Josh is 5 Months!

Seriously, time is flying! Josh is 5 months today. He is growing like a weed, which makes sense since I swear he's eating like a little piggy. Our attempts at baby food as we mentioned earlier were rough at first, he likes carrots though and is getting to eating 3 oz or so at a time. We're going to try some pears tonight before bed and hopefully get some cereal in with it too. He's still been eating about every 2 or 3 hours despite having more food. We're a little tired but good here, lol as you can imagine. Josh is starting to give such great smiles to everyone! Last night someone commented that he just seemed so much more content and happy since his skin is clearing up. The back of his neck looks so much better and so does his head and arms. We're so glad, he still gets itchy of course and this is the last day of doing the hydrocortizone cream for at least a couple weeks, so we'll see if it lasts a bit. He's so interested in toys now and follows Noah wherever he is with his eyes, I bet once Josh is mobile that Noah will have a shadow. So far it seems Josh is right on track for meeting all his milestones, now if only he'd sleep for 5 hours consistently! Check out his pictures here!

Here is Josh at 1 monthHere is Josh at 5 months

Noah had his 2 year check up today too (guess I can't call it a well baby visit anymore huh?). He is doing great too! They want them to have about 50 words that strangers can understand at least 50% of those words, he's doing great with the words he says and I think others can understand him with even more than that. Gross motor and fine motor skills all checked out great too, she asked me if he would draw a straight line after us, I said yes most of the time, but sometimes he says no when I ask and draws a circle instead - I guess this impressed the doctor. He's also going to start on some allergy medicine, he's been having a clear runny nose for 3 weeks or so and is itching his eyes sometimes after we've been outside, seemed like most of the signs were there and when we talked about it the doctor felt it would be good to try something to help. He is going to see an optomologist at some point, one eye doesn't track at the same rate that the other eye tracks. It could be completely innocent, it's not something we have noticed expect in maybe one or two pictures and we've just thought it was a little off but the doctor noticed and said it was better to have it checked though it could turn out to be nothing. So we finally got Noah's picture with his elephant, we'll have to try this every year but may end up having him stand next to something instead as he grows but here's some to compare for Noah too (oh and in case you're wondering he's 31.4 lbs which puts him in the 90% for weight, and he's 34 inches tall which is the 60% for height).

Here is Noah at 1 month

Here is Noah at 24 months!