Ely is 5 month old today!
There's been lots of changes since last month while some things haven't changed. It's quite amazing how fast Ely is growing. It has been exciting watching him become more aware of his surroundings.
At 5 months Ely is:
16.5 lbs -between percentile 25 and 50
26.2 inches -between percentile 50 and 75
(I'm not a 100% sure that the measurement is accurate. I wouldn't surprised if Ely has a "huge" growth spurt next month because I measured inaccurately this month.)
This month Ely:
-Talked to Charlie and was very excited. He flapped his arms and squealed at Charlie.
-Crawled on this back and moved around in a circle. (He has only done this at the learning center. We have yet to witness this at home.)
-Likes to flap his arms and down. At times he will hit me and he would repeatedly do it. He also hits the wall during diaper changes. He pretty much likes to hit anything that makes a sound (including a 'hah-yah!' on Charlie. Charlie didn't mind).
-We're still working on sleeping through the night thing. He slept 8 hours one night and it was heavenly. He usually sleeps 5-6 hours...not so happy about it but we've become accustomed to it (dark circles and all).
-We are very thankful that he is a happy mellow little boy. He doesn't fuss very much and isn't very demanding.
-At the learning center, Ely has determined that he is not a little baby anymore and doesn't belong in the baby's corner. He cries when he is in the corner because he wants to be with his older friends. Most of them are 8-9 months old and are all moving about (rolling, crawling, dragging, etc.). Mayboobae had Ely on the tumbling playmat next to the older babies and one of the babies decided to crawl over Ely. She said that Ely didn't mind it at all and was very amused by it. He likes to watch the other babies play and whenever he hears a new sound, he turns his head to the direction of the sound. She thinks that once Ely is mobile, he will be a very busy baby. Even when he is outside, he would turn to the sound of the chirping birds and look very curiously at the birds.
-During this month Ely lost lots of hair and had a huge smiley face bald spot. I shaved his little head and saved the clippings for the scrapbook that I will make eventually.
-We went to Canada and had a relaxing trip. I packed way too much clothes, toys, and diapers for the short trip but the good thing was that I didn't forget anything (even had his nail file & snot sucker).
-He recently started to suck on watermelon. He likes it a lot. Today he even bit down on it and took a little chunk off (I had to take it away so he wouldn't choke on it).
-He has figured out that we react to the funny little things he does. I had him on a blanket doing some tummy time. He quickly rolled over to his back and refused to do tummy time. He wanted me to hold him so I ignored him. He then decided to collect his saliva and spit. I ignored him again. He tried coughing a couple of time. When that didn't work, he flapped his arms and legs up and down.
-He likes to spit and laugh when I wipe off his mess. He does this at the learning center as well.
-Ely loves shower time. He grabs the shower head and run his hands through the water. He likes to splash his hands in the water.
-I think Ely will be able to ready to eat rice cereal soon. We are still waiting for his neck to get stronger and be able to hold his head up. He still leans over to his stronger side (right side) and can't sit up straight. He loves to watch us eat and when we eat something crunchy, he raises his little eye brows and look at us. He also likes to suck on my spoon. Maybe he will be ready in a month. :)
-He is laughing more now and reacting to the silly sounds and faces we make to get him to laugh. He also likes to be lifted up into the air but he is getting heavier to lift. Sung may need to take over the lifting game soon because Ely is getting to heavy for me.
-This month I used Ely's flat head as an excuse to buy a Phil&Ted Vibe stroller. Luckily I was able to sell the Bob stroller for the price I got it for and best of all, I was able to buy the Vibe from a Costco warehouse pretty much 30% cheaper than the best price I can find elsewhere. Good 'ol Costco! It took lots of phone calls and a little begging to get the stroller shipped from California for free. The cool thing about the stroller is that there is another seat that I can attach to the top or the back of the stroller for baby #2.
We are so grateful that Ely is a sweet baby. There isn't much that upsets him. He saves his little temper tantrums for 2 in the morning but even that's not that bad (maybe because we're too tired to care?).
He loves to smile at people and isn't scared of strangers. He studies their faces and smiles at them once he's figured out who they are. He smiles at me every morning when he wakes up. He also smiles at Mayboobae and every morning she says to him "thank you Ely for your smile". He is in good hands. :)
I can't wait until he starts eating food and watch his little expressions. I think he'll be moving around a lot more and rolling all over the house. That's going to be pretty funny. Maybe he will play chase with the dogs. Maybe Charlie will start rolling too.
