Adrian is 5 months old!

Wow, time is flying so fast. I can't believe Adrian is 5 months old today!

Adrian's infamous "sad lip"

Here are the milestones he should be meeting:

-Hold head steady when upright.  Yes, he was born able to hold his head up, but now it doesn't exhaust him at all. He especially loves looking out windows.

· On stomach, raise chest, supported by arms.  Yes!

· Pay attention to an object as small as a raisin.  um.....I don't have raisins floating around the house, but I imagine he could focus on them.

· Squeal in delight.  Oh my yes.  Hes often delighted and very loud.

· Reach for an object.  Yes! He thinks he should have everything and tries to reach for everything.

· Grasp a rattle held to back or tips of fingers.  Yes! He loves his rattle, especially a little froggy rattle we have.  He rattles with a vengeance and has started banging on everything too.  He is all boy for sure. I'm thinking about looking for a plastic baby drum set for him for Christmas.

· Smile spontaneously.  Oh yes! It is so fun to try to make him smile and laugh, and sometimes we catch him smiling and staring at us until we look - it absolutely melts our hearts.  He is a very happy kid. He smiles and strangers, everything! He has the best smile and has brought so much joy to our lives.

· Smile back when you smile.  Yes! One of our favorite things is when Nick and I tickle him at the same time. We love when the three of us can laugh together!

· Keep head level with body when pulled to sitting.  Yes. He's very strong!

Helping Mama and Daddy with the laundry

He can also roll over front to back, back to front and loves standing (with support of course).  He knows a few signs, and is learning cause and effect (which makes games like peek-a-boo so much fun).  He still loves his baths and swinging with mama and daddy in the porch hammock. We are still waiting for his toofers to make their appearance (especially me!). He can hold his own sippy cup and take his own paci out and put it back in. Can you tell I'm one proud mama?

Enjoying rice cereal - can you tell he wants more?

The next big milestone is solid foods. We've decided to go with the Dr. Denmark plan from her book "Every Child Should Have a Chance" (although she recommends starting solids at 3 months, I wasn't comfortable with that)! This week we've introduced rice cereal and Adrian LOVES it.  I'm excited about introducing something sweet like banana because I don't think he'll know what to do with himself! He gobbles it right up and I have to say, I love having a baby with a full belly - happy boy and less spit-up! If anyone has any advice on solid foods (or anything), I'd welcome it. Feeding solids is much more complicated than making a bottle! I'm going to make it instead of buying it (SO much healthier, more affordable and fun - ex: 12 jars of baby food is about $9).

In conclusion, here is my little man playing with his favorite toy: