5 Months Old on Friday (the 24th)

Angel Shot from this morning

Devil shot from this evening

(blurry due to all the movement involved with wailing!)

We can't believe Tyler is 5 months old already! We took some very scientific measurements this morning:

• Weight = 15.6 pounds
• Length = 25 inches

That means Tyler is now almost 4 times his birth weight! Looking at him now you definitely would never know he was a preemie.

During the past half week Tyler has unfortunately developed a tendency for the dramatic (translation: wailing meltdowns!). I don't know how babies muster the strength to wail when they are so darn sleepy. Tyler has been particularly vocal at bedtime. He could already be asleep (in his car seat, in your arms, etc.), but a few minutes after you put him in his crib he wakes up and starts wailing. It usually takes a few rounds of the pacifier or letting him fall into a deeper sleep in your arms until we can get him to go down for the evening. Tyler is still fighting nap time in the crib too, but at least for the moment he is sleeping for long stretches at night! He has been waking up somewhere between 3 and 6 for a bottle, but he will typically go back to sleep for another few hours.