Reid is 5 months young today! I love learning new things about him as he grows! I feel like his personality is really starting to come out! Not a day goes by that I am not overwhelmingly grateful for our precious boy.
We are still on a flexible schedule. It's what works for us. He eats every 3-4 hours depending on when he wakes up from his nap. He wants to eat right when he wakes up no matter what. I am planning to start veggies this month, but right now he is still just eating a little bit of rice cereal at dinner. He gets really excited about it which makes me think he is probably ready for something a little tastier! :) He actually started gnawing on the bowl last night. He starting to not like sitting in the bumbo, so we may put together the high chair soon! He's wearing size 2 diapers and probably switching to 3's very soon. He wears mostly 9-12 month clothes. I have noticed this month that he is starting to get more hair! He lost a lot the first couple of months. It's coming in much lighter than when he was a newborn.
Reid has never been a great sleeper. He takes 3 short naps most days. Every once in a while he will take a long nap, but not very often. He gets really worked up when he's tired and then has a hard time falling asleep. I've learned that he doesn't transition from the carseat to his crib very well. If he falls asleep on the way home from running errands, he is ready to be up when we get home, even if he just slept for 10 minutes. At night he is still waking up 2 or 3 times to eat. Luckily he goes right back to sleep after the middle of the night feedings. We have officially retired the swaddler and now use a sleep sack. I like it because it's much quicker and easier! He's pretty much stopped trying to roll over in his crib, so he still sleeps on his back. Just this week he has decided that he doesn't like pacifiers. He has always liked them, but was never dependent on them. Now he just screams when I try to give him one. He prefers to suck on his toes now. Hmmm...
Reid is really enjoying his jumperoo! I think it's his favorite thing to do. He really jumps now! He's started to play with the toys on it and really concentrates on them. He's starting to get too big for the swing I think. :( I usually put him in it for a few minutes first thing in the morning while I do a couple of quick things. He still loves books...yay!! He loves for me to sing to him...LOVES IT. He gets the biggest smile on his face. He's probably making fun of me in his head! Hehe! Sophie the giraffe is one of his favorite toys. I think he is very close to cutting a tooth. He loves for me to hold a lovey up high and then drop it on him over and over. He just giggles and giggles. It's too funny! Overall, he is really easy to take places. He just looks around and is really happy when we are out and about. We go on walks a few mornings a week with the mom of one of my precious former students and the baby that she watches. I really look forward to walking now that the weather is nice! We also walk a couple of evenings each week with Daddy. Bath time is still our favorite time of the day! He loves to stick out his tongue. He is such a little cuddler and I LOVE it. We usually just sit and cuddle in the rocker for a while after I feed him and I just cherish that time SO much. He's not really in a hurry to scoot or crawl and I am very happy about that. :) 
Posing in the crib! :)
Sweet Reid, we love you more than you will ever know!
Her outfit was 
Beautiful 
Hugging Goodbye! :)
After everyone left our house, we enjoyed the rest of the rainy afternoon relaxing. We also tried rice cereal for the first time last night! It was interesting! :) I am planning on waiting another few weeks before starting baby food. We will just stick with this for now! 
We put Reid's crib bumpers back in last night. We had them out mainly because he wasn't rolling around yet and it was easier to change the sheet without the bumpers. Now that he's moving more we decided to put them in. Our doctor gave us the go ahead on that. We are still going back and forth with the swaddling thing! He doesn't seem to like it anymore, but also can't go to sleep without it because if he rolls onto his tummy he starts crying. I would have to say that the sleeping thing (or lack thereof) has definitely been the most confusing thing so far! Every baby is different and so we just have to figure it out what works best for us.
