Sleep

We are so proud of Ben - he's been sleeping (for the most part) from 10-5 every night! We put him to bed after his 9PM bottle and he usually sleeps until 4:30 or 5 when he eats again. I especially love it because I've gotten my first full night's sleep since May. He did have a pretty bad week because he picked up some sort of virus and was definitely not feeling well, but he seems to be better now. We feel pretty fortunate that he's nearly 6 months old and it was his first time to really be sick.

Ben has started having "conversations" with us where he'll make a sound, we'll answer, and he'll respond and so on. It's a lot of fun seeing these things develop! He's also started to cry with big tears now when he's really upset, something I'm not as excited to see because it just kills me! He's getting better at holding his head up each day and we just got him a Bumbo chair, which is this ingenious little seat that supports younger babies enough to sit up before they can do it on their own.