He was a busy 5 month old...learning to crawl, sit up, eat food and "talk" during the past month. He also had his first Christmas, spending time with the Benakis family and experiencing his first Gerken Christmas in Fremont Nebraska then onto the Hockemeyer Christmas in Grundy Center Iowa. He has yet to meet the Oak family contingent in Chicago but he's planning a trip there soon!
Current recommendations say wait until 6 months old to start solid food. We cheated the system by about 10 days, suspecting that Grant would approve and he did! He loved his first few bites of oatmeal and quickly learned to open his mouth for the approaching spoon. Green beans were not a big hit, carrots were and avocado seems to land somewhere in between as he ate it but didn't seem too sure of the thicker texture. We didn't try food with Tyler until the EXACT day he was 6 months old and he didn't actually eat it until he was 8/9 months old. Grant is obviously ready and enjoying it, and it felt like a parenting success when we tried (early) even though the experts say "blah blah blah" and he did great! So we DO know our son best.
We also think Grant is an easier smiler than Tyler was although our memory could be inaccurate.
Grants doctor appointment is next week so I'm not sure of his height and weight stats yet but he wears 6-9 or 6-12 month clothes already and wears size 3 diapers.
He recently started sitting up on his own and he looks like such a big guy just sitting and playing with his toys. Here he is earlier today...
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