Happy 5 Months!
Ellis turned five months last Tuesday!
We had his five month check-up and shots this morning, and he weighed 15"6'! More than a pound's gain since last appointment. Cereal is going well, but I'm still keeping it pretty low-key; just a teaspoon at night. And nursing is going better for me physically.
We've had a lot firsts this month: first academic conference, first airpline ride, first trip to the beach, first cereal, first wedding, first time to Niagra Falls, first time meeting two of his great-grandmothers.
Ellis continues to be a happy kid, but is developing some interesting personality traits (which are a lot like his dad's). He focuses intently on a toy trying to master it: grabbing it and putting it in his mouth. Sometimes he screams at it if it doesn't do what he wants it to. In fact, screaming is a new favorite pasttime. Not so much screaming as in crying, rather screaming as in wow, my voice can do cool stuff. We're happy he's vocalizing so much, but how do you tell a deaf kid to use his inside voice?
Our goal for this month is to get the hang of this sleeping thing. I think he wiggles himself awake every time he shifts into a new phase of his sleep cycle, so he's waking up almost every two hours, but he doesn't need to eat.
We've been enjoying our fall walks. I started putting him in the back carrier, he was getting so heavy for the Bjorn. I like this carrier, a lot, and feel like I can go longer in it. This week it got COLD! Brrr.