Food, glorious food.

I’ve come to the realization that I no longer have a newborn. You’re thinking, “Duh Lindsay. Colton is 5 months old.”

Sure, I know he rolls over and likes to sit up and talks to his sissy. But he’s still my little newborn! I only had him last week! Err, right…

Tonight? My eyes were opened to the truth.

Tonight? My youngest child ate rice cereal.

Let me try that again.

My youngest child ate rice cereal. And LIKED it.

I’m talking full-out, mouth-open-like-a-baby-bird, trying-to-reach-for-the-spoon, liked it.

::Sniff::Waaaaaahhhhh!

Colton is 5 months old. I wanted to wait until he was 6 months before introducing “solids” (the rice cereal concoction we whipped up was more of a liquid), but because he hasn’t been sleeping well at night, we decided to go ahead and at least try it out. Maybe he’s just hungry, we thought.

Darn tootin’ he was hungry. It’s like the boy-child was starved and he’d never tasted anything so gloriously delicious.

{{Cleaning off Colton’s chin. PS. Derek just finished mowing the yard, that’s why he’s all dirty. My hubby doesn’t usually look like he’s rolled around in the dirt }}

Overall, Colton loved it. He downed an entire bowl of rice cereal. A bowl, you guys. And he acted like he wanted more! He seemed to thoroughly enjoy the experience, sitting up at the table with us, eating his dinner while we enjoyed ours. (Breakfast for dinner, in case any of you were wondering…) He was totally and completely ready for solids, and didn’t even grimace or spit out any of the bites. I’m so proud of my big boy!

Before I know it (21 years from now Colton, don’t get any ideas…), this is something we’ll be seeing.

Again, I say Waaaaahhhhhhhhh.

PS. It totally looks like he’s got a mouthful of beer, doesn’t it? Hehehe. But he doesn’t. Believe me, he doesn’t.

PPS. I have video of his first bites, but I can’t get them off the camera. Grrr… will add them later.

Adelyn is 2 years, 5.99 months old and Colton is 5 months, 3 days old.

Monthly Update – 5 mos old

Posted by zivney in Addy the big sis, Big-boy accomplishments, Colton, Monthly Update, Siblings, The great outdoors, Videos of Colton November 18, 2011

Colton is 5 months old!

Hmmm, I haven’t updated much in the way of Colton’s milestones lately. Let’s see, he can roll from front to back (he’s quick too… if he doesn’t want to be on his tummy, he WON’T be on his tummy). He loves sitting up and can hold himself steady for a few seconds at a time before crumpling forward (his direction of choice). Teeth are still wreaking havoc on him, especially lately. He attacks anything you put in his hands. It’s pretty funny to watch, actually. He goes after the toy like a shark. You can see it in his eyes, he has a need… a need to feed. Well, a need to *chomp*!

What else does he do? He rubs his little feet together like a cricket (or like he’s starting a fire). He does this when he’s hungry and tired. And of course, he loves Adelyn to no end. One evening this past week, Colton was sitting in his bouncy chair while I was making dinner and Addy was playing on the floor. He started fussing and I couldn’t pick him up because I had dirty hands. Without being asked, Addy got up, went over to Colton and said “No cry, Colton” and then started singing “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” to him. He calmed down and just sat there, watching his big sissy. Warmed my heart.

At 5 months old, Colton:

Takes 2-3 naps a day. Morning naps are usually +1.5 hrs, and afternoon naps are shorter. Goes to bed between 7-8pm, depending on his last nap. Nightime sleep has been rough lately. Some nights he wakes up twice, other nights he’s up 5-6 times. Why? Whyyyy???

Still eats every 3 hours. He’s been eyeing our food lately, so I think we may try giving him some rice cereal soon. He’s fascinated with our cups and plates.