5 Months

Lennon is five months old today...
He can roll over and sleep on his tummy. His two front teeth are sprouting up and his hair is coming in much thicker. Yesterday, he ate bananas with milk for the first time. He has met all his aunts and uncles, grandmas and grandpas and even great grandmas and great grandpas he loves the household pets, being outside and standing.

I am five month post-partum...
I am still nursing. I know how to wash cloth diapers and rock a baby to sleep. I know a variety of songs to be sung while bouncing a baby on my knee and can tie up a sleepy wrap in less than a minute. I'm 10lbs. away from my weight goal. I'm back practicing six days a week and have been working where I left off in Intermediate Series. I have a wonderful husband who is active in Lennon's life and great support from family and friends.

I'd say all is well.

A Little Vaca

Last week, Lennon, Evan and I met my parents at a little camping resort in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. This trip was especially nice since the drive was just about 1.5 hrs. Enough for a baby to take a rest and play by himself just a bit. My parents had lots of time to visit with Lennon. They even took over for a while so E and I could sit on the little bridge each evening.

The little cabin was nice and the location was great. It seemed very family friendly with a pool, playground and plenty of room to run around. I'm thinking a family camping outting in a couple of years. It must have been off season still and the place was nearly deserted.

Lennon felt all this was way too exciting to sleep. Thank goodness for the hour long drive to Galena and back. I'm still working out the details of the best way to carry a baby around and shop. On this trip I used the sleepy wrap. Great for walking and wine tasting. :)

More adventures with Lennon coming soon. We are headed to Carbondale this weekend to visit with Evan's Pa.

And Now...

It's a new dawning at the Harris House.  Lennon has decided he now sleeps on his tummy.  And just like that, we have a totally new routine.

It came as a shock, and I freaked out the first evening. I think I check on Lennon every five minutes or so to be sure he was still breathing. I also googled the topic and between check-ins, read thread after thread about when it's ok for babe to sleep in his belly. How anyone every accomplished anything without google, I do not know.

Swaddling is now out, regardless of how much I like the tiny lions on this lovely cotton cloth. Sleeps sacks or gasp... nothing is now in. We rock L down as usual, lat him in the crib when he's asleep and watch as he curls into a little ball and rolls onto his tummy. It's so cute. For now, this is what we do.