Five Months

Dear Cole,

You are such a sweet, low-key little guy.   After just a few short weeks on this high calorie formula, you've gained almost two pounds and are finally fitting into your 0-3 month clothes and size 1 diapers (size 2 at night!).

Likes: You like to people watch.  You want to be sitting up so you can see what's going on around you.  If we lay you down in our arms, you try with all your might to sit up.  You still love watching your brother, and you get the biggest smile when you see him nearby or hear a silly voice coming from his direction.  You are an expert roller and will even roll to find the rug at Misty's house.  You love seeing us come in when you wake up.  You get the biggest smile on your sweet face and kick your little legs.  You also love your hands and feet!  You're always reaching for them and trying to get them in your mouth.


Dislikes: The carseat is still probably the thing you hate most!  Now that your little tummy is used to feeling FULL you will absolutely protest if you don't feel like you've had enough.  We've had to use the nasal aspirator a lot this month :( and you don't like that!  (I can't say that I blame you!)

Eating: You have dropped another feeding this month, but you're making up for it!  You are now eating 5 or 6 ounces at each feeding.  During the day you eat about every 3 or 4 hours.  After many feedings you burp this horrible cough/burp that sounds like you're throwing everything you just ate up.  Thankfully, that has only happened a handful of times, but it makes me hurt every time I hear it!  Your last feeding of the day is usually between 8 and 8:30.

Sleeping: This has been a month of ups and downs of sleeping.  You dropped your late night feeding this month, which means you are sleeping from about 8:30 until about 5:30 the next morning!  It's been wonderful, but I'm afraid it may have been short lived.  We went on a little trip and you got sick, and now you're waking up multiple times throughout the night.  I'm hoping that once we get back into our normal routine and you're feeling better you'll go back to sleeping 9 hours again!  You are still napping between feedings with the exception of your evening feeding (around 5:00).

Playing: You love exploring your little world, and I love seeing how much you are learning.  You've learned to make the little animals on your bouncer and car seat toys sing.  As much as I hate those songs, I love seeing the smile on your face when you hear that music.  Most of the time, as soon as we lay you down on your back, you roll over onto your tummy.  The other day I laid you on your playmat while I switched out some laundry.  When I came back, you had rolled off the playmat and had knocked it down.  You were giggling and having so much fun!  When you are on your tummy, you like to look around and start kicking your little legs when you see something that interests you.  Your big brother is in for a rude awakening when you are able to start crawling for those toys that you see!

You are sucking on your own lips, drooling on everything and chewing on your hands and feet, so I keep expecting to see a little tooth poke through sometime soon!  We love you little guy and love watching you grow and change!