We're slowly getting back into a routine after the holidays and in the mix, Mr. Baker turned 5 months old!
Big shocker, but he continues to be the sweetest, cutest boy around. It's been a big month revolving around heart surgery and his first Christmas. He continues to heal amazingly well and I can't believe it's been four whole weeks since surgery.
You can see how well his scar is healing in the picture below. Since I took these, the very bottom of his incision looks a little red so we're keeping an eye on it. I don't think it's infected and it's not getting any worse at the moment, it just looks a little irritated either by clothing or by how much he moves around. Boyfriend doesn't like to sit still! But overall, his little zipper looks great!
At 5 months, Baker is 14 pounds, about 24 inches long and is wearing 3-6 month and 6 month clothes. He's still breastfeeding like a champ but has also decided to take a bottle again here and there (woo hoo!) which is great news considering he starts daycare in a couple of weeks! Mama was stressing that he'd be starving during the day when I have to be at work but I think he's come around. We're waiting until 6 months to introduce any solids and I'm excited to see how he does with real food! He hasn't shown any real interest in our food yet so we won't rush it but it'll be fun to play around a bit!
Baker (finally!) starts his weekly physical therapy on Wednesday! I'm so excited to get him started and learn some new things we can be doing with him to help him reach his full potential. He really wants to sit up so I'm looking forward to helping him hit this milestone!
He tolerates tummy time for short increments of time and has rolled front to back a couple of times but nothing consistent so that's another goal of ours along with bearing weight through his arms when he is on his tummy. He likes to lay on his playmate and bat at toys and he's really into kicking those legs and is close to finding his toes!
He's also a pro at letting me know when he's totally over picture-taking... haha!
Baker is usually in bed around 9 PM and will give me a decent stretch the first part of the night. Some nights he's up around 1 AM and then every two hours after that, other nights he'll sleep until 2 or 3 AM, wake up to eat quick and then will go back down until 7 or so. I'm going to try and work towards a 7am - 7pm eat/play/sleep schedule, making sure he eats every three hours during the day (he sometimes stretches it to 4 hours) and takes more "scheduled" naps. Another big goal this month is to get those naps to happen in his crib. He slept for about 35 minutes up there this afternoon and played around for another 15 minutes or so before getting mad so it's a start I guess!
Another prominent change this month has been Baker's voice - he is really starting to babble and squeal! He also likes to "growl" and will carry on with the noises for extended periods of time. I even got his first true laugh on camera! It was THE BEST!
I could keep having babies and never get tired of watching them grow these first few months of life. I'm still amazed at how fast they change and learn new things. We love you, Baker. You continue to bring so much joy to our family and we're so lucky you're ours!
LOVE LOVE LOVE ... you have captured his essence and that last photo? ... Oh man, that "I'm done" look is so him! Thanks for the laugh video too ... he may have an infectious laugh like Leighton's too! XXOO
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