Five Months Old!

Cale is five months old today! He has grown up so much already, I'm just amazed. He has opinions (hold me!), he holds on and hugs (easy to do things while holding him), and he responds to facial expressions. He's a little person who can't walk instead of an infant who needs complete care.

He's been very hungry this past week, and it's been very difficult for my milk supply to keep up with his demand. And he bites when he doesn't get as much to eat as he wants! And he makes icky face for formula. So we're added the occasional meal of milk mixed with rice cereal to see if that helps, and he will lunge for the spoon! He's not great about swallowing, but he likes to try. So this evening we tried something new: baby food! Since he has tried to eat Karston's breakfast banana twice before and seemed to like it, we started with banana baby food. I can't say it was a success, but he did eat some. He opened his mouth for the spoon, but then scrunched up his face. Then he closed his eyes and shook his head with a big shudder. But when the spoon came back, he would start the process again. So he'll eat food, even if it's shudderingly icky! Wow. Still, we're getting calories into him that I didn't have to process first. Whew.