Little man, you are five months old today and growing bigger ever day it seems. You are now almost sitting up on your own and only needing a little support, your getting better at rolling and while you are yet to roll from your stomach to your back again you are getting closer all the time. You are getting better at spending a little bit of time on your own too and I find I am often able to put you down on your playmat while I have something to eat or visit the bathroom. These days when you wake up in your cot you play with your Elle and your Scout for a little while before crying to get up. We bought you scout last week and he is now your favorite toy, if you can't see him from where ever you are you cry until we bring him within your line of sight. Scount is a stuffed dog that talks to you and sings to you and you are delighted with him. When I turn him on and you hear the woof woof hello Samuel your face lights up with the biggest smile and at night when we put you to bed and set scout to lullabye function as soon as you hear him say 'snuggle up Samuel' you close your eyes and stare stroking him with your hand. It is so very cute.

Again I haven't posted here in a little while but thats only because nothing has been happening. We have spent a lot of time at home since we got back from nanna's trying to keep out of the cold. After being in the nice warm weather of Townsville it feels freezing here and nighttime tempretures are getting close to freezing at 7.30am on Sunday morning it was actaully getting down to minus 2 degrees and we were snuggled up under a doona while you had your morning bottle trying to keep warm.

Speaking of bottles we are currntly trying you on goats milk formula again as you started refusing the special formula from the doctors (not that I can blame you with how bad it smells) we are hoping that now your little digestion system has had a little time more time to mature that your problems with lactoseat least will be better and so far after four days back on goats milk you seem to be going well and have not had a reaction to it. You are eating more and more now and are still loving your food. So far you have tried rice cereal, avacado, sweet potato and pear. Today you tried banana mixed with your rice cereal for the first time, you didn't seem to like it all that much but i'm not sure if that is because you were already full from your sweet potato.

This weekend just gone you attending two birthday parties, one for dads friends little girl Jess and the first birthday party for Stephs little girl who we see often Nina. Every made comments as they always do on how handsome you are and how you are a very cute little baby and how good you were because you didn't cry much at all.

I can not beleive how much you have grown in five months, yesterday I was putting away some of the tiny baby clothes you wore when we first got home and could not beleive that you were ever that small but you were that small and not all that long ago. As we were laying together in bed the other night keeping each other warm the thought suddenly hit me that women and children have been in just that position for thousands of years, mother and baby sleeping together for warmth and comfort and I suddenly felt connected to all those women who have gone before me. It was such as amazing feeling for me to know that I am connected into this bug web of mothers that spans history and that you are the point connecting me to this web. Life is so much better with you in it then it ever was before you were born. Thank you little man for changing my life is such a dramtic but good way. I love you and always will.

Mummy

My little man,
It has been over a week since I last wrote to you but it was hard to get internet access while we were away and last week I was very distracted as I had an exam to study for.

The last couple of weeks in Townsville we didn't get up to much, you spent a lot of time with nanna while I was studying for an exam, we went shopping a little bit and went on a few walks to the beach. We went swimming a few times and just spend a lot of time relaxing.

We have been home since very early Monday morning (about 3 am) and while it was sad to leave nanna it was so good to get home to dad and our kitties. This week you have been spending lots of time with daddy but I don't think you have been feeling too well. We left Townsville after three weeks in really nice weather and got home to freezing cold weather, winter has really hit here in Melbourne and I don't think that either of us were ready for the cold after the nice weather we got use to while away.

Yesterday you had another round of immunisations, I hate watching you have needles and hearing you cry because of them but if it means that you avoid getting really sick in the future then it's what we have to do. You were fairly good with the immunizatons yesterday though, you only cried a little bit and then started giggling at the nurse. Last night you didn't sleep too well but thats okay we expected you to not be too happy. Today it seems as though you have come down with a cold, I am hoping that it is only a minor one and that you get over it quickly but only time will tell.

You are going so well on your solid foods, this week I introduced you to avacado and you are loving it so much that you don't want your cereal anymore. The next food I am going to try you on is pear and I really hope you like it as much as you have liked your last two foods.

Since we got home I have introduced you more to the kitties, at first you kept trying to grap handfuls of their fur but we gently opened your hand and helped you stroke the kitties and now you are so good with them, most of the time you are stroking them without even us even putting your hand on them, you are still grapping their fur every so often but not as much as you use too.

I love you little man, I love watching you experience new things, seeing your face when you tried the avacado yesterday and worked out that it tasted yummy was priceless and seeing the joy on your face and hearing you giggle as you were petting our little baby kitten was beautiful too. I can't wait to share so many more firsts with you as you get bigger and watch you continue to experience the world and the things in it.

Love always
Mummy

Dear Samuel,

You are growing up so quickly little man. Today you had your first
taste of more solid food. It was only rice cereal but you loved it and
cracked it when there was none left. I didn't want to start you on
solids so early however you decided to throw yourself at my food today
and have been watchng me eat, making eating motions with your mouth as
you watched mine so I thought it was time to see if you would take
them. It's also not the way I wanted to introduce solid food as I
wanted to do baby led solids but you are too young for that and with
how quickly you ate your rice cereal today I think I may just have to
keep giving you purée and soft foods.