Dear Adam
Here we are at 5 months. The time has just flown by and I can’t believe you’re almost half a year old already.
So many developmental changes this past month! The big one was you rolling over from your tummy to your back. Surprised the heck out of both of us. One second you were happily having tummy time on Mummy and Daddy’s bed. The next you were on your back! The look on your face was priceless, until you started to cry. Unfortunately Daddy missed it. He was indisposed at the time. Poor Daddy.
Luckily, you’ve done it several times since then:
The other major thing that happened this month was you receiving your US Passport and Statement of Consular Birth Abroad. These two things tell the world that you are indeed a US Citizen, from birth, no matter that you were not born on US soil.
You are in fact a tri-citizen, entitled to a UK, US and Irish passport. Daddy and I will let you decide if you need an Irish passport when you are older. With the UK and the US ones you are set!
Because you got your US Passport in a timely manner we are going to California for Christmas. Your Grandma and Pops
will be there along with your Uncle J, Aunt B and Cousins R & S. Your other Pops might be there as well!
Other milestones Daddy and I have noticed this month include: –
- You are trying to sit up.
- You are beginning to be interested in what Daddy and I are eating.
- You are starting to be able to put your pacifier into your mouth as well as take it out
- You like to blow raspberries:
- You can roll half way over from your back to your side.
- You are, in general, becoming much more aware of the world around you.
This coming week is the appointment with the Paediatric Surgeon about the lump on your side. Daddy and I are pretty sure they are going to say ‘well, we won’t be able to tell you anything until we see the MRI’, which you will be having 16th December.
No official weigh and measure this month my son. But I would bet you’ve gained at least a pound and around an inch.
Growing fast!
Love
Mummy