Age 5
months
Weight & Length 16 lbs 2 oz (at 5.5
months)
Clothing size 3-6 months
Hair Jackson is growing quite the head
of blonde hair, mostly on top.
Complete strangers continue to comment on his cute cowlick in the front
(sweet little curl).
Teeth Jackson’s
first tooth game in on the front lower left on 1/26/13, and the lower right
front tooth followed on 2/12/13.
He continues to chew on everything in sight (us included!) and drool a
lot!
Sleeping Jackson
sleeps from 6:30pm until around12:30 and then falls fairly quickly back to
sleep until around 6:00-6:30am. We often have to get up a lot between 4am-6am
to put his pacifier back in but he will usually stay in bed until at least 6am.
Eating Jackson continues to eat
about every 2.5-3 hours during the day. He continues taking 4.5 oz bottles at daycare.
Movement Jackson loves to spin
himself around on his mat, and turn on his side. He prefers this to turning
over, but does still roll front to back.
He continues to love to kick and explore things with his hands. He
especially loves the jumper, and his wooden toy on his bouncer.
Milestones Jackson figured out how to
put his toes in his mouth this month.
He also learned to suck his thumb, but we still think he prefers his
pacifier. He can sit with limited
support (or for a few seconds independently), but is still mastering independent
sitting.
Favorite toys/activities He loves his green ball with beads inside of it that
make noise. He also loves a
colorful plastic toy from Nancy. He continues to really love to hug his green
frog lovie blanket from Aunt Christine. He also likes the noises made by baby paper, and his Sophie
the Giraffe.
Dislikes Waking up at night. This has been worse this month as he
has had 2 viral illnesses. Speaking of that, we also dislike colds- and fevers.
His first fever was to 102.8 with a bad cough and congestion and Grandma
Nichols came down to watch him for the week when he was sick. Two and a half
weeks later he had a second fever to 101.8 and cough.
Words & sounds He has started to giggle a lot
more this month. He also continues
to squeal in a very high pitch (“singing”).
What we love Snuggling with Jackson.
He loves to be held and we love holding him.
What we don’t love Illnesses, we can’t wait for the viral respiratory
season to end so we can have our healthy little baby boy back!
What we’re looking forward to next month Sitting up! We are practicing hard to get ready for 6-month
pictures!
