First, at just 5 months and 1 week of age, Noah has cut his first tooth! Yesterday I felt a little sharp ridge when Noah chomped down on my finger. I shouted "Noah has a tooth!" excitedly and Judah, apparently my herald, carried the news far and wide around the house shouting "Noah got his first tooth! Noah got a tooth!" Well that explains all the recent bad sleeping and endless crying--teething pain!
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| Judah revels in Noah's first tooth--or maybe he's just slipping him another booger. |
Second, about 2 months ago, Judah started wearing underwear. It happened so nonchalantly I hardly noticed it, but in retrospect, I suppose it's quite the big deal.
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| The kid is potty-trained, but he still doesn't know how to "smile" like a normal person. |
One day, I just sensed that Judah was ready. I know that sounds totally unscientific, but I just got the feeling that he could tell me that he needed to pee before he did it. After all, the dude has been preemptively telling me he had to poop since he was 18 months old (and basically hasn't pooped in his diaper since then). So of course he could tell me about the urge to pee.
I had held off on "pee-training" for a while out of sheer convenience and not wanting to use public bathrooms, but I felt like it was finally time. I guess, to be more accurate about the whole thing, I got the feeling that I was ready to have Judah "pee-trained."
Anyway, the first day he had 3 accidents and basically no more after that. I bought a bunch of blue "police" underwear and we haven't looked back since. Yay Judah!
Thirdly, Noah started solids this week. Frankly, I'm not sure he was ready, but after him waking up multiple times at night, I was desperate to stuff his gullet with something more filling in hopes that he would sleep longer. And besides, he's 5 months, it can't hurt. At first he just kept pushing out the food with his tongue, but slowly I think he's getting the hang of it.
Fourthly, Noah is now locomotive! Nope, he hasn't learned to crawl. But he has learned to roll himself around, over and over again, so that he can end up on the opposite side of the room from where I put him down. Not super impressive, but hey, my first baby didn't move himself until 10 months old (while standing and cruising) so it's impressive for a Chung baby!
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| Judah and Noah practice a scene from Adele's Chasing Pavements music video. |
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| Noah can't yet roll away fast enough to avoid Judah's kisses. |
And lastly, a milestone for mommy. Recently, something has shifted inside of me from "have to" to "get to." One day this week I just woke up and instead of feeling my usual dread and unwillingness to face the day, I felt...lucky. Lucky to spend the day with a hilarious (but still moody and petulant) toddler and a cute, chubby (but still poor-sleeping and way-too-heavy) baby.
I'll probably explore this subtle, but tectonic shift in a later post, but for now, I'll just say this: Life is (still hard, but) surprisingly good.
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| Yeah, we really need to work on Judah's smile. |
4 comments:
cutenesss!
Are you kidding? Those are great faces. :)
These milestones are great! Yay for Judah and Noah!
I am so glad you're feeling better! I was getting worried about you. Five months is a long time to feel like you're still barely getting through the days with your baby... especially since for the first month or two, you can keep telling yourself that the light at the end of the tunnel is near, but after a while I'm sure it gets harder and harder to believe. I hope you continue to feel lucky! And if not, that's why they make pills. :)
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