Connor man Connor man you are 5 months old! You are the smiliest dude and it is so easy to get to you laugh. It's pretty funny looking back that I was worried about you not smiling and now your giggle totally cracks me up :) You especially love being tossed in the air, "eaten" or bounced.
Your Nanny is also relieved that your baby blues look like they are staying. For a while there was a question as to whether you would be the first brown-eyed McCord baby. Looks like blonde hair and blue eyes!
You are starting to become fascinated with our phones. We used to be able to check email or I could work on my to do list while holding you but that is now almost impossible. You just try to swat at the phone and often send an email early or delete something I am working on ;)
You are totally sitting up on your own. You will still fall over if you reach too far or get distracted but if we put the boppy behind you you will sit and play for 10-15 minutes.
You also love to be in your jumper. For a long time you didn't know you could bounce but know you love to throw your weight around in there. You also like sitting with us at the table but I think you are starting to get jealous that everyone else is eating solid food in front of you! You are also starting to bear weight on your legs fairly regularly. I hope we have some time before you start moving...
I think you are starting to teethe. You have always chewed on things over sucking on them but recently it seems like more frantic chewing. You have started being able to bring toys to your mouth and you really like to chew on your moose lovey when you go to sleep.
Your sleep is still a complete disaster. I have tried only feeding you every three hours at night and just rocking you to sleep at the wake-ups in between, changing the inserts in your diaper etc and nothing seems to make a difference. We did stop swaddling you and also moved you out of the rock and play into the co sleeper. I figured we would need to make those changes eventually anyway so we may as well do them now when we are used to frequent wake ups. Luckily neither transition changed your sleeping at all.
On a high note you were falling asleep at bedtime totally unassisted but that now that you are teething that hasn't been happening so much.
Your naps have also gone south and but I hope they will get better as soon as these teeth pop through. The past few days you have been taking 4 30-40 minute naps instead of the 3 longer ones you used to take.
