5 months!

William Aston,

I can't believe you are 5 months old today!  Time is going by so quickly.  I'm bummed that you're growing up so fast, but I'm loving seeing you change week to week!  It's hard to believe how much you can change in just 5 short months.  As of today you weigh 15lbs 3oz and measure 24in long still.  You are in the 5th percentile for height and the 25th percentile for weight, but when you look at the two measurements together for your age you are in the 75th percentile for overall size.  The doctor said it's a good thing your weight gain is slowing down (in other words I think he might of called you fat).  You're eating 6oz every 3-4 hours.  You still wearing all the same sizes.  I have started putting you in you 3-6 month shirts, shorts, and pants, but your 0-3 sizes still fit.

Today we took you to a gastro specialist in search of a fix to your spit-up/vomiting problem.  He pretty much told us nothing is wrong, it will get better, and if by time you're a year old and it's not - then we might have a problem.  However, he is going to have an upper GI x-ray done on you just to be sure nothing is wrong.  We go today at 3:30.  He told us to up the amount of cereal we are putting in your bottles and that solids were fine.  So, I guess we'll start you back on solids again tonight.  We tried solids for a few days like the pediatrician said to do to help with your spitting up...but it didn't help. As soon as you started spewing orange everywhere we stopped the solids and decided we would wait until after seeing the gastro specialist.

You're still working on your laugh.  It's starting to sound more like a laugh vs. you trying to clear your throat.  Just this past week you've finally started playing with the stuff on your Jumparoo instead of just sitting in it and starring.  You've found your toes, but haven't figured out how to get them into your mouth.  You stopped "talking" and rolling for a couple of weeks, but you do both again.  Not only are you "talking" again, you yell!  You think it's funny to yell as loud as possible.  Mommy and Daddy are only amused for a few minutes.  =)  You're lucky you're so stinking cute.

The biggest news for this past month just happened yesterday.  YOU GOT YOUR FIRST TOOTH!  You were pretty cranky for the three days leading up to Mommy's discovery and chose to wake up at 5 a.m. in a bad mood yesterday.

I'm looking forward to this next month with you and watching you continue to grow!  Mommy loves you sooooo much!

October 10, 2012

And now for a photo dump...

Eating cereal for the first time.  It didn't go well.  You did figure it out by day four though.

You loved eating carrots for the first time!

Monster Truck Jammies!!!  Mommy's favorite jammies curremtly.
Taking one last picture in your dino jammies.
 Mommy's Little Man.

We did a Walk for Austim with Mommy's school.  People couldn't get over how cute you were.
Even strangers were wanting to take pictures of you!

Cute.
Cute.
Cute.

FIRST TOOTH! 10-9-10

(left to right - top to bottom)
Getting another new toy.
Ready to go out in the cold.
Looking cute for daycare work with Mommy.
Nap time while at work with Mommy.  Daycare had no power.

(left to right - top to bottom)
Being goofy instead of eating.
Sitting in Mommy's chair with monkey.
Loving on Daddy.
TOES!