Little Moon Blog » Newborn, Baby, Child, and Family Photographer in Northern, Virginia

My sweet little Reed turned 5 months old yesterday. I’ve been dealing with a kidney stone (don’t wish this pain upon anyone) so it’s been a rough few days but I had to do his monthly shots.

I wish I had video to go with the photo above, he’s almost always squawking with glee and it sounds like a mix between a dinosaur and a dying bird.

This has been such a fun month, he’s rolling from back to tummy and tummy to back all the time now and is grabbing anything and everything to shove in his mouth. I would guess he’s starting to teethe. He got his first bad cold this month and weighed in at 17 pounds at the doctors office. You would have never known he was sick though, still a super happy guy. He did stop sleeping through the night and now that he’s better I’m hoping he will start doing that again, I think we got spoiled!

He loves to be naked and diaper changes. Any time he is cranky all I have to do is strip him down and he’s back to his happy self.

I could nibble on his chubby legs and belly all day & night. He’s still nursing strong and we were given the go ahead to start solids now though I’m probably going to wait a few weeks so he’s closer to 6 months, he seems to be doing great on breastmilk alone.

He loves his feet and wants nothing more than to shove them in his mouth.

He’s gotten much better at doing tummy time but he’d much rather be sitting, he can sit unassisted in a tripod position for about 30 seconds until he topples, I’m guessing he’ll be sitting great by 6 months or so.

He worships his big brother and my heart explodes with love when I see the two of them together.

He’s changed SO much in just a month, here’s the progression so far!

I can’t believe he’s 5 months already, I know I say it every month but I wish I could pause time, this age is so much fun!

Stay tuned, I have a TON of newborns this week.