Adventures in Thomas Land

Thomas Thomas Thomas…he is now 5 months old and such a fun little guy. He is really such a smiley happy baby, he loves to flirt by batting his long eyelashes, smiling with his huge dimples, and then ducking into whoever is holding him, only to start all over again a second later.

Thomas has made some big changes this month.  Where should I start???

Thomas is a mover like his parents were when they were babies.  Gone are the days when he could lay on his activity mat and just be content playing.  He now is scooting like and inchworm, turning himself in circles, and MOVING!  It isn’t crawling yet, but he sure wants to.  In the last week he has been up on all 4’s and has been rocking back and forth. This too has led to another new thing, getting bonks!  He still gets pretty startled when he gets a bonk here or there.  Daddy has named the movement the “head first slide” or what it really is is scooting.   You will have to see the video to understand (www.dropshots/laschen)  He has continued  to enjoy sitting up and is doing so at longer intervals, he also likes standing up while you are holding him and will do this for 5  minutes before his legs give out.  What he doesn’t like in fact is anything that requires him to stay still or miss any action.  Which makes changing his clothes and diapers interesting, he is rolling all over the place.   He also has discovered a love for kicking his legs in the bathtub and making splashes. 

Nothing is safe from his hands and reaching, nothing!  This has been a good lesson for us.  We are now quick to move things out of his destruction path and will soon have to baby proof our house.

Thomas also loves his animals!  I am such an animal lover and as much as Mike will try to deny it, he is a softy for them too.  Thomas cracks up when the cats and dog are around.  Try to take his attention away from them-NOT A CHANCE!  He will sit, smile, and talk to them.  He also loves to reach out and grab a handful of whatever he can, fur, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears are all fair game.

Another big one this month was his first tooth!  At first we  tthought we had gotten by easy, but we were not that lucky!  He has had some up every couple hour nights, a few days of around the clock medicine, and STILL he only has the one tooth to show for it!  The second tooth is causing him a lot more distress, BUT it popped up as this blog was being posted :-)

Thomas is now a lot more interested in food as well.  Being that I work with kids and food aversion I want to start letting him explore different textures.  When we are eating he has found his hands moving towards globs of beans, corn, and couscous it’s messy, but we love watching him learn and explore!  He has tried watermelon and mango in his mesh feeder.  He enjoys the cool feeling, but his face says he doesn’t quite know what to think of the taste!

Thomas is  is big into playing repetitive games  like stick your hand in daddy and mommy’s mouth, pull it out and do it again, I do this and then you make that silly noise, and attempting to play peek-a-boo.  He has also found an angry sound that he will let out when he wants your attention NOW!  When we tell him to give kisses and splash his feet he will also do both with enthusiasm.

As Thomas still isn’t a huge fan of the bottle, or a fan at all for that matter, I have started to try the sippy cup here and there.  Thankfully, my work schedule has made it easy to be home to feed him, but the little man is a stinker.  He likes water from the sippy, but think milk should only come from one place.

He is no longer as afraid of riding in the car, which has made life so much easier!  We tried unsuccessfully to take him off of his medicine for reflux, so we will wait another month or two to try again. 

At the doctor on the 25th he weighed 15 lbs 6 oz., they didn’t measure him or tell me where that put him on the growth charts                     .  He got a couple more shots which were not as pleasant as his shot last month.  Poor guy, so a “spa” day was used to make his legs feel better! He loves the bathtub and would stay in there for hours if you let him!The next well baby visit is at 6 months.

Some firsts for this month were:

A long road tripto go camping, trying mango and watermelon,  getting a tooth, and scooting.