Brandon Gilbert

I can’t believe it’s been 5 months already. December 9th marked that milestone in his life. Every month I try to do a comparison to see how much he’s grown. The picture on the left was taken roughly 30 minutes after he was born. The picture on the right was taken roughly 30 minutes before I started writing this. When he was born, his little hand barely fit around my fingertip, and now it will go all the way around my finger, and it’s width comes up to my second knuckle.

There’s no doctor’s visit until next month, but we’ve been weighing him at home and measuring him as well. For a refresher, when he was born, he weighed 6 lbs, 9 oz. and measured in at 19 1/2 inches. He now weighs 16 lbs, 9 oz and measures in at 28 inches. For perspective, he’s gained a light-sized bowling ball, and gained roughly the length of a business-sized envelope.

He’s gaining 1.8 inches every 5 months. At that rate, he will be as tall as his Nana (my mom) in about 18 months. Ok, so he won’t continue to grow at that rate, but at any rate, I hope he grows taller than me.

New Tricks:
The day after he turned 5 months, he rolled over for the first time.
His crib is now his personal jungle gym. Wherever we lay him down at night is never where he ends up.
He’s scooting on his tummy a little bit….but it’s always backwards.
He hates tummy time, and knows something’s expected of him, but now instead of crying about it, he just falls asleep.
He’s sitting up with a fair amount of authority now.
He’s giggling a lot, and finds the little baby in the mirror to be an interesting companion.