It happened again, another month has passed. My little girl is now 5 months old! It seems this last month she has kept growing at breakneck speeds too. Here are her stats:
Weight: Since we don't have a check up this month I don't know your exact weight, but I have a feeling you're around 17-18lbs. You're certainly getting your baby rolls on! I can't get enough of your rolly-polly legs!
Clothes: You're still fitting into 3-6 months clothes, all though I suspect you're about to outgrow them. Which means that your Dad and I really need to do some clothes shopping again. Ha. We're also thinking you will finally start being above the curve in clothes sizes, no more being older than the size predicts.
Diapers: You're still in size 2. Although that's really only because we still have size 2 left, and hopefully you'll let me finish off the last box before we move to size 3! Holy bean sprout Squirt! I thought babies were suppose to stay in size 2 for a long time, you're moving onto bigger-and-better already!
Feeding: We're still breastfeeding, and sometime this month you'll be starting solid food. I don't expect solid foods will be more then just a game this month, but we'll give it a crack. Hooray for bland cereal type stuff! You're eating around 6-8 oz right now depending on the time of day. We started making an effort to give you a bottle once a week because you nearly had a melt down two weeks ago when I tried to slip out for a while. 40 minutes after I had left I got a call from the Hubs who was a little frantic after being unable to calm you down and get you to eat, even though we all knew you were hungry. Props to the Hubs though, he pulled out all the moves from the play book before he gave in and called.
Sleeping: You're nap/bedtime routine is now well established. You're definitely sleeping through the night now, HA! You usually sleep from 9pm to 10 or 11am!!! I think your record is 16hrs in one stretch, but I've honestly lost track. You no longer need to be swaddled at night (you basically stopped needing to be swaddled right after I wrote your last update). Your Dad and I have joked about strapping you down to your crib though. I'll put you to sleep in one position, and I'll find you at the other end of the crib completely flipped around, sideways, and with in the last week on your stomach. I need to set up a camera to catch all your night time wiggles sometime, it would be
HYSTERICAL!
Baths: We had a break through last month! We've experienced one bath free of cries. I'm hoping that might continue for your upcoming baths, but I'm not going to hold my breath. Ha! This weekend I'm going to take you to the pool for the first time. Hopefully that will be a fun experience.
Teeth: You currently don't have any teeth showing, but I suspect you've just started teething. So far you haven't been to crabby, with any luck we can hold out longer with the good moods.
Milestones: You've been busy refining your motor skills, you're starting to get more accurate with your movements but you're not totally there yet. And we've definitely hit that stage where everything has to go in the mouth. I'll admit watching you try to get things in your mouth is a riot. Especially when the focus of your exploration is attached to something and therefore can't be picked up. You've discovered if you can't bring it to your mouth, you'll bring your mouth to it. This gives me endless laughs during tummy time. You are now rolling over like a pro. You started rolling first from back to stomach, and have just recently learned that it works the other way too. As mentioned above, this has been causing some slight problems with sleeping. Oh the crazy positions you get into. In the last few days you have also been attempting to figure out how to make 'raspberry' noises with your mouth. This is hands down my favorite thing from this month.
So to wrap it up, without further ado- your 5 month picture:
