Blake's 5 Months Old

Blake is 5 Months Old Today!!

He weighs around 18lbs right now!!!

This has been such a great month. We have really turned a corner over the last 3-4 weeks. Blake is a much happier baby. The crying has decreased significantly. Its been a good month.

Blake started going to school this past month and he's really improved since that started. So I feel like its really helped him being around other people more than just me. He is sleeping around 10-11 hours at night. Sometimes he'll have a night where he wakes up a time or two, but we make sure to wait and feed him until its after 5 or 6, so he learns to sleep. And its been working great.

During the day we are still working on naps. He sleeps every hour and a half to two hours. For usually only like 20-30 mins. So thats a bit exhausting, but hopefully he'll start sleeping longer soon. We are putting him in his crib for naps too. He's drinking 6-7 ounces of pumped milk every 2.5-3 hours.

We pulled out the exersaucer a couple of weeks ago and he loves it! He loves putting weight on his feet, so its been great for him.  He is rolling over both ways now and doesn't need a swaddle anymore at night.  He rolls and rolls and rolls. He doesn't yet enjoy just hanging out on his tummy to play, but we'll get there. He loves bath time and kicks and kicks while in there.

Blake is such a loud talker when he wants to babble, its super cute. He loves his brother and smiles at him all the time. His little personality is really starting to shine through. Blake LOVES putting things in his mouth. Whether it be a toy, his shirt, whatever. He is also slobbering up a storm right now.

He is still quite the mommas boy. Always wants momma. But he is definitely doing much better Kevin and other people. We've even finally left him at the church nursery a couple of times and they said he never cried. HUGE improvement. You have NO IDEA!

At school they said he cries some, but is really getting better and better every time. He's going 3 days a week like Carter, so I can work and show houses those days.

Blake loves being outside too. Loves the breeze and watching his brother play. He is enjoying going on walks now too in the stroller with his brother. Just checking everything out. He's usually fine in the car too, unless he's getting tired, he'll get upset if we stop at a light or something, but if we start moving again, he's fine.

After having such a rough first four months and having RSV and pneumonia, it is such a blessing to see such a sweet personality coming out of this boy. It really makes me so happy.

We still have our moments, but really unless he's bored, hungry or tired, he's alot happier these days.

Here is a comparison of Carter and Blake both at 5 months.