5 Months

We can't believe it but Josh is five months old!  No doctors appointment this month so we don't have official stats but we believe Josh is now around 17.5 lbs.  He's still putting on lots of weight but now he's getting more active so we hope the weight gain will slow down.  This past month he rolled over from his back to his stomach for the first time.  Now he does it very quickly and almost every time we put him down.  He is also rolling multiple times so the days of us putting Josh down and him still being where we left him are over.  He has also been scooching around with his arms, and looking like he wants to crawl. He's playing with toys much more and able to reach and grab for them.  His scooching allows him to get some of his toys he used to not be able to reach.

We were worried Josh would have a four month sleep regression but so far it hasn't been an issue.  We are now consistently putting him to bed at 7:30 and he will sleep until at least 5am (sometimes as late as 7!).   He seems to have an alarm hidden somewhere in his room to wake him each morning even when he does get to sleep a bit later.

Aside from constant drooling and chewing on everything, we haven't seen any real signs of teething but we are keeping an eye out.

At our four month appointment the doctor recommended a new body lotion to help with his eczema which has improved it greatly. For those interested it is Curel Itch-Defense with ceremide. It is not completely gone but it is getting much better.

On Friday we gave Josh solid foods for the first time (the term solid is very relative here)!  We gave him rice cereal mixed with breastmilk which formed a slightly thicker substance.  Josh didn't seem to mind the taste of it but he didn't get the idea that he needed to swallow the food.  He was very excited about the spoon and kept grabbing it and pulling it to his mouth. He got lots of food in his mouth and even more on his face.  We are going to try again and see how it goes.

Josh continues to be smiley and playful, always happy to get attention.  We can't wait to see what this next month of his life brings us!

Yummy!

Enjoying the spoon more than the food

Beware electronics near Josh!