5 Months Old

I know I say this every month, but it is so hard to believe that my little boy is growing up so fast! He is doing very well and has learned a few new tricks. He has been in day care almost two weeks now. We have done quite a few half days to try to acclimate him to his new surroundings. Little by little he is adjusting. He is getting a bit better about taking bottles, he got down about 8oz today, which is great news. He is also beginning to nap a bit better, in fact he took a two and a half hour nap there this afternoon!

As for Max's new tricks . . . He has been rolling quite a bit now. He doesn't do it all the time, but he does roll both front to back and back to front. He tends to roll back to front more often. In fact, when I went in to wake him up this morning he was sleeping on his tummy. Once I got over the shock - and made sure he was still breathing - I ran to get the camera. He just looked so cute! Too bad he had woken up and rolled back to his back by the time I returned. He is also getting pretty good at sitting up. He can sit for a long time with just a bit of support. I tried taking some five month pictures of him sitting up on the couch and he loved it. Here are a couple of the pictures. First he is so excited to be sitting up, next he is beginning to fall over but it doesn't seem to phase him, lastly he is down for the count. He was ready to do it all over again just a second later!

Back to School

Well summer is officially over, at least for me! I have my first real day of meetings for school tomorrow. I do have a couple days off between now and the first day of school which is next Thursday the 21st. Max has spent a couple days at daycare, while I work in my rooms and attend a few meetings. He seems to be pretty happy at daycare. He has been all smiles every day when I pick him up, so I'm taking that as a good sign.

We have had one major problem - Max doesn't want to take a bottle. I guess he likes his milk direct from the source :) He has taken bottles in the past, but has suddenly gone on strike. We have tried a bunch of different bottles, but I don't think that is the issue. He just needs to get over the fact that he isn't going to get his milk directly from mom during the day. I think he will adjust. Our sitter is very sweet and paient, so I know everything will work out just fine.