Five Months

Hayes is now five months old and so much fun!  He is developing more and more of a little personality and it is so exciting to watch him change every day!

Hayes now eats every 2 1/2 hours during the day (part of our "bulking up" program) and wakes up twice to eat during the night.  I will be glad when I'm able to wean him off the nighttime feedings, but until we get his weight up, Dr. Mahan said I should continue to feed him at night.

Aside from waking to eat, Hayes usually wakes up at least two other times during the night.  Trent handles some of these, as it usually just requires us to stumble across the house to Hayes's room and give him his paci.  Sleep training is over - until he's up to a good weight.  Then, we will start working on it again.

Hayes goes to bed around 8 pm and gets up between 6 and 6:30 am.

Hayes takes two to four naps each day, ranging from 30 minutes to 2 hours.  He is totally inconsistent with his napping.

Hayes still sleeps in his swaddler, but we leave both of his arms out.

He recognizes people who are in "his circle."  This includes mama and daddy, Aunt Jen, Mimi, my dad, and his teachers.

Hayes still likes his bouncy seat, Bumbo seat, ocean playmat, and swing.  He hangs out in his bouncy seat each morning while I get ready.  He is able to really reach for and grab hold of the toys that hang down from the bouncy seat and playmat now.  He can grasp objects, and everything goes straight into his mouth now!

He found his feet!  He likes to hold onto them, which makes diaper changes a whole lot of fun, let me tell you!  He hasn't gotten them into his mouth yet.

Hayes has rolled over from his tummy to his back.  So far, it's just been a one time thing, but at least we know he can do it if he wants to!  He still rolls from his back to his side a lot, but he doesn't go on over to his tummy.  He hates tummy time so much that I don't really expect him to voluntarily roll to his tummy.
He has started laughing out loud a lot more, and he can blow raspberries.  This involves a lot of spit, so his face and shirt are always wet!

Hayes had his first sick day off from school.  The stomach bug went around his classroom, and his teacher thought he caught it.  I think he just had some tummy problems from his antibiotic and that she took his temperature right after his nap because when I got him home, we had no problems.  But he still had to stay home the next day too!

Hayes is on round 4 with his ear infection.  We thought he kept getting new infections, but now think that it is just one really bad one that took four rounds of antibiotics to clear up.
He has started sitting in high chairs when we go to restaurants.

He weighs 12 pounds 5 ounces.  This is right at the 3rd percentile.  We are working on getting him to gain more weight.  Obviously, since he hasn't put on any weight to speak of since his 4 month post, he is still in size 3-6 month clothes and size 1-2 diapers.