Blankenship Family!: Dylan is Five Months Old!

The man is 5 months!

He found out he can squeal!!!

Trying to eat the sticker. :)

Sleep: I am so so so happy to say that Dylan is finally sleeping 11-12 hours a night! Wooo hoooo!!! He has his last bottle at 7:45 and goes to bed at 8:00. He will wake up anywhere between 7:00 and 8:00 the next morning. If he is not awake by 8:00, I wake him up so he stays on schedule. Jimmy and I figured out that when he woke up in the middle of the night he couldn't fall back asleep because it was so quiet. He is used to so much noise around him when he is sleeping and we play lullabies for him the first hour he goes down. So, Jimmy made a 13 hour play list of lullabies on his iPod. Presto, he was sleeping 12 hours since we did that!

Size: He is still wearing all 6 month clothes. I did finally pack away all his 3 and 3-6 month outfits. We also just moved him into size 3 diapers. He has his 4 month appointment on January 10th and he was 15 pounds and 23 inches long. He is a tad small for his age (30th percentile) but that is to be expected considering my and Jimmy's size! Nevertheless, he is growing right on track!

Special Visits: Dylan's two best friends came over for a play date this month. (I say two best friends, but of course, they have no idea, hah!) My good friend that I used to work with had twin boys on September 24th, so they are less than a month apart. They all hung out together, looked at each other, and drooled. Seeing three babies together, all about the same size/age was just simply adorable!

Firsts: Dylan has started to scoot around on the floor and in his crib. He will pick his bck legs up and push himself forward. It's a crawling motion, but without the arms doing any work just yet. I think he will be crawling here soon! His pediatrician said his development was ahead of the game, so we'll see!

Dylan tried solids for the first time a couple weeks ago. I had a hard time getting him interested and he really didn't like it, so after a couple tries I decided to give up for a few weeks and start again when he is 5 months. I feel it's not something to be rushed, and he will tell me when he is ready! I did cereal with Owen starting at 5 months and didn't introduce any other foods until he was 6 months, and Owen did well with that, so I'll probably do the same with Dylan. I'll just let him tell me what he is ready to try!

*Update: Since then, we started again with just cereal on January 28th and he has loved it. Gobbles it down, and I had to increase the amount he is getting. It's funny how just a couple weeks made all the difference.

Dylan is also picking up his passy and putting it in his mouth himself. He loves smiling at Lola and Owen. I would say Lola and Owen are his two other best friends right now. :)

Likes: We brought out the Jump Jump (or, that's what we call it) for Dylan and he absolutely loves it! He will get in that thing and bounce for 45 minutes with a big smile!

Owen thought he should wear the cool whip container as a hat!

Dylan has also started to like looking at books! He loves to look at the pictures while I read to Owen. Of course, sometimes he tries to put it in his mouth!

He loves to roll over on his tummy and scoot around. I'll look over and find he has scooted off of his play mat!

I think he looks so much like Owen in this picture.

Lately he has shown a little separation anxiety... he likes to be able to see me, especially if his teeth are bothering him. This can be a little frustrating at times, but I have been telling myself, that it's a not such a bad thing that he just wants to be comforted. Time goes by so fast, this phase too shall pass!

I'm trying to be in more pictures... I'm always the one taking the pictures and never actually in them, so Jimmy has been trying to take more of me with the boys. Here are some sweet moments from the past month...