Little brother

3 1/2 months

It's hard keeping up with a blog now that we have two of the little munchkins around.  We feel a little guilty about not starting one for DT, but there's only so much that we can do when we're both working full time.  It is so true that the second child doesn't have nearly as many baby pictures as the oldest.

DT is 5 months old now.  He just very recently started sleeping through the night.  We had to do the dreaded sleep training with him, but it was relatively painless.  We had to do it for our sanity.  He was waking up every 1.5-2.5 hours at night to eat, and he wasn't eating as much as he should during the day.  It took 1 hour and 15 minutes of crying at 2am the first night before he fell back asleep.  The second night he woke up again in the wee hours, but he cried for only a few minutes before going back to sleep.  He's been sleeping through the night since then.

He's looking pretty chubby these days, but he's actually smaller than Junior was at this stage.

4 months

DT seems more relaxed that Jr was.  DT is still sleeping calmly in his bassinet at 5 months, whereas Jr moved out by 3 months because he was shaking the bassinet so much with his kicking.   DT exercises his legs in other ways though.  He enjoys standing and jumping while you hold him in your lap.

4 1/2 months

We started solids a little early with DT.  Before he turned 5 months old, he started watching very intently as we ate dinner.  He would even start moving his mouth as he watched us chew.
Here's a video of DT's first experience with solids.  He's not yet 5 months old here.  Notice Mr. Cranky Pants Junior in the background. 

He screams pretty loud this one.  Here he is rolling over at almost 5 months.  He needs to use his voice to get the extra boost to complete the task.