Landon Jay- 5 Months 8/19/14

Landon turned five months old on August 19th and I can't believe how fast it is going! I never thought I could love another human being so intensely, but my love for him just gets deeper and deeper, which I didn't think was possible.  He had a very busy month with many new "firsts," but I think he enjoyed all of them :) He started daycare on August 25th, but that's a whole other post... For now, let's look at the statistics!

Weight: 18 pounds, baby!

  

Height: My guess is that he is 25"-25.5", but I'm not sure if that is truly accurate.

Miles Traveled: 5,610 miles! We visited Fairmont (he went with grandma and grandpa with Cory and I were at a wedding), Albert Lea, Adams a couple of times for work, Springfield to see the great-grandparents and for a reunion, Rochester, and Ham Lake to see grandma and grandpa!

Sleeping: Landon is a GREAT sleeper at night! I know this can change at any given moment, but he usually goes to sleep around 9:00 and sleeps until 6:00 am. Now that we leave for daycare at 7:00, I would like to try and get him to bed earlier so I know he will be up at 6:15 or so to drink a bottle and get ready for the day.  I am SO thankful he sleeps through the night because it makes things a lot better.

He has been fighting nap a lot more lately. He does have a double ear infection, so that may be part of it, but I'm not sure. Our daycare provider has her work cut out for her, but hopefully it will get better. He is fine at taking 20-40 minute naps, but he needs to sleep longer- poor baby!

Feeding: He is still drink 6, 4.5 ounce bottles a day and that seems to be going well. I tried increasing the bottles to 5-5.5 ounces, but he didn't seem to care for it, so I am going to stick to 4.5 ounce bottles. We are hoping to introduce oatmeal cereal the first weekend of September, so wish us luck :) He is definitely starting to watch us more when we eat, so I think he is ready!

Clothing: He fits in a good amount of his 3-6 month clothes, but I have started to put the 6-9 month clothes on him due to the weather and I want to make sure he has a chance to wear them! He still has such a small waist/legs, so he can fit in 3-6 month down there no problem. His grandpa Mark took him shoping for fall and winter clothes, so Landon is going to be one stylish little boy this fall and winter! Grandpa Mark loves to shop and we love that he enjoys it :)

Diaper Size: 2 for the most part, but we are slowly changing to size 3- Huggies and Pampers. When we put Pampers Cruisers size 3 on him, for whatever reason, he broke out in an awful diaper rash with little pimples for about 5 days. We always use Pampers, so I'm not sure if it was that the diaper was too big or if the Cruisers had a different filling. Regardless, we switched him back to size 2 for a week and then tried the 3s again and we haven't had a problem... who knows!

Looks: I really think he looks like me, but I may be biased. I can definitely see Cory's features as well, but I feel like he looks more like me. I really need to get our baby pictures out from when we were this age to see who he looks like more. He has this one expression which totally looks like Cory's dad who passed away last year. I can't quite describe it, but when he does it, I feel like it is a sign from Jay, his dad.

 

Nicknames: Bugaboo, Cheeks, Ham Ball, Bubs, cuddle bug, babycakes, little fish, beezie, peanut, baby Landon.

Likes: Sitting in his bumbo and sometimes arching his back, reading books (he likes to turn the pages by himself ), playing on his activity mat and watching the mobile go around and around, this crazy orange rattle and bumblebee that he does not let go of when he is in his car seat, dogs (he saw his first one this past weekend and he giggled for five minutes straight- see link below), jumping in his rainforest jumper, shoving his hands in his mouth, swimming, hanging out with his baby friends, zerberts on his neck because they make him laugh, kicking his piano, and shoving his O Ball into his mouth and throwing it at Bella :)

Giggle video: Giggle Video

Dislikes: His new Nuk pacifier (trying to get rid of the soothie one) and being overly tired! Otherwise, he is a happy baby!

Personality: This hasn't really changed at all from last month... We are so blessed to have such a happy-go-lucky baby who smiles all the time! Honestly, he loves to smile at you, flirt with the ladies (especially my future sister in-law and friend, Megan), giggles when you blow on his tummy or make zerberts on his neck, and smiles when he sees a fan. I wish the innocence of a child could be in all of us because life would be so much better that way! He is SO much like me it is scary, but cute! He loves to smile, giggle at me, read his stories, sit and listen to me sing songs, music, and be with family!

Randoms:  

• He still only has two teeth on the bottom, but they are cute!

• He went to his first family reunion on August 2nd. He was the youngest one there and another lady was 102 years old, so they had their picture taken together for the youngest/oldest. Landon also got to experience his first "cabin trip." Every year, five couples go to our friend's cabin where we jet ski, drink, hang out, swim, boat, and who knows what else. This year was a little different because we had seven babies there, five of them were 6 months old and younger.  We have all struggled with infertility, so it was neat that we could all be together. The only couple who didn't have a baby there has one on the way in February, after going through IVF.  It is SO exciting!

• He got his first cold (double ear infection) and it was diagnosed on August 21st at urgent care in Blaine. I thought he had an ear infection earlier in the week, but it is so hard to tell with kids, so I just kept an eye on it to see if his mood or appetite would change. Up until Thursday the 21st, he was doing okay and didn't seem too bothered. Well, at my brother and his fiance's engagement party, he was so not himself- screaming, not drinking his bottle, and just in pain- so we took him to urgent care. They got him on Amoxicillin and so far he is doing okay. Hopefully it will go away soon because I don't want him to hurt :(

Well, now I'll leave you with some pictures:

Landon's girlfriend, Aubrielle! She is so much fun!

Landon's new playmates and mommy's new hunnies she loves to cuddle :)

All of the babies at the cabin for cabin weekend- Amelia-2 1/2, Owen- 2 1/2. Aubrielle- 6 months, Landon- 5 months, Lillian and Evan- 2 1/2 months, and Avery- 1 1/2 months!

First time swinging... I think he liked it!

Tummy time!!

Landon went to his first story time at Barnes and Noble to read Pete the Cat!

Landon went to Como Zoo for the first time and loved watching Sparky the seal and all of the monkeys :)

First time at the Mower County Fair- I promise he had fun, but he had just woken up.

First time away from mommy all day :( He visited me at work!

 

Swinging at the park with mommy!