5 Months

Aiden is now 5 months. He is sort of sitting up on his own, but after a few seconds tends to topple over, face first. At his Dr. appoinment he measured about 26" and weighed about 13.2 lbs. That puts him less than 5th percentile for his weight. The doctor was slightly concerned about his wieght gain so we started supplementing iron (though I think that was because he thought he looked slightly anemic). If you have seen iron in a bottle you would know it is brown, grainy looking crud that I would surely not care to eat. Aiden doesn't really seem to mind it though.

So the other night we had a wake-up call as parents. Grant it, we try to avoid putting Aiden in any sort of dangerous situation, but there are always little risks you take thinking it won't happen to you. One such risk was putting Aiden in his swing and not buckling him in. We have buckled him in, but the other night we just didn't. And I know you can see where this is going, and yes as we were eating dinner Aiden was crying a bit, which we assumed was just cause he was unhappy that he wasn't being held, as he does a lot. Nate went over to check on him and sure enough he was on the floor. Luckily he was on the small patch of carpet we have in our house and didn't seem to terribly distraut. Lesson learned.

Otherwise he's doing ok with sleeping in his own room at night- though he likes to put up a fight eventually he falls asleep around 9 and will sleep till 7 normally.

And just because I'm listening to it right now and think it's amazing- I highly recomment Owl City particularly Fireflies. They sound a lot like The Postal Service. Good stuff.