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Almost Halfway to One

Little Man is 5 months today, and I apparently forgot to blog about Big Sister this month.  That's okay - I don't think too much has changed on her side of things, except that she now goes to the bathroom on the potty sometimes!  Other than that, I'll save her update for a Big Bad Two Year Old post in about two and a half weeks.

In my last update I posted about Soren's major sleep regression.  A few days later I took him to his 4 month check up and found out that he had only gained two pounds in two months.  He dropped pretty significantly from the 60th percentile to the 15th.  Our doctor (who I love and trust) advised that she would have liked to see more of a gain in weight and that the sleeping and eating elements were likely quite intertwined.  She suggested nursing him and then topping him off with formula, pumping extra to increase my supply, and starting solids.  I'm a busy momma.  I love nursing my baby and absolutely, 100% believe that breast is best, but I also need to keep my sanity.  So I now exclusively pump during the day and he gets a combination of bottled breast milk and formula.  At night when he wakes I still breastfeed.  And as it turns out - ever since we upped his calories during the day he is once again mostly only wake once at night to feed.  Huzzah!

Other than his slow weight gain his physical stats were on par - huge head (90th percentile) and long body (70th percentile).

Per the doc's recommendation we started solids, but after a few attempts decided to put that on hold.  He just wasn't interested and each time we tried he pushed the food out of his mouth.  No biggie.  I had planned to wait until closer to 6 months.

He has been rolling from back to tummy here and there for about a month, but in this past week he really seems to be mastering it. 

Soren laughs and smiles a whole bunch.  Via loves to get a response from him, and it's so fun to see them interacting and playing together.  We love going on our family walks and are a bit bummed that the days are getting shorter and colder.

I guess the last bit of news is that Soren cut his first tooth!  He's been a total drool monster, so I thought he might be teething.  I was still very surprised to find that he actually cut a tooth because Via didn't until just after 6 months.  I'll feature a picture of his little tooth below, but it's pretty hard to see. :)

I can't believe that the next time I post about #brothersoren he will already be halfway to his first birthday.  It's unreal how fast time flies when you are watching your babies grow up.


Rocking the bumbo.
 
 Smiley selfie with mama.
 
 Morning smiles. 
 
 Toofer!
 
 Via waiting to cheer on Grandpa Rich, Aunt Renee, and Aunt Rachel in the Gandy Half Marathon.

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