teething & milesones

I discovered tonight that we have a second tooth beginning to poke through the gum, Number one is slowly coming through more and more each day. Oliver has been more fussy of an evening time when his teeth tend to hurt but apart from that he is not to fazed by the process. Still waking twice a night for a feed tho which is hard now the cold is setting in but I don't mind as he obviously still needs it and resettles most nights very easily. One great milestone is no more dummy!! He weened himself of it a few weeks back and the few times I tried to put it in for comfort he just spat it back out again which we are really happy about as we much prefer our boy to be dummy free. We are starting to introduce solids and have tried apple and tonight sweet potato purée home-made of coarse! which he quite enjoyed, although a little earlier than the recommended 6 months I have gone off his cues to when he was ready for something a little more substantial. He is certainly like his daddy in that he is a bit of a bottomless pit but we are taking it very slowly. I am wondering tho if the new foods in his belly have caused this latest bout of nappy rash which I'm keeping a close eye on and treating with a good slathering of zinc and caster oil cream every nappy change.

5 months

You now weigh just a little under 6.5 kilos and are 63cm in length. You are growing fast & surprising us all the time with new things. You are such a chatter box with your cooing, blowing raspberries and little squeals and giggles. You adore Rufus and are happy whenever you see him, he makes you laugh. Your first little tooth is almost through, I can see it sitting just above you gums and you have been rolling for a little under a month now which can make it difficult to change you at times because you like to try and roll away on me ;)