The Past 5 Months (part 3)

Month 5:
Colt still sleep through the night and eats like a champ, though we are down to four feedings a day instead of five.  He is now eating rice cereal (loves it), peas (likes it), squash (likes it), pears (LOVES it), and apples (loves it). 

We are slowly introducing new flavors to him, and then I will be trying my hand at making homemade babyfood for him, which I am VERY excited about. 

Getting ready to make pears....

...in the new baby food maker!

He plays on his tummy a lot of the time, and rolls very well from his back to his tummy, but he hasn't mastered rolling from his belly to his back yet.  At his four-month check-up, he did great with his shots again (still no fever or side effects), and we weighed in at 15 lbs. 14.5 oz. (75th percentile) and was 25 inches long (70th percentile).  He is still a big boy!  Great Grandpa Quick and Mommy's cousin Mandy came to visit, so that was fun for him to snuggle with some different people. 

He loves playing in his jumper (though we have to keep a box under it since he isn't quite tall enough to reach the floor yet) and his walker (he loves standing on his tiptoes and there isn't any walking going on yet). 

He can sit up unassisted for about 15 seconds before he slumps over, and this month he discovered his toes.  He tries desperately hard to stick his feet in his mouth.  He also discovered how to spit this month and gets tickled at himself when he sticks his tongue out and spits.  He also had two teeth come in this month - the first one broke through on January 15th and the second one broke through this morning (February 6th).  Right now, he is sitting in his swing attentively watching the Super Bowl in one of his cute football outfits.  He looks quite satisfied with the Green Bay touchdown.