Wow, once again the days have gotten away from me and we are already 4 days overdue for this post! Nixon turned 5 months old on Friday, September 28th; coincidentally, he shared this birthday with his Grammy who also celebrated hers (although hers was a real one hehe). Nixon celebrated this day by spending the morning with Dad while I ventured out on my first baby-free shopping trip! (This may have been more of a gift for me instead of Nixon). The fact that he can be left with someone for a couple of hours, even though we never did master the skill of the bottle, is definitely one of my favourite things that 5 months has brought us.
Along with a great new nursing schedule, Nixon has also began developing some other fun tricks. He loves eating his new foods and has yet to refuse anything. Although we have tried avocado, sweet potatoes and peas, his favourite by far is prunes; I have resorted to mixing it in with his cereal every night just to get him to eat every last bite. During meal time, he is also practicing using a sippy cup which he treats more like a toy to chew on than a drink, but he is slowly discovering that there is actually milk inside.
Nixon is becoming quite the socialized little man between swimming and all the play dates he has been having lately. He seems to be becoming more and more interested in babies the more we surround him with them; although I don’t know how many friends he is going to make if he continues to chew on them all. Anderson was not a fan of being slobbered on but Hannah decided to help him with her fingers.
No post about Nixon is complete without an update on his ever-changing sleep patterns. The past couple weeks have been unpredictable but still better than they ever were. I find myself getting frustrated on the occasional night when I have to get up for a second time and have to remind myself of the past and not to complain! Most nights we are up once after he conks out around 9 (yes the crazy bedtime routine is the one thing that has not changed) and I usually get a good 6 or 7 hour stretch which is amazing. Also, just as I was beginning to see a pattern in naps, those got cut back to 45 minutes max which was producing a very tired baby (but the little trooper fought through it and continued with all his smiles). However, I blame teething because, today, as the drooling seems to have subsided and he woke up talking instead of crying, we slept in until 10:30 (!) and he is currently an hour and a half into a nap and still going strong.
Finally, Nixon’s most recent developmental work-in-progress is sitting! He is upgrading from the slouched tripod to sitting up straight but wobbly. His only deterrence is his feet since sitting offers him the best position to chew on them resulting in him forgetting about trying to sit up straight. He is also moving around the room more, even though he cannot roll both ways or crawl, since he learned that he can use his arms to push himself backwards or around in circles. It is definitely time to start baby-proofing!
xoxo
As he grows... 