Miles’ Milestones: 5 Months

When I started this series last month I figured the chances of me sticking with it and finding time to write again at 5 months was about 50/50…. but here I am! I haven’t found time to shower in 2 days, but at least I’ll remember what Miles was doing at 5 months (ha). Thank goodness for iPhone photos. I scrolled back through the month to remember what we did and more importantly what Miles was doing! So here goes: Miles’ has been enjoying 5 months with non-stop smiles. 

Two exciting things happened this month: Miles was baptized (more on that to come) and Miles went on his first family vacation (details here). 

While on vacation, Miles celebrated his first 4th of July. 

5 months is a great age. Personally I think it’s one of the easiest ages. At 5 months there’s more sleeping and less eating. They are on the verge of eating solids (or may have started) and that can only mean more meals and cleaning (so more work to come)! They are also not mobile but able to play with toys, so they can entertain themselves while staying in the same place. 

Miles loves his feet. He plays with his toes and puts his feet in his mouth. He also loves toys. Toys that “crinkle” are his favorite and he also really likes Sofie the Girafe. 

He’s grown into 9 month clothes and suddenly looks really long/tall. We got him a mesh bath seat and now he takes a bath with Tommy and finally loves bath time. We had one of these seats for the girls but after a few years and a move I didn’t know where all the parts were. It was worth the investment to get a new one because Miles now really enjoys bath time and he doesn’t slip at all. 

Miles isn’t rolling much yet. He can roll from his belly onto his back, but that’s it. He loves to babble and says “ma ma ma ma ma”. His eyes light up when he babbles – he is so happy and proud to be “talking” to us. 

We’ve put away the baby swing and moved onto the Jumperoo. Miles bounces like crazy in it. It’s the first time we’ve had a Jumperoo and it’s awesome. His brother and sisters stand around him and chant “jump Miles jump, jump Miles jump” and he giggles like crazy. 

Miles tried rice cereal and pears this month. He was actually the first one of my babies that ate from a spoon right away, like he had been doing it forever. He was way more excited for the pears than he was for the rice cereal. The next month will include trying many more foods! 

Miles is a joy every day and becoming more and more interactive with his siblings. He loves to watch them all dance to music and kicks his legs like crazy. He can’t wait to join in the dance party. Miles still sleeps in our room and I love snuggling him at night before putting him in the rock in play to sleep. Miles is one sweet little boy.