5 Month Mommy and Baby Update!

Happy 5 Months little man!

I can not believe my baby boy is 5 months old already! Time is going by so fast, and I just want to relish every single moment with him. I know it won't be long before he is running around... and away from me :(

Weight - This little guy is a chunky monkey! He went from the bottom 3rd percentile to the 69th percentile and weighs 13 pounds! He is currently transitioning from size 3 to 3-6 months. Am I the only mom that gets sad when folding up the clothes he has outgrown???

Aaron's Schedule-

6:00 am - Wake, Books, Bath, G-Tube Care 

8:30 am - Solids/Feeding & Morning Nap

11:00 am - Wake & Play/Tummy time

11:30 am - Feeding & Play or run errands with Mommy

1:30 pm - Goes down for nap

2:30 pm - Wake, Feed & Play (Possibly another 20 minute nap sometime in the late afternoon)

5:30 pm - Feeding, Dinner with Mommy and Daddy, Playtime with Daddy

8:00 pm - Bedtime Routine (Jammies, books, breathing treatment, music/blankie/binkie)

8:30 pm - Bedtime :)

* Due to having a g-tube Aaron is hooked to a pump overnight that provides him a continuous feed (8:30 pm - 6:30 am) so he does not wake up to eat at night. Even before having a g-tube, Aaron has been sleeping through the night since he was one month old.  I  wake up at 1:00 am and 5:00 am to pump and change his feeding bag.

New Foods/Solids - In order to get his g-tube/Mic-key button removed, the doctors have said he needs to eat all of his meals by mouth. In the beginning Aaron was drinking no more than half an ounce at a time. Feedings were a real struggle, he would cry through out the entire feeding, which lasted about an hour, and ended with me having to hook him up to a pump to finish the rest... UNTIL THIS MONTH!!!!!! AAAAAH! If you can't tell I am typing this with a huge proud mama grin on my face :D He is currently eating the entire amount by mouth in less than 15 minutes - without choking or crying! In fact if he does cry it is to get more! He also is trying to hold his own bottle, and did through out an entire feeding once last week. THIS IS HUGE!!!!! Oral Aversions are very common in children with his laryngomalacia and acid re-flux diagnosis, and he has been working very hard to get to this point (knock on wood, and thank GOD)! Also his occupational therapist gave us the green light on introducing solids at the beginning of the month. I was so excited, I bought organic bananas and pureed them... Aaron was not into it at all (hence the banana bread recipe), scaring us that he would need therapy for a longer period of time. He would gag and cry. Finally I decided to give him sweet potatoes nonchalantly, and he did cry... because he could not get enough in his mouth!!! We are currently on day 3 of trying the sweet potatoes, he is loving them, and so far no allergic reactions - yay!!!! We still have to work on increasing his amount, and getting rid of the nighttime continuous feeding but this is all a step in the right direction - I am beyond ecstatic!!!

Showing off his food mustache!

New Discoveries- Ladies and gentlemen, he has found his feet and his tongue, and they are among his favorite things to play with! He looks at his feet in the mirror, and plays with them. My personal favorite is watching him concentrate because he will stick his tongue out and focus really hard! He has also started laughing out loud in response to peek-a-boo games, and tickles! He also discovered the power of tantrums - my lord! 

                                           

Accomplishments- Um EATING!!!! He is also sitting without support (other than his little chubby arms) for a few seconds at a time!

Places he went- He was quite the adventurous little man this month ... he went to his first play date, first birthday party, first family gathering, dipped his little toes in grandpa's pool, went to the lake, the pond, to eat sushi with his auntie, and we try to go out somewhere every afternoon. He loves being out and about just like his mama!

At his first birthday party... not to fond of the hat!

I love these little bibs and that cute face!

He has really loved sitting in this chair... and eating in it too!

Mommy Update -
I am not nearly as exciting as Aaron, but thought I would update anyways :)

• This month brought on postpartum hair loss. IT. IS . EVERYWHERE ... but my head of course! I started taking biotin and I am still taking prenatal gummy vitamins. Fingers crossed it stops falling out soon!
• I am back down to my pre-pregnancy weight and have been waking up early to work out 5-6 days a week. Nothing too crazy, just 30 minutes of cardio and some strength training exercises with a weight rope. Mostly to counteract all the ice-cream I have been eating hehe.
• I have been pumping every 3-4 hours since Aaron was born. As of last week I noticed a decrease in my supply :( I have increased my water intake, been drinking mothers milk tea 3-4 times a day, and eat oatmeal for breakfast everyday. Hopefully it is just temporary and I see my milk supply go back up... any tips?
• This month my fiance and I finally went on a date. Well first we went on faux sushi/ ice-cream date. I say faux because Aaron came along with us lol. We actually had a lot of fun as a family though! This past weekend Mama Zoila (my mom) offered to babysit so we could get out and spend time together alone. We ended up going to watch a baseball game and went to eat at Joe's Crab Shack - delicious! It was a blast, but I felt as if I was missing something the entire time. I kept checking my phone... turns out Aaron was having a blast as well with grandma!

All in All... it was an amazing month! I can't wait to see what the next few months have in store for us!

  

Outtakes haha!