Lincoln - 5 Months

Wow, this past month has flown by and Lincoln has had several firsts.  He can now roll over from his back to his stomach. He surprised us the day after he turned 4 months by rolling over several times.  He’s still working on doing front to back which is funny because most babies go this way first.  I’ve seen him do it once but that’s about it. 

He loves sucking on his fingers and chewing on toys.  He likes being carried around facing out so he can watch what’s going on around him and is very wiggly.  He is already ready to get in on the action.  If the boys are running around downstairs playing and we’re holding him he’s flapping his arms and kicking his legs trying to move just like them.  He’s also been experimenting with his voice and making new sounds. 

We didn’t progress much in the sleep department.  I think the biggest issue here is that he just doesn’t know how to put himself back to sleep when he wakes up in the middle of the night.  He’s too reliant on us to rock him back to sleep and this can be painful when he wakes up every 45-60 minutes.  We’ve tried letting him cry it out a few times up to 10 minutes but that was really rough and it seemed to just make things worse rather than help him get to sleep so we decided to hold off on this until he gets a little older and swaddle free. 

  

Lincoln also got his first cold which didn’t help the sleeping situation much either.  Luckily it didn’t last long but now he has another one.  Needless to say we are all ready for this long winter to be over.  We’ve also been on medicine for thrush.  I don’t think this really bothered him much but glad to say it’s finally seemed to clear up.  Overall he’s a pretty happy little guy and very smiley.  We’re hoping we can get rid of this cold and start the sleep training again in a few weeks with better success.