5 Months!
Meredith Rose, you are 5 months old and it just keeps getting better! You still love rolling and are close to sitting up without support. You sleep on your stomach now and are up 2-3 times a night. :( We can't get enough of your gummy smile and sweet giggles! Everything goes in your mouth, even your toes! You love watching daddy and mommy and grabbing our faces. You swam in the ocean and kicked like crazy! We look forward to a lot more swimming with our water baby. We love every pound of you!
This month you decided to boycott naps for a full week. We really struggled getting you to nap and you wanted to be rocked to sleep but then would wake up as soon as we set you down. We worked really hard on getting back to putting you in your crib and walking out and you have done a lot better with that. Your naps are still really inconsistent as far as timing. They can be anywhere from 20 minutes to almost 3 hours! We put you down for your next nap an hour and a half after you wake up from your last one and that seems to be working good for now.
At 5 months + 6 days you weighed 13lbs and 6oz. You have had a few extra weight checks since your weight-to-height ratio isn't even on the charts! It is obvious that you are healthy and gaining well though so your doctor thinks that your normal is just going to be tall and skinny.
This month you decided to boycott naps for a full week. We really struggled getting you to nap and you wanted to be rocked to sleep but then would wake up as soon as we set you down. We worked really hard on getting back to putting you in your crib and walking out and you have done a lot better with that. Your naps are still really inconsistent as far as timing. They can be anywhere from 20 minutes to almost 3 hours! We put you down for your next nap an hour and a half after you wake up from your last one and that seems to be working good for now.
You love your baby doll and really any stuffed animal, your blocks and your ball. You are also still enjoying your play mat and are getting so good at grabbing at the toys - sometimes with your toes! You also like your new zany zoo toy.
You like to hold your own bottle when you are eating and now take two 4oz bottles a week when I am at work. I am working 1-2 days a week and love being able to be home with you. I also only work five minutes from our house so on the days that I am at the office, I am able to come home for lunch and to feed you.
You surprised us on your 5 month birthday with sitting up all on your own! I think those long arms give you a big advantage ;) We also tried sitting up in the high chair and in the shopping cart and you loved them both.
You are such a trooper with putting up with my latest bow obsession. I can't get enough of them. You just look so dang cute! We have fun getting dressed - I usually hold up 2-3 outfits and let you pick which one you want to wear and then let you pick out which bow to wear with it! Never too early to promote your independence! ;)
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