The Swick Family: Hunter is 5 Months

Monday, February 20, 2012

Hunter is 5 Months

5 months old

Hunter was 5 months old yesterday! I know I say it every month, but boy does time sure fly! Here are some things about Hunter at 5 months:

He is such a sweetie! He is so smiley and just wants to be a part of the "action" now. For example, he wants to be held especially at dinner time. He will no longer let us put him in the play gym during dinner. He wants to see what is going on at all times.
Haley is his hero. He is constantly watching her and if she is not right by him, he is looking for her. If he is fussing and I need to finish something, I usually tell Haley to go talk to him. When she goes over, he usually stops fussing and is smiling and laughing at her. It is the sweetest thing to see them form this bond so young!
He is a chunk. I'm guessing he is close to 17lbs now and my back is starting to hurt from carrying him. He is wearing 6-9 month clothes and some of those are getting a bit small. He has the cutest rolls on this legs (you can kind of see it in the picture above) and the chubbiest toes and fingers.
Takes 3-4 naps a day. He usually takes 2-3 45 minute ones and 1 2-3 hour nap a day. He now sleeps in a sleep sack and weaning him from the swaddle was pretty easy. Took just a couple days.
Kind of sleeps through the night. Two weeks ago I cut him off from night feedings. He only cried 2 nights and that wasn't too bad mostly because Steve got up to calm him and not me! Now he still wakes anywhere from 3-4 am, talks to himself for a few minutes and goes back to sleep. Most days he then is up for the day between 5 and 5:30 am. No, I'm not kidding. It is exhausting for me. But today, he woke up at 4:50 and after talking to himself for a few minutes, he fell back asleep until 6:15. I hope this trend continues although I could do without all the night time conversation.
Has been eating solids for 2.5 weeks and is sort of catching on. He does not like the cereal. I have tried 2 brands of rice cereal and 1 oatmeal and he spits most of it out. He has had pears and squash too. He is doing better with both of them and today ate about 1oz of pears. This is the best he has done to date. If anyone has any advice on how to get him more interested, please feel free to share.