Desmond is 5 Months Old

Desmond turned 5 months old 3 days ago on Easter Sunday. We can't believe that it has been 5 months since Des was born. Time sure does fly. Desmond is a super happy baby who giggles all of the time. He is very social and wants lots of attention from us. Since this blog is also a way for us to document events and milestones in the lives of our kids, we wanted to list what Desmond's personality is like and all of the things Desmond is able to do right at this moment.

• Desmond is a super happy baby who giggles and laughs all of the time, especially when Mama is around.


• He loves Mama like crazy. He gives her the biggest smiles and giggles and laughs. He especially likes to grab Mama's face and slobber all over or bite down on her chin. We think this is his way of kissing and saying "i love you".


• He is ticklish and laughs when you kiss his belly during diaper changes.


• He loves it when you make kissing noises to him.


• He loves to be outside and look at things and put new things in his computer.


• He is very social and wants lots of attention and lots of people to talk to him.


• He loves cereal and snarfes it down. He watches us eat adult food very intently and longingly and will try to swipe at it if he is within arms reach.


• He swipes at any toy Stella should happen to have in her hands if she is near him.


• He can hold is head up 90 degrees when on his belly and can push up and lift his chest off the floor...but he still doesn't prefer belly time much.


• He is very close to flipping over onto his belly from his back.


• He prefers to sleep and roll to his right side.


• He doesn't cry during his bath anymore...he stopped crying somewhere around 3 months of age.


• His favorite toy is the exersaucer. He can play with all of the toys on it and push all the buttons. But what he really likes to do is eat/chew the plush toys on it like the sun and the pyramid shape and the dragon puppet.


• He can grab both of his feet, but unlike his sister, he doesn't try to eat them.


• He loves to chew on his fingers although, he doesn't suck his thumb.


• He likes his pacifier, especially taking it in and out of his mouth.


• He is a big boy because at 4.5 months, he was already wearing 9 month size clothes and they just fit him perfectly now. So we predict by 6 months of age, he will be wearing 12 month size clothes.
• He has several nicknames and they are: specky boy, gup, guppa, guppa bear, gup-o-matic, guppers, Des, and Desmo.