Friday, December 19, 2008

Dax is 5 months old today!

Weight 20 pounds (using adult home scale, probably not super accurate)
Length 27.75"
Head Circumference 18"

Clothing Size 12-month, some 18-month (please, please slow down growth soon). Hats, shoes, and socks are 18-24 month.

Eating/Sleeping During the day he eats every two or three hours, and it now only takes him 5 to 10 minutes to eat! Naps once in the morning and once in the afternoon for 30 to 120 minutes. At night he sleeps 6 hours, barely wakes to eat, then sleeps another 5 or 6 hours.

Developmental Milestones Sits without support very well for like 20 minutes without toppling over! He loves to sit and manipulate a toy with his hands, he loves bath time in the big tub and afterward I drain the water and let him practice crawling naked in the empty (but still warm) tub - he can crawl from one end to the other.

Stuff baby likes Sitting in high chair (I've recently given him a spoon to play with and he loves it and mimics me while I eat - he puts it into his mouth every time I take a bite!), still loves books and turning pages, he has REALLY started enjoying his math dot cards - he gets the biggest grin when I show him new numbers. He also likes playing with cups (more imitation play). He laughs at "this little piggy" and enjoys me playing patty cake with his feet.

Daddy moment Dax is getting more and more attached to his Dad. He's now starting to give big reactions/laughs to him. (Dax always gives the biggest smiles/laughs for me, and then mutes the reaction when others are around)


1 comment:

Amy said...

YOu are such a good mommy keeping track of everything. I did great with Isaac, then it went down hill after that. Dax is as big as Halle (granted Halle is small), but none the less he's huge and oh so cute!!