New Milestones

Jalen now eats rice cereal a couple of times a day. His grandma mixes breast milk with rice cereal and feeds it to him with a spoon and he likes it much better than the water and cereal mixture we gave to him on the first try. Last Saturday, we also saw Jalen roll over for the first time. He was on his tummy and he leaned more and more towards the side and eventually rolled over to his back. Then he repeated it for his Dad a second time. He still doesn't know how to roll from his back to front. My theory is that he's a lazy kid and it takes more energy to be on his tummy so he learned to roll to his back. I've also been getting Jalen to practice sitting up. He can now sit with his hands on the floor for a few minutes without toppling over.

Jalen sitting up with his hands. He has that stunned look on his face because of the flash.

Jalen Eats Rice Cereal

Last night we gave Jalen rice cereal for the first time. We followed the instructions on the box and mixed one tablespoon to four tablespoon of water. It was really watery. When we fed him with a spoon most of the cereal came back out of his mouth. He made a sour puss face because I don't think he's used to the taste. The whole process was quite messy and I'm not sure how much of the cereal actually made it to his tummy. But I thought it was probably good practice for him for learning how to eat solid food.


Rick shows Jalen how to open wide!

Poopy Jalen

Today is Jalen's five-month birthday. We took him to the pediatrician because over the past week or so, he's been pooping a lot more than usual and we were getting concerned. At the doctor's office we found out that Jalen is now 19lb 3oz! The doctor said he seemed like a perfectly healthy and happy baby and we didn't need to worry. Phew!

I've been trying to get Jalen to practice rolling over. He can roll to his side easily but he is totally not motivated to roll completely from his tummy to back or vice versa. I've also been letting him sit up while supporting him lightly in hopes that he'll develop some stronger stomach muscles. I kind of think that Jalen is a lazy kid. He's discovered the button on the Jumperoo that makes the music and lights go on. So he kinda of leans on the button with his arm to turn on the music instead of jumping. Go figure.

Jalen enjoys sucking on his thumb and he likes to shove as much of his hands into his mouth as possible.

Jalen is Five Months Old -- Almost

My parents were in town last weekend to help us with our move. We gave a Jalen a bath.

Here's Jalen happily hopping away in his Jumperoo again.

Jalen in overalls.

Jalen in big boy clothes. Check out the baseball shoes!