5 Months Old

Benjamin is now 5 months old! It is so fun to watch him grow and develop his personality. Here are some of the things he does now:

-giggles a lot when we tickle under his arms and blow on his belly
-likes to turn onto his side
-loves to smile at Daddy
-starting to sit up a little on his own for short periods of time
-still very interested in his toes, pulling on his socks
-when he is happy and on his back (not when upright, for some reason), he likes to make this guttural and raspy 'khey' sound - this often happens when he is awake in his crib in the morning and I have come in to say good morning
-rotates himself in the crib, usually about 90 degrees
-seems to recognize his bottle and gets excited for it - he gets around 4 to 5 ounces
-rolls over! only tummy to back now
-has not been sleeping through the night, though last night was much better with 4 or 5 hour intervals
-cries sometimes when I leave the room
-likes to throw himself back while you are holding him
-reaches out to grab things
-can be on his tummy for twenty minutes or so at a time

With a little help (i.e. my hand under the white cloth), he can sit up quite nicely.

With some of our Christmas decorations. He immediately went for Santa's beard and the tree.

Santa's beard is so soft.

We said goodbye to Grandma Lucken yesterday, which was very sad! We very much enjoyed her company.

Doing some tummy time with Grandma Zusman today.