5 month stuff

I feel like I'm living a lie. The last time I talked about sleep, I said he'd go 8-10 hours in the first stretch, usually waking between 4 and 6 in the morning. Now, I wasn't lying, at the time. I was absolutely telling the truth. Then a little thing called daycare and a cold happened. Ever since, our sleep situation hasn't been quite as ideal. Don't get me wrong, he's still really good overall, but not quite as good as before. Now, he'll get up anywhere between 2 and 6. Go figure. Usually it's just the once, but we don't always get that good first stretch like we used to. 

I think we initially got off course for a few reasons. First, because we were struggling to get him enough milk during the day with bottles he was making up for it at night. Then the cold hit, and there is nothing sadder than a baby who can't breathe. I wouldn't say that we've reverse cycled, but he's definitely eating a fair amount during that night feeding so I can't bring myself to try to cut that feeding out cold turkey. I'm hoping we'll get there naturally just trying to get him to eat more during the day. Once in the night really isn't that bad, and he always goes right back to sleep without a peep. 

On another note, the weather has been chilly in the morning these days, which means more hats for Nathan! He doesn't seem to mind them yet which is great. 

I periodically like to put on parts of his Halloween costume. Because I can. 

On another note, I bought a few cloth diapers on super sale before Nathan was born thinking I may try it out. Until now i've thought they just looked way too huge for him, but this week I've been doing research on the world of cloth diapering. I highly doubt that we'll transition fully to cloth, but I do think that it may become a part of our routine. Right now, the way I see it, if we use even one cloth diaper a day, it's more than we've been doing before. The pros of cloth are fewer blowouts, diaper rash, decreased costs over time, reusability for other babies, (no, we're not having a second any time soon) and obviously they are better for the environment. 

I'm hesitant to even talk about this much since we are very much in the early days, and I could totally give up on it next week. I doubt that Cathy will want to do much cloth diapering, but we'll see. 

I can say that patting his behind when he's wearing one is just delightful. Plus, aesthetically they are just a lot more attractive. 

I mean, wouldn't you say that this is a much cuter tush than a disposable?