Cloudy, with a chance of spit-up!

I really need to set aside more time to blog, but it sure is hard with a 5 month old baby. Yes, I said 5 months old! I can’t believe he is almost a half a year old. Well, that being said I will update everyone on how Daniel is doing. At around 3 1/2 months I started to give Daniel some rice cereal, which he did not like, so we switched to oatmeal and he loves the oatmeal. When he turned 5 months old, I started him on some squash. He really loves squash! Now we are trying carrots, and so far so good. He opens his mouth like a little baby bird, and he tries to help mommy put the spoon in his mouth. He gets the food all-over himself, so I am trying not to put him in any of the outfits that I like for fear of staining it. He can’t sit in his high-chair yet, so we have been feeding him in his bouncy seat. I think Daniel is not going to be a picky eater. He will probably be like Matt when it comes to food, which means man, am I in for it!
Daniel has not been rolling over consistently, but he can do it. He has rolled over several times. He does coo and babble a lot, and he has started screaming, which he thinks is funny, and it is, it just really is an ear piercing scream. He especially thinks it is funny to scream in the morning.
He is still sleeping every 3-4 hours at night, and wants to be fed his bottle, so Matt and I have not had a full night of sleep in a long time. That is fine though, I am sure when Daniel gets older I will miss those late night feedings where I can hold him and rock him. We have debated on trying the cry-it-out method, it was suggested by Daniel’s pediatrician, I am pretty much against it because one: I tried it when I layed him down for a nap and he was so upset he was hyper-ventalating, and tears were running down his face. Two: I read a lot about the cry-it-out method in Dr. Sears baby sleep book, and after reading it I really don’t want to put Daniel through that. Matt on the other hand, I think wants to give it a try. We shall see.
Daniel still loves Baby Einstein, and he watches it everyday, at the most twice a day. Sometimes it is the only thing that will calm him down. He smiles and coos at the babies and puppets on Einstein. I would recommend Einstein to any mother.
He is wearing 6-9 month clothing and can wear some 12 month clothes. He is just so long. If he was not so long he probably would not be in those sizes just yet.
I am so excited about the holidays coming up. I have already got him a Halloween costume, a First Thanksgiving outfit, and a couple of Christmas outfits. Heck, I bought him his 1st birthday outfit last week! I am planning ahead.
I love my little Daniel so much, I didn’t know that you could love someone this much! I am trying to soak up every moment, and when I get fustrated, I just tell myself, he will not be this little forever so I need to enjoy every stage he is in and not wish away him being a baby. Although the milestones are pretty exciting and fun, and somedays I do think about, oh, I can’t wait until…but, I am really enjoying every moment with him, even the tough ones. Not that he is a terrible baby, he is wonderful, but I think the most difficult thing is putting him to sleep for the night. It takes about an hour sometimes two hours to get him to go to sleep. I also like to see the humour in situations. I was just talking to my Nana on the phone tonight and I was telling her how Daniel is having trouble going to sleep, and her words were: “Welcome to Motherhood!” I think every mother could write a book on the funny, fustrating, and wonderful things that it takes to be a mother. I love being a mother and staying home with him. It is my dream come true.

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