Hunter at 5 months old with Tigger.  I can’t believe he’ll be a 1/2 year in a month- gaaahhhh!

We were able to enjoy some nice weather today.

Hunter seemed to enjoy being outside and also chewing on his arm

My little man cub… growing up so fast!

Hunter loves this Jumperoo!  He starts bouncing as we are trying to put him in it.  He jumps and jumps… it doesn’t seem to ever tire him out though.

Hunter at 5 months old, Hailey at 5 1/2

Hunter has found his feet and he loves to chew on his toes.  Sometimes he looks at his feet and just giggles.

He sure does love his food

New stuff from this last month:

Hunter is now rolling all the time.  He first rolled over quite a while ago but did not do it consistently.  He now does it pretty much every time I put him on his stomach.  Then he looks up at me and grins proudly.  Of course, when I try to show someone how he rolls over, he will not do it.  He is working on rolling from back to front but he gets up on his side and then gets stuck.

Hunter is finally entertaining himself for a little while.  He will play on the floor with some toys and squeal and “talk” for a short time.  He used to cry as soon as we put him down, so this is a definite improvement!  It makes it a little easier to get some things done.

When I ask Hunter for kisses he opens his mouth up really wide and puts it on my cheek.  Sooooo sweet!!

Hunter responds to his name- he looks at us as soon as we say it.

Hunter was sick for the first time this month   One evening he started getting a little rash on his stomach- he has some eczema, so at first I thought it was just part of that.  But the next morning his whole body was just covered in a rash.  He was acting fine, just covered in a rash.  We went to the doctor who said he had actually seen a few other babies with the same thing going on, so it was probably just a virus.  He explained that a lot of times with rashes, you just never know what causes them.  The next day Hunter was super clingy and sleepy.  I ran some errands in the morning and he slept the whole time, which he never does.  He was spitting up a lot and having lots of poopy diapers.  When we got home he stayed asleep for 2 hours… he never, ever does that.  When he got up from his nap he felt hot… so I checked and his temperature was 101.7   Poor baby.  I took him back to the doctor, who probably thinks I’m crazy, but Hunter has never had a fever before, so I was worried.  Same diagnosis- a virus.  He was sleepy and clingy and whiny for a couple of days but then back to himself after that.

Sleep- Hunter still goes to bed around 7:30… usually.  Lately he has not been wanting to go to bed.  He still gets up several times during the night to nurse.  He usually goes right back to sleep, but sometimes he likes to wake back up as soon as I lay him down.  Most nights are pretty long and he usually gets up every 2 hours, sometimes more and sometimes less.  For naps, I have gone back to letting him nap in his swing.  If he naps in his crib he is awake within a few minutes.  If I put him in his swing he’ll nap anywhere from 30 minutes- 1 1/2 hours.

Hunter is still breastfeeding, and still nurses every 2-3 hours.  He is also enjoying some solid foods.  I had thought he would stretch out the times between nursing when we added solid food, but so far he hasn’t.

Hunter did not have a check up this month, but when we went to the doctor when he was sick (May 8th) he was about 17 pounds.  I just put away his 3-6 month clothes and got out the 6-9 month clothes.  He is growing so fast!!  He is still wearing a size 3 diaper (about $25 for 96 diapers in the Pampers brand).

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