5 Months

Well - the big task this month was transitioning Jonathan from sleeping in his carseat (which we put in the crib) to sleeping flat in his crib...I was dreading it because I was just sure that we were going to be up all night and having to nurse every few hours... Thankfully, I was wrong!

The first night we put him down around 10pm & he woke up at 1:30, 3:30 & 5:30 - each time we just put the pacifier in and he pretty much went back to sleep. The next night he cut out the 1:30 waking...and each night he slept a little longer. Friday night he slept the whole night through! We said it was because he's such a big boy since he turned 5 months old the next day... It's been 2 weeks that he's been sleeping flat and he's pretty much still sleeping through the night. (the pictures were taken Saturday morning when he first slept all night in the crib)

This month we had a reunion with the other families from our birth class - it was so nice to see everyone again and here about their birth stories and how things are going now that they have their new additions. Evan was born in August, then Jonathan in September & Danika in November.

Some other firsts in February included: rolling across the living room floor, putting his feet in his mouth & patting our faces (one of Mommy's favorites! :o) He's also come back to blowing raspberries, which he hadn't done in about 2 weeks.

March started with what we thought might have been his first cold - lots of sneezing & a runny nose, but it only lasted for about a day. Accompanied by ongoing drooling & chewing, perhaps it was related to cutting teeth, but we can't see anything yet.