Connor turned 5 months old today! It is hard to believe! And, he has changed so much over the past month or so since my last post.
Connor was put on reflux meds shortly after his 4 month check up. He was showing some classic signs of acid reflux, but it took us awhile to figure it out. He refused to be flat on his back (hense some of our sleeping troubles), he was arching his back in pain, he was spitting up, and the list goes on. I finally realized that most of our fussiness/sleeping troubles started when I stopped my reflux meds in September. Our theory is that he was getting my meds through nursing and then we I stopped taking them, his symptoms became exacerbated. The doc gave us Zantac and he had a few good weeks where he wasn't fussing at all and sleeping was going much better!
Then, teething started!!! Ha ha. Connor started to get fussy and night time became a struggle again (he had a few nights where he get up about 8 times!). A few days ago, his first tooth finally popped through! We think the 2nd one isn't very far behind! Hopefully he will get some relief from teething soon!
Another milestone Connor just recently met is rolling over! We were at my parent's house for Thanksgiving a week ago and I had him doing some "tummy time". He reached ahead of himself for a toy and inadvertently rolled from his tummy to his back! He ended up doing it 3 times in a row, but we haven't seen it again since! I don't think he meant to roll over and I don't think he's quite sure how to do it again.
Connor's laugh has gone from a little squeal to an all out chuckle! It is too cute. He is very ticklish too. He absolutely LOVES to be in his just his diaper or naked (who wouldn't?? ha ha). So, the best time to get him to laugh is either on the changing table or after his bath.
We have been having a blast giving him rice cereal. He has been chowing down on it. For a few weeks we were giving him one bowl in the evening. He started out only lasting a few mintues, but now he will eat the whole bowl easily. He knows exactly what to do and very often his mouth is open before we can have the next bite ready. Just recently we started giving him a bowl in the morning as well. We are really excited to start giving him other foods, which will probably be around Christmas time when he is 6 months old. I am going to venture into making homemade baby food.
Our Thanksgiving holiday has been extremely busy. We spent last Saturday with my family, like I just mentioned. I was supposed to be on call for the holiday (Wed-Sunday), but a coworker of mine asked me if she could take Wednesday night and Thanksgiving day. I gladly gave it to her! We ended up traveling to Ryan's family get together in Millmont, PA on Thanksgiving day (it was a surprise). I worked Friday and have been on call ever since. Ryan and Connor have had a lot of quality time together the past couple of days since I have been working!
December is a busy month for us. We have a few play dates with Jameson & Jenna and Kayla & Khloe. Ryan has two Christmas work parties that we are going to. Before we know it, Christmas will be here and it'll be 2011! We are excited to see what 2011 has to bring for our family!
Below are a few pictures from the last few weeks:
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