Ryan Alexander: Five Months

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My sweet boy you are already 5 months! Your brother joined us for this month's photoshoot and it was such a beautiful reminder that the days are long, but the years certainly are short. He's only a few years older than you, but he sure looks like a giant next to you...a giant that never stops moving! And while you just kick your little legs and smile, your brother climbs all over you and jumps around like a wild man. But the best part is...you love it. I spend quite a bit of my time telling big brother to be gentle, and he does his best to listen to mama, but he just loves you so much and goes around saying lovee Ry Ry. Truly, you are the best gift we could have ever given that little man!

Growing // You have grown a ton! everyone keeps saying how big you are, and I'm always telling them, well he's really not that big for his age. would be fun to compare you to your newborn self. :) You'd most certainly look like a giant!

Eating + sleeping // You love eating/knawing on your hands. You're probably teething! We'll introduce solids next month, but we're not there yet. Dr. said you needed more tummy time and we needed to wait till you did a better job of holding up your head. You're eating about 4/5 oz a feed I think? But I don't really know unless you're bottle fed. You are still waking up two times a night. There were a few nights there where it was every 3 hours, but you've been stretching it out just a bit. However, you've never been one to give us long stretches of sleep at night, but again, you go back to bed super easy after I give you just a little bit of food. We could probably put you to bed earlier, and you'd probably get more in your tummy that way because by the time we put you to bed around 8, which is when jack goes to bed, you are exhausted and it's hard to get you to nurse for too long because you just want to go to your bed.

Wearing // You are wearing quite a few of your 6 month clothes these days. And you're still wearing size 2 disposable diapers at night and cloth during the day!

Loving // You love your hands and you love to laugh and smile! You've been doing so much giggling lately. And you are so ticklish. You love your brother and when he interacts with you. And you even enjoy bathtime. You really love alot of things!

Loathing // You aren't a huge fan of a pacifier...but I did find just one that you will actually suck on. And you really dislike when Jack smacks his head into yours, but who wouldn't hate that??

Milestones // First laugh, you rolled over from front to back a few times. And you're trying your best to hold your head up and you met your Irish grandparents for the first time!! Oh and your brother tried to brush your teeth for the first time...little does he know you don't have teeth and that sticking his toothbrush in your mouth will just make you gag, which will then lead to you shedding a few tears. Doesn't mean he doesn't love you!

 

 

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