5 months old

The kid is growing up too fast. Every day it seems like he is changing and become more of a little boy than an infant. Because you don't visit the pediatrician at 5 months, we decide to take our own measurements. He weighs a whopping 17.2 lbs and is 28 1/2 inches long. Everyone who sees him comments on how long/tall he is and that he looks older than a 5 month old. I am still nursing him about 5-6x a day and he gets a tablespoon of cereal at dinner time. He is doing really well with cereal and we may move to a morning cereal time too.

Here are some other fun facts about him this month:

• He is obsessed with standing. He would rather stand up than lay down I think. His legs are incredibly strong and I fully believe he will walk before he ever crawls.
• He can sit unassisted for a little while if he uses his arms as a tripod. Slowly he starts to slid which makes him look super flexible as his chest ends up on his shins.
  
• He is starting to out grow his baby things. For instance, he can only ride in his carseat for another inch and half though he has about 5 lbs left weight-wise.
• He is obsessed with his hands and putting them in his mouth. Sometimes he tries to put his whole fist in there but most of the time he is finding his thumb.
• I think he is cutting his 1st tooth due to the fact that is chin is constantly dripping with saliva. His poor little chin is red now! Inside of his mouth I think I can feel a little bump but it's hard to tell as he wants to suck my finger when I put it in there making it impossible to look at his gums.
• He has found his feet and loves to hold onto them and try to put them in his mouth. He isn't quite flexible enough to get them in there and I keep telling him there is plenty of time to "put your foot in your mouth" in the years to come.
• He is moving around in his crib. When I go in in the morning the kid is never in the same place that I put him. He has either rotated 90 degress and has his feet up on the side of the crib or has either rotated the whole 180.
  
• He has developed quite an array of sounds and likes to watch your reaction to them. He is laughing all the time which in turn makes me giggle.
• He still doesn't nap consistently but is sleeping 11 hours a night most of the time.
  

Owen is such a blessing! He is so sweet, low-key, and happy! Just like his daddy. :) Seriously, Owen is more Jeremy than me and for that I'm grateful. I can be quite a handful... Lord help us, our next child will probably be just like me...loud, crazy, and moody. :P