Anything that is not a baby toy, this includes all electronics, remotes, phones etc., all sharp objects, all small choke hazard objects, all hot liquids and all breakable objects like coffee cups. The only time he'll try to pull a cup out of your hand is if it's full of something hot.
Other loves include ANYTHING THAT JETT IS PLAYING WITH. Be it a toy or a book or a pen or even a plastic bag...does not matter. If Jett is playing with it then IT IS THE BEST and no substitution or other toy, book or plastic bag will suffice. It must be THE ONE IN JETT'S HAND or he will cry and scream about it.
At least the feeling is mutual as Jett seems to think that any and all toys that Noah is playing with are also the best. Jett playing with baby toys and Noah playing with toys with sharp bits and small pieces. Good times trying to keep everybody satisfied AND ALIVE over here.
He does all sorts of reaching and grabbing and shoving everything in his mouth. And can do a pretty good spin if you leave him laying on his mat but that's about all the movement we have out of this one.
By all accounts Noah appears to be a bit "lazier" than Jett was at this age as he shows absolutely no inclination to roll or really become mobile in any way shape or form. He mastered the back to front roll when he was 2 months old and then flat out gave up on it and no longer rolls...just lays there and cries. And back to front? He can make it to his side and then again...just gives up...and lays there and cries.
He can however arch his back up farther than I've ever seen any baby do. He will get his butt and shoulders fully in the air and just sort of hangs out with only the top of his head and his feet on the ground. I'm not sure what he's trying to accomplish in this position but he does it ALL. THE. TIME. I feel he should spend more time attempting maneuvers that will actually make him mobile...but he disagrees.
Whatever kid, whatever. You do you.
So while he's making no moves toward crawling he would however really like to just be standing already. He arches and squirms to get down on the ground but when you put him there he's unhappy...unless you hold him up so he's standing. Then happy as a clam.
We haven't had him weighed in awhile so I have no idea on weight. 6 month visit is in a few weeks so I'll find out proper stats then. My guess is that he's very similar to Jett, maybe a bit heavier and a bit shorter. But definitely no chunky baby over here. Long and lean.
Sleep...oh sleep. I hate babies and sleeping. This kid was doing great with the sleeping. We were able to put him down without nursing and he'd sleep for "doable" stretches, anywhere from 3-6 hours. I was ever hopeful that we could avoid sleep training with this one if we just kept doing what we were doing. But then he got sick. That damn RSV really messed everything up and he never went back to sleeping well after that. Sleep training was definitely something we were reevaluating and we were just waiting for the madness of the holidays and a house full of guests to begin the training.
THEN HE GOT SICK AGAIN.
Second kids = sick kids. This time it was a tummy bug and he was up every hour and a half for basically the whole 2 weeks we had people in the house.
FUN TIMES.
So...about a week ago after everyone left and Baby Noah was finally healthy we began sleep training. And it's gone...ok. He goes down pretty easy (MUCH easier than Jett) for Dom and will generally sleep for 3-4 hours. Some nights Dom gets away without having to go back in there at all and I just do feeds every 3-4 hours. Those are the "good" nights but still means I am up every 3 hours and I feed him no less than 3 times. Other nights he's up after an hour and a half (like last night!) and Dom has to go in and out at intervals and some nights this lasts for an hour and a half!!! THEN after finally falling asleep he wakes up half hour later and I have to go feed him because by then it's well within a feed window. This results in me losing 2.5 hours of sleep in the middle of the night...sometimes I think it's just easier to feed him every time he wakes up! I'm still so so tired.
And naps. Naps suck too. Half a fucking hour every goddamn time. For awhile he was really stretching out the morning nap and sleeping for an hour or more but not anymore. We're back to solid half hour naps and not a minute more.
And finally...food. At just over 5 months Noah finally got what his little heart desired, which was to eat. He was SO interested that it was starting to feel cruel to not at least let him try to partake in family meals. So one night, pancake night as it were, we just handed the kid a pancake...
Love at first bite.
(Rather a different first food experience than with Jett where I planned out when and how and what I was going to feed him then had the camera ready for the momentous occasion.) He now gets a bit of food at dinner every night. Things like banana or apple or bread. I have no idea if he's really ingested any of it yet but he's sure enjoying the hell out of trying everything!
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