5 Months Old!

Callan is now 5 months old! Can you believe it? I hardly can! My little peanut is growing so fast! He is doing so much, it is unbelievable! He is sitting up on his own, and he can stand on his own, if he is leaning against a chair or a table. He is very vocal, but always has been. He can now say “words”. He says Mama, Dada, Baa Baa, Boo Boo, Nana, Oh Oh. Jason is convinced that Callan knows what he is saying, but I say he is just making noise. Who knows. LOL. Callan also “sings”. There is a CD we play for him in the car, his Leapfrog CD. And he will babble to whole songs. And if you shut it off, he stops “singing”. Very cute. Callan is a total water baby. He loves the bath, and does not want to get out. He will sit in there and splash the water and squeal with delight. He loves the pool, too. He will stay in the pool for about an hour before he wants to get out. He just loves kicking around in his floatie. We have to get him a bigger deeper pool, because now he is so tall, that he stands up in the pool, and he can’t really kick his legs, since it is not deep enough. He loves going out to the lake though, so he can just cruise around in the water. We go out to the lake quite often on the weekends. Callan is a copy-cat too! It is amazing. Of course Jason and I think Callan is a genius for this! LOL. Jason will rub on the edge of the pool and make that squeaky rubbery sound, and then Callan will rub on his floatie and do the same sound. And Jason will run his finger over Callan’s lips to make that “blubber” sound, and Callan will do the same thing to Daddy’s lips! And Callan knows his name. You will call out to him, and he will look at you. But only if you say his name. If you say something else (like we call him Bear as a nickname) he won’t look. He also knows who Mama and Daddy are. I will say “Where is Daddy?” and he will look at Jason. And Jason will say “Where is Mama?” and then Callan will look at me. What a smart boy! We’ve started him on the transition cup and Stage 2 foods now too. Pretty soon our son is going to be running around the house, and then I will really wonder where my little peanut went to! Time goes by so fast! But we are enjoying every minute of it!

What It's Like To Be The Mom Of An Infant Son

So let me just go through our day today! LOL. Callan woke up at 1am, 2:30am, and got up for the day at 5:30am. He was not hungry. He is teething. And Mama went to bed at 11pm, so I got about 4 hours of sleep. Callan was not feeling good, so he wanted to cuddle on the couch. And my son is not a cuddler. He does like to be held, just not a cuddle-bug. But lately he has been, due to the teething. So we laid side by side facing each other on the couch, and he just stared at me while chewing on his pacifier. He finally drifted off to sleep about 7am, but then Jason was getting up, so I was up anyhow. Mid-day, Callan’s teeth got to hurting him so bad he just screamed and screamed. We dosed him with Tylenol and Baby Orajel swabs, and he wanted to cuddle with Mama some more. He had his arms wrapped so tight around my neck and his fists clenched into my shirt, he did not want me to let him go. So even though I was exhausted, I was in heaven to get to cuddle with my son. One of those sweet moments. Then afternoon hit. Our little monster was feeling much better. At lunch he spit his carrots on me. And that crap stains! It was on the floor, the table, the highchair, my shirt, my face. He thought it was hilarious. In the bathtub, he farted, and it actually blew bubbles in the water! Ok, let me just tell you that our son has an atomic ass. LOL. He farted yesterday and I seriously almost puked. It was awful! I was gagging, and Jason was laughing at me. So anyways, Callan is in bed now, and here I sit at the end of the day, covered in regurgitated peaches, carrots, and milk, oh, and a little pee. It is on my pants, my shirt, in my hair. I found a splat of carrots on my neck. I smell lovely. I’m exhausted, cranky, can’t wait to get in the shower. But here I am with a smile on my face, listening to my son snore, and remembering how sweet he was to me today when he was not feeling good. It is the most awesome feeling in the world to know that both the men in my life need me.

Callan In The Crib

Callan in the crib. LOL. Sounds like a title to a gangsta movie or something. Callan slept in his crib for the first time last night. It went better than we thought it would. We put him down, and of course I cried. Letting my baby go a little bit. But he fell asleep straight away, and slept until 2am, wanting a bottle, which is unusual. Then he fell right back asleep until 6:30am, and then we got up for the day. So he did fairly well. He screamed bloody murder at 6:30am though. I think he woke up on his own, like he always does, and wondered where he was. He was not used to it. So I think he was a little scared. But he will get used to it. And so will I. I did not get much sleep as I tippy toed in there everytime I heard a noise on the monitor. LOL. So Callan did better than Mama did!

Today not much is going on. We were supposed to be in Oklahoma right now visiting Grandma Bunny, but it did not work out. So maybe next weekend we will go. Today I cleaned a lot, and did some laundry. This afternoon Jason will be home, so we will just relax. We might put Callan in the pool. It is hot here again. Of course, it is Texas. Tonight we are going to the drive-in! I am way excited! A little date! Hopefully Callan will sleep through it. It is a double feature. Hancock and The Zohan. So yeah, should be interesting. I guess that is it! Have a great day!