed you at 7:30 pm and we don't hear a peep out of you until we come wake you up in the morning.

Milestones:
You are a little rolling machine! You grab your feet and roll right on over to your back, though oddly enough you no longer roll the other way. You hold that head up FOREVER and kick your arms and legs like you want to crawl. You are almost sitting but not quite yet. Your favorite thing in the whole wide world though is your johnny jumper. You LOVE to jump! You literally could jump all day as you squeal in delight. Will loved it too but not nearly as much as you. You also started holding your bottle, but I'm not ready for that just yet so I assist to feel needed.

 

I sound like a broken record, but all in all you are a joy and your Daddy and I are so thankful that Jesus gave us such an easy 2nd child. You fit like a glove!

Just a few more for good measure!

 

Love my chunk!

Breaking in the door jams! He is seriously the happiest baby! 

Happy 4 Months Pierce!

Our sweet Baby Pierce continues to be a joy! He seems to hit spurts of growing out and then up. He is teething like a mad man but aside from waking early from a nap he NEVER fusses. He is a dream baby. He had an ear infection, big brother swallowed a quarter to the tune of $12,000, we've been on vacation, and we just lost my sweet grandma and celebrated her life today. 

Sweet boy, you were not forgotten just somewhere in the mix, life happened.... but here it goes

Weight: 16 lbs, 2.5 oz (66%)

Height: 25 inches (42%)

Head: 42.9 cm (85%)

Sleeping: Still sleeping like a champ, 7:45pm- 7:45am then a morning nap from 9:30-11:30 an afternoon nap from 1:30-3:30 and a short catnap around 5:30.

Eating: At 4 months we moved you to a 4 hour schedule so you eat 7:45am, 11:30am, 3:30am, 7:30am and then we still do a 10:30pm dreamfeed because we are too chicken to give it up. I am holding off on solids because your weight is great and frankly the thought of doing bottles and solids right now with an almost 3 year old is not super appealing for mealtimes. I imagine we will jump on that between 5 and 6 months!

Milestones: Pierce continues to roll tummy to back but has yet to roll back to tummy which for now, I am fine with! He sits in the bumbo for long periods of time and LOVES the exersaucer. My favorite favorite thing though is his super happy belly laugh that he lets out when he sees momma. Pierce loves watching his big brother and generally just loves kids.  My guess is by 5 months he may be sitting on his own but definitely by 6 months. He pulls up to stand and continue to babble up a storm. Pierce is so contented that I often say, if all my babies were like this I could have 10 kids! (But no worries, we will NOT be having 10 kids).  The only pitiful thing lately has been how badly he has been teething. Three fingers are in his mouth at all times!