Five months corrected

Brennan is five months corrected today. On Monday he will be 7 months old! He's so big, no one would ever guess he was a preemie. He's definitely caught up in size! He's still not quite at his chronological age developmentally. Brennan can sit by himself for quite awhile, and even corrects himself sometimes if he starts to tip over. He doesn't really seem motivated to sit, so you have to keep him really distracted with toys or his mirror. I have to keep my hand near him though, because when he's had enough of a toy, he throws himself backwards! He's not even near crawling though. If I leave him on his tummy too long, or if he can't reach his toy, he throws a FIT. But I'm still putting him on his tummy every chance I get! Brennan can move around pretty well on his back though. Often when I go to get him out of his crib in the morning, he's completely turned around with his head down where his feet are supposed to be! He moved a few feet across the living room floor too.

Brennan finally had his first cold at the beginning of the month. He did fine. He lost his voice a little for a few days (I think he had a sore throat like I did), had a stuffy nose, and a low-grade fever one day. I, on the other had, got worse and worse and ended up with bronchitis! I was pretty useless for a few days, and couldn't talk, so poor Brennan had to entertain himself! I'm glad he didn't get too sick though. I still worry about his little preemie lungs, even though clearly, he's doing just fine!

What else has Brennan been doing...he grabs everything he can reach, and most of it heads straight into his mouth! Even toys that really don't fit - like his stacking rings. I put them between his knees when he's sitting up, and he just leans over and gnaws on them! It's pretty funny. He can grab things with one hand and get them into his mouth with a speed that amazes me. He still sucks his thumb to fall asleep. He wakes up frequently and sucks his thumb to fall asleep again. He usually doesn't wake up all the way, but he moves his hand over towards his mouth to suck. He falls back asleep before his thumb gets in his mouth, with his hand still covering his face! It's pretty cute. Another thing he did recently was stand by himself! Well, he was holding onto his play table, but he stood there for a good 20 seconds before tipping over! Maybe he'll skip crawling and go straight to walking!

I took Brennan off his Protonix for good. Last time I tried that, he started waking up crying at night and throwing up a lot. This time, I did it because his prescription ran out, and the pharmacy had to call his doctor to get more. I never heard back from the pharmacy, and I was too sick to really care. And he's doing just fine! We had stopped doing solids for about a week and a half, and we started them again, and B does seem to spit up a lot more with solids. I'm not really sure what to make of that, so we're just sticking to rice cereal for awhile until he matures a little. It still amazes me how quickly B caught on to eating from a spoon. He recognizes the spoon and opens his mouth when he sees it coming, and he's pretty good at getting food off of it. If he had learned to bottle or breastfeed that quickly, he wouldn't have spent so darn long in the NICU! Anyway, this is clearly a kid motivated by food!