Auggie, Has it been 5 months already? How? You are a calm, gentle baby and most of your waking hours are spent laughing, smiling and observing. You’re reaching for everything now and while there are so many new things I can do with you, there are just as many that are suddenly off limits. Drinking coffee while holding you? Not any more, you grab the top of the cup and pull it towards your mouth. Sitting on my lap while I’m on the computer? Nope. You want to bang on the keys and wave your hands across the touch pad. Multitasking while nursing? Absolutely not, you move your head toward every sound and every movement. Even talking on the phone with you in my arms is out as you now grab the phone and yell into the mouthpiece, or better yet, throw it on the floor. You still talk a mile a minute and your babbling is starting to sound more like the beginnings of a language. You’ve developed a loud, hoarse yell that sounds as if you are exercising your voice, I like to call it singing. Speaking of singing, you recognize the songs from our music class and start to smile and laugh when I sing them. And speaking of laughing, we found your ticklish spot and visit it several times a day, much to your amusement.
You rolled over so early, front to back and back to front, over and over again.But your hard pressed to duplicate it. You’d just rather spin around in a 360 when on your back or roll side to side with your feet in your mouth or push up onto your toes with your face planted on the floor. You're not eating solid food just yet, but you watch intently when anyone is eating and you've started to imitate chewing as you watch. We bought you a bowl and a spoon and sit you up in your highchair, which you love, and let you practice with them when we eat. I hope you feel like you are particpiating in meals and not like we're leaving you out.
You prefer sitting upright to laying flat, and although you can’t sit unassisted, you can support yourself by leaning forward on your arms and are very proud when you do. You’ve gone from sleeping through the night to waking up once to waking up twice and back to waking up once, but never back to through the night, and we’re ok with that. You still sleep in the co-sleeper in our room, but you are napping 3 times a day in your crib, and I’m just waiting for you to let me know when you are ready to sleep there at night. But there’s no rush, I love waking to your sounds in the morning and rolling over to see your smile. And I know by the way you open your eyes wide with surprise and wave you arms and legs that you love waking up next to me. It’s like you’re saying “Hey! You’re here too!” Yup, I’m here too. And Daddy and Abby. The whole family in one room. I’m sure one day we’ll look back on it and think we were crazy to all be crammed into one not so big bedroom but for now, we love it. And we love you.
