Last week Anderson turned 5 months and he's doing more and more everyday! We didn't have a well baby visit this month but he did have his first ear infection at the end of March and he weighed in right at 16lbs and was around 27inches long. He is completely in 6-9month clothes now.
We started solids right around 4 months because the boy is also SO HUNGRY! Although he seemed so ready to start he didn't pick up on it and seem as interested as I thought he would but man once he finally decided that food was good and filled up his tummy more he has been LOVING it! So far we've introduced sweet potatoes, Japanese sweet potatoes, peas, pears, apples, carrots, papaya, butternut squash and banana. Carrots are by far his favorite but he eats everything pretty well. He also loves drinking juice (1oz of pear juice with 2oz of water) from his straw cup and he's starting to drink more breast milk from the straw cup instead of the bottle to so we'll see if we decide to get rid of bottles soon. He's breastfeeding 5 times a day and getting 2 meals of solids and 1 "snack" a day. I've found giving him the mid day "snack" helps with his reflux a little more. He likes to hold the spoon and put it in his mouth when he eats-such a Mr. Independent.
We finally made the transition between 4 and 5 months to 2 long naps and 1 evening cat nap a day and he's still consistently sleeping 11-11.5 hrs a night! Every once in a while when he stirs around 5am he decides he's hungry and will nurse and go back to sleep until 7 but I'm hoping adding the solids will eliminate this random waking to eat.
Developmentally he is going crazy! He is officially sitting independently for extended periods of time. He loves to sit and play now! He is also currently obsessed with his feet. If he's on his back or on the changing table chances are his feet are in his hands or in his mouth. He rolls back to tummy and tummy to back both ways, does a little army crawling backwards and is soooo close to crawling that he can't stand it. He does this half roll inch worm that is just hilarious :) I give him another week or two then I fear it will be time to start baby proofing! He is a talking/babbling/screeching/squealing machine lately too! I never knew so much noise could come out of something so little! I love listening to him find all the ranges of his voice and am thankful that at least for now, he's not a screamer. He loves any toy that lights up/makes sound and anything that he can put into his mouth.
I think that's all the exciting Anderson updates. Work is still good for me but I won't be working as much during April and May since my daycare lady is on maternity leave. She had her baby boy on April 7. Todd is taking a few days off here and there so I can work and a friend of mine who used to nanny is going to watch him in May a few days a week. Todd is still super busy at work. We had a lovely Easter just the three of us.