Growing a Little Schulze: 5 months

5 months: May 2015
In mid May I wrote: "Daniel is often up two times a night lately (1-2 am and 4-5 am). I don't think he needs to eat both times, but I feed him anyway if he is crying so we can back to sleep. Some nights he's only up once and he's had occasional nights where he sleeps through, and sometimes he wakes up and plays in his bed for a while. I keep the monitor off at night now. I can hear him if he cries, but I don't need to wake up to listen to him babbling in his crib. Once I get tired enough of the night wake ups I'll do cry it out with him. But I'm not there yet. Ellie was up 4 times a night at this age so I got fed up much quicker!

For going to sleep, he usually falls asleep nursing around 8. But sometimes he will want to play for a while instead. So I let him play for half an hour and then try again. Or he wants to be asleep but didn't stay that way after nursing. On a good night, I'll just put him in bed and let him cry for 5-10 minutes and then he's out.

We are having nap issues in that the only way he goes to sleep is to either nurse or to cry himself to sleep in his crib. He's given up the paci. Nothing else soothes him. He doesn't settle for rocking, patting, etc. So boob or crying is it. He's still doing 4 short naps most days so that is a pain. I hate listening to that crying wondering how long until he gives in and sleeps!"

By the end of the month, sleep did get better. The last week of the month he was sleeping until about 6 am. He would usually eat and go back to sleep. Which was rough on me when I needed to be up 30 minutes later but I know most people aren't going to be sympathetic about my 7 am wakeup time. :)

Movement: He has no interest in sitting. He will arch himself back if you try to put him in a sitting position. He much prefers standing (with support, of course). He loves the exersaucer. He's got rolling down. He has been inch worming himself for a few weeks by pushing with his feet when on his belly. Then he started pushing himself up on knees and elbows. By the last week of the month, he figures out army crawling.

Vocalizations:

Glah,hah, heh

Yelling, squealing, pterodactyl noises

Food: May 19th was Daniel's first time in the high chair! His first food was bananas, both mashed and in chunks. This month he also experienced applesauce, sweet potato, avocado, baby puffs, and watermelon. He loved it all and is a very enthusiastic eater!

Other:
Chewing on hands, toes

Very smiley guy in general and especially when watching Claire