Henry's Five Month Update

Henry is 5 months!

 

We don’t have a doctor appointment this month, but when we weigh him on our scale he seems to be around 16 pounds. He is still our little chubbs.

He is getting so close to rolling over. I will set him down on his belly, walk away for a few minutes, and when I come back he is on his back with a funny confused look on his face ha ha. I think his rolling over is more accidental than on purpose at this stage, but I think he is getting close which is really fun. :)

an action shot- rolling in progress! 

an action shot- rolling in progress! 

He loves his bouncer and is getting really good at bouncing the right way.

We can’t tell if he’s teething, but he definitely drools more and gnaws on things a lot, even more than he did before which I didn’t think was possible!

He is finding his feet and toes which is so cute!

If we try and put him in his car seat, swing, or bumbo he will arch his back and try his hardest to avoid being put there.

He really hates his car seat. When we go somewhere further away than 15 minutes, he becomes livid and will literally scream until he gets out of the seat. There have been times driving to Layton or to pick Kyler up from work where he screams the whole time and I’m stuck in traffic and can’t really do a thing about it. It’s awful, so we have limited our driving lately.

He still sleeps really well. During the day he takes 3 naps and totals about 4-5 hours of sleep. We put him to bed around 8 or 8:30pm. He has been waking up around 5:30 or 6:30 and is ready to start the day, so that’s been a little tricky, but after an hour or so I can get him to sleep again for another hour or two. We are blessed with a great sleeper.

He is starting to get more hair on top of his head! I am very excited about it. :) No more old-man hairdo.

He is just a happy baby and I love getting to be his mama! 

Click on the picture below for more to come. They have a funny spectrum of Henry's willingness to be photographed at the beginning of the session, and then his utter boredom toward the end. :) 

Henry's Four Month Update

 I’m a few days behind, but this past Sunday Henry Joseph turned 4 months!

 

He is at such a fun stage, and I’m loving how much he is learning!

At his appointment yesterday, Henry boy weighed 15 lbs 1 oz and was 25 & 1/4 inches long. He’s our big guy. :) I thought he was on the short side but he’s in the 67% percentile for height, so I guess not!

Nursing is going well! I am so relieved that I was able to bring my supply back after almost completely killing it. Fenugreek is a miraculous thing! (I took 12 pills a day for 4 days.. I know.. that’s a lot.. but it was fast and efficient and got the job done!) We have luckily not had to use formula since Henry was 2 months, which is nice for the sake of money, but I am so grateful that formula exists in case we need it again. He eats every 3, 3 1/2 hours for about 15 minutes, which is a miracle to me!!! He used to take over an hour.. it was hard! ha ha He does eat for another 5-10 minutes right before nap time, but really the nursing situation has gotten so much better, which I’m grateful for because yikes, around month #2 I wanted to drop it!

However, he is now far too curious to eat in public- bottle or nursing. I was never good at using a cover and nursing in public, plus he took so long and it was just hard, but now I really can’t do it because he just screams. He wants to play and be apart of whats going on, and having to eat with fun people all around him is apparently the worst. But if I leave the louder room and nurse him in a quiet spot alone, he eats just as usual. And thankfully, since he’s eating faster, I can leave the room now to feed him without missing the entire party by the time he’s done. :)

He still loves to stand, and LOVES his little bouncer. He gets so excited!

 This picture cracks me up because the bouncer makes him look so short!

 Balancing with dad!

He also loves his little “jungle gym,” and has started reaching and grabbing for things on purpose which is so fun!

 It normally doesn't look so tall and weird, I guess I just got it at a weird angle! 

He talks all the time, and his little coo sounds are my absolute favorite. :)

He seems like he is getting closer with rolling over, but I’m not positive! But holding his head up is much easier for him. He has accidentally rolled over quite a few times, and he always looks freaked out like “what on earth just happened?!” Occasionally he’s tried to do it on purpose but he always get stuck half way on his side, which is pretty darn cute. He is really good at scooting around, and if I place him on the floor to play and come back a few minutes later, he’s a foot or two higher than he was. Wiggly henry :)

 He gets really serious when he’s tired, and he easily gets overstimulated if there are too many people or if it’s really loud. He is always very smiley for mom and dad, but gets a little more shy with others. It’s fun that he’s getting older because we can now do some more adventures with him!

like a trip to the park- however henry was not impressed this time around! Maybe when it’s warmer!

We love our Henry boy and are excited to see what new things he’ll learn this month!

Annndddd now a look at his growth over the months:

 Time goes so quickly!