Update on the Boys

TW is almost 5 months old. He has recently learned to roll over from back to front. Now that he has discovered this, he “practices” almost every time we put him down. He gets frustrated, though, when he rolls onto his tummy and can’t get back to his back. We think he’s working on getting his first tooth. He’s not drooling much, but likes to bite HARD on anything he can get, and we can feel a new bump under his gums. He kept me up all last night, so I'm running on fumes today. He was up literally every 45 minutes crying and fussy. It will be nice when his poor little tummy can handle more.

Moochy's favorite things lately have been singing “Popcorn Popping” and the “ABCs”. In fact, this week we discovered that he knows almost all of his letters by sight. The other day Mooch pointed out the “I” on my shirt, which said, “CHAMPION, Promises Kept” (a sweatshirt for my brother’s band). He then proceeded to tell me EVERY letter on my shirt, and only needed help with the “H” and “S”. We knew he knew some letters (G & W are his favorites), but didn’t realize that he could point them ALL out. We are continually impressed by his ability to remember things; a quality which I am convinced came from his dad. Often I will tell him before his nap or before bed, "You can have that after your nap," or "We'll do that tomorrow when you wake up." He'll wake up and immediately ask for whatever it was (a cookie, to play Mario Party, or whatever it was that was promised). No wonder he's so difficult to distract! His favorite book right now is "Big Dog, Little Dog". And lastly, one of the best things is that Moochinator will FINALLY let me sing to him without covering his ears and saying no. He went through this phase where he didn't like it when anyone would sing to or around him. It lasted about 6-8 months! Now he'll actually ask for me to sing again and again. I love it.