J and M + j + s: Sam is 5 months!

We were away last weekend so we are behind on posting about Sam being 5 months! It has been a pretty big month for him, so we wanted to be sure to post about it. He started daycare at the beginning of September, and so far it is going well. He is there 3 days a week while I am at work, and then home with me for 2 days. He adjusted very well to daycare, started taking a bottle and napping there. He started in the same room as Josh did, which makes us feel more comfortable with the transition. He doesn't eat as much at daycare as Josh did, so makes up for it by nursing extra the days he is home with me.

In bigger news, he has been scooching a lot! He is trying really hard to crawl but can't figure out what to do with his arms. He will get on his hands and knees and just look around and sort of "fall" forward. He is SO interested in whatever Josh is playing with. He scooches over and tries to grab Josh's toys. Josh gets a little frustrated when Sam knocks over his toys, but we have been teaching him to give Sam something to play with too. He seems to really like giving Sam something, and understands the concept of trying to keep Sam from eating his toys :-P It is very cute to watch them interacting.

We also just started some solid foods with Sam. We were planning to start at 6 months, but the pediatrician was recommending starting earlier. I made a ton of food over the summer, so we figured we would just start with a few things slowly. I gave him a lick of my pear to start, which he LOVED. Then we fed him pureed squash, which he was a little more unsure of.

There are no official stats from 5 months, but unofficially he is around 16.5 lbs. which keeps him right around the 50th percentile for weight. He doesn't have any teeth yet (yay), but he has been chewing on everything.

Overall he is such a happy little kid. He loves watching what is going on around him. It is so cute to watch him exploring and growing every day.