Owen at Five Months

 

Well, I know I did a four and a half month update on Owen but even since then he has changed soooo much!  He is such a great little guy but sure didn't stay baby long.  Maybe it's just me being preoccupied with two kids now but he seems to be growing up a lot faster than Megan did!  I'll get new stats for Owen next month but right now I estimate his weight to be around 17.5 pounds (at least on our scale).

I'll start with the big one... Owen absolutely LOVES his cereal and fruit.  Loves, loves, loves.  So much that he is now eating solids three times every day and we even have a hard time getting him to drink a full bottle of formula.  Each meal is usually 3 Tbsp of rice or oatmeal mixed with almost a full container's worth of strained fruits or veggies.  We've since added squash, carrots, sweet potatoes and pears to his list of foods!  We try to alternate a bottle with solids but listening to Owen is the best way to go.  I know it's time for food when I hear the "mmmm, mmm, mmmm" coming from his mouth!  In the morning I have the most luck with giving a bottle but my new motto is just don't mix up too much formula at one time and we'll be fine!

With all this food comes it's counter-part... Movement!  (You thought I was going to say 'poop' didn't you!)  He has energy to move more because of all the new food he's eating but he needs to eat more because he's burning everything off!  Just in the last few days it seems like someone has filled Owen up with quarters and let him go!  When put on the floor he will roll this way and that and is starting to scoot little bits while on his tummy.  The last week Owen's been moving around a lot on his crib.  I generally put him in the middle of the mattress but before he even falls asleep his head is up at the end resting on the bumper pad.  One night he had even turned perpendicular!

Owen loves to jump on our laps and get his legs moving.  Especially after being satisfied by a bottle or seeing a familiar face come near.  Of course he recognizes Mom and Dad but he is particularly fond of his big sister!  She must be glad he's growing up because she is always down there on the floor with him "helping" him roll.  Poor brudder Owen!

Owen is still loving his bath but has discovered something new.... He loves to be naked and has now started grabbing his little boy parts... Ugh, the joys of having a boy!

Lastly, Owen had been sleeping pretty rotten this past month as a whole.  Some nights he was waking as early as 1 a.m. for a bottle.  I was determined to get my sleep back so we bought overnight diapers and started feeding solids three times each day.  The extra solids must have been the key because after a couple days of it Owen finally slept 8:00p.m.-6:30a.m.  I sure hope last night was not a fluke 'cause this mama needs her sleep!

But even so, how can you get upset when a night feeding means extra time looking at this handsome face!