So I know I said I was going to keep up with this blog this new year but again I fail to realize how sleep deprived I remain and busy with baby. I really want to keep up with it because I want to document our life as 3 and baby boy's growth and development. So we will start with and update on Rhett.
Rhett James is now 5 months old!!! Can you believe it?!? So crazy how time flies. Some things have changed since he turned 4 months and I am excited about all of the changes.
Sleep: Rhett is still only sleeping 1 1/2 to 2 hours at night. For whatever reason he has seemed to go backwards with this whole sleep thing more than anything. I don't mind waking up and nursing him it's just tough on the nights when he's cranky and isn't easy to nurse and wants to be help on night. Those nights are getting fewer and fewer....until he gets sick and then all hell breaks loose at night.
Eating: Rhett is still solely breastfed and I am very proud of that because there have been many times when I didn't think we would make it this far. Now there are days I think we will make it to one year (possibly with some assistance from formula), and other days I think about giving up right then and there. The really only tough part setting us back is pumping at work. Other than that we're pretty good at it now! We've started giving him rice cereal with a spoon recently but I will update on that when and if we decide to keep doing it.
Likes: Rhett loves his hands now!!! You cannot keep this kid from putting his hands in his mouth. Whenever we're trying to dress him or take his clothes off, his hands go straight to his mouth which makes it impossible to put anything on or take anything off. It's really cute thought so I don't mind. He also likes his toys (insert sigh of relief). My boy used to be hard to entertain due to his lack of enthusiasm for anything other than football. So now he's enjoying toys and we're enjoying shoving them in his face aka playing with him.
Dislikes: This kid has taken a strong dislike to his carseat nowadays. I don't think it's really the carseat but the act of getting strapped in and oddly enough getting unstrapped. He is going to be a strong willed little man with a lot to say about what he likes or doesn't. I say this because when he gets upset he arches his back and screams....yes already. He is going to be that kid in the grocery store that throws himself on the floor screaming while everyone stares at me and thinks to themselves "What has that lady done to that poor adorable child??" Hey we all have done it...pre our own child having this exact moment.
Highs: Rhett rolled over from his tummy to his back January first and I was thrilled. I was jumping up and down so excited and he was clearly entertained by this but I know in the back of his head he's thinking, "You crazy lady what is so exciting." (Isn't it fun to insert what you think your baby is thinking into thought bubbles...My husband and I have way too much fun doing this.) He also started laughing...like laughing out loud. Before he would just open his mouth real wide and nothing would come out. He still does that, but now when something is super funny to him this wonderful, joyful sound comes out. It's awesome. My favorite sound in the whole wide world!
Lows: My husband got sick and then Rhett got sick and then I got sick and now my husband has it again and Rhett is congested again. It's the saddest thing when your baby is sick and there is nothing you can do about it except hold them all night long and hope that is the magic medicine.
We are having so much fun watching him grow and change. I love every minute of being his mommy and I can't wait to come home to him every day. I desperately wish I didn't have to leave him.
Happy 5 months baby boy! Mommy and Daddy love you!
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