My sweet little muggle. (insert cheesy line here about how I love him so much, it's basically magic or a love potion or something. Ha.) Happy 5 months!
Stats: Just pulled out the 9 month clothes and the onsies/bodysuits fit like a charm. The length is perfect. The shorts/pants are a little baggy - but he's just so tall that anything smaller than nine months won't snap around his diaper. Size 2 diapers. (I've said this before, but he's not big he's just longggg... so the size 2 diapers fit fine.) No teeth. Peach fuzz hair that sometimes looks a little reddish in the sun. Still able to make my mama heart burst with just a look.
Some things to remember:
-He is so completely adored by this family of ours. My favorite thing that I want to remember is when Lydia and Austin wake up in the morning - they come into my bedroom and their sleepy little faces light up as they climb up onto the bed and see Caleb. "Good morning Ca-web". Oh, they just love him so much. Usually their morning greetings are followed by jostling for position as to who gets to lay by him, so I'll scoot away so they can both lay on either side, which is then followed by "Look at ME, Ca-web!" from both of them. Even when it turns into a bit of a battle, I still just love it so much. It's my favorite morning routine.
--He's getting stronger and likes you to sit him up while you're holding him. He's even taken a spin or two in the jumparoo. (He didn't love that, but he did okay for a little while.)
-Went camping and hiked to the Timpanogos caves. He was such a champ!
-Rolling all over the place. Started rolling from tummy to back, then rolled from back to tummy. Lately, he's stopped rolling from his tummy to his back, so he rolls over and then cries because he's stuck. It's so silly, because he can roll from his tummy to his back, he just forgets sometimes.
-So many people that love him! (Grandma Peaden, Aunt Julie Peaden, Aunt Jenna Haderlie)
-Especially his Dad. Caleb smiles his biggest smiles for David. When David gets home from work and Caleb hears his voice, he lights up and cranes his head as far as it can go until he spots David then he gets the biggest grin on his face. It's the sweetest thing.
-I don't have a set napping schedule for him. He pretty much just tags along for the ride wherever we go. But, he usually wants to take a nap around 8:30-9:30 in the morning, then a few more naps, then depending on the day he wants to go down about 8:30 at night (sometimes a little earlier, sometimes a little later). Most of the time once he's down, he's asleep for the night but sometimes he wakes up a few times for me to come in a rock him before he's really asleep. He used to wake up once at 4:30, then 6:30, but in the last couple weeks he's started occasionally waking up around 1ish, too. Go away sleep regression! Of note: I just went back and read how Lydia and Austin were sleeping at this age and I am soooooooo grateful for Caleb and his sleep (meaning my sleep)!
-He's sleeping pretty equally between the crib in his room and the pack-and-play in my bedroom.
-Still loves his pacifier and I looove it. It makes life so much easier. We are starting to take Austin's pacifier away at night time and even though that's a pain, I still maintain that having a pacifier is the best thing ever.
-He really likes chewing/sucking on fingers. Good thing he does not have teeth because he will gnaw on your fingers for 10 or 15 minutes and loves it.
-Still hasn't belly laughed. The person who can get him to giggle the most is my mom. She's so animated with him and he loves it. But I've been waiting for his big belly laugh, and he's just holding it back from me! (Sometimes I can make him giggle by pretending to eat his tummy/cheeks/neck and I do love that.)
-He's started holding on to things for longer than a few seconds and brings everything that he can to his mouth. (He has a little hanging toy in his carseat that he loves to grab on to and chew on. Also, often he will reach up and grab his pacifier then adjust it so he's chewing on the nipple part and the ring part.)
Not super interested in standing or supporting any weight on his legs.
-Starting to be interested in food! He'll watch everything you eat intently and has started grabbing for it if it's close by. I think we'll start food in the next few weeks, by 6 months at the latest.
More pictures:
I just love this boy so much.
Happy 5 months my little muggle.
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