Lucas & Riley

Lucas & Aunty Rebecca

Lucas eating apple wrapped in muslin

Lucas on his playmat

Five Months

Lucas is 5 months old today. He has taken to sleeping in our bed. At night he goes down in our bed then we transfer him to the cot. He is sleeping through the night which is great. Often when we do manage to get him asleep in his cot we will find him at the top of the cot sideways on his side.

Since 4 1/2 months Lucas has been trying solids, but for the last week has wanted 1/2 jar of food in the evening. We gave him a piece of watermelon to suck on yesterday which he loved. He threw a tanty when it fell on the ground so had to get him a new one.

He is now 70cm tall & approx 8kgs.

He had a bad bout of eczema on Thurs/Fri last week so took him to the doctor & got some Hydracortizone & some moisteriser stuff & it has settled down.

19 Weeks

In his jumper & beanie his nana knitted him. He hadn't slept all morning in this photo & he was so tired he could hardly keep his eye's open - but he wouldn't give in.

Lucas is talking heaps now. I try & read him a story & he will talk over me (I think he's going to take after his uncle mitch). He has started laughing & likes playing boo. We weighed him yesterday & he is 8.1 kg now. He has decided that he will only sleep in our bed, so he sleeps in there during the day & at night we put him to sleep in our bed then move him into his cot. He is sleeping through the night most nights which is great. He's found his thumb again which is great. We're pretty sure he's teething. He is always chewing things & gets red cheeks & we think we can see some little teeth coming, but he hasn't been that grumpy with it.

We've given him a little bit of solids. We gave him a piece of apple to suck on last wednesday & he loved that. I've also given him a little bit of mashed banana, he's only had 4 spoonfuls at the most.