5 Months Old and Happy New Year!

I can't believe it's only been 5 months! I feel like I've always been your Mommy. This past month has been a whirlwind between Thanksgiving and Christmas. We really enjoyed being able to spend time with family for both holidays. I'm so glad you were old enough to travel around to all the parties and get-togethers. You've had your first head cold over the last week. You were very snotty and had a pitiful little cough but you seem to be much better now. Other than that, you've been healthy. You are eating great and sleeping great as well. You are even starting to enjoy tummy time. You are rolling from your tummy to your back all the time now. You are so mobile now. Even though you aren't crawling yet, you can move all around, rolling and twisting to where you want to go. You sit pretty well for short periods of time. You get really interested in your feet and then tip over to the left or right. You've started doing the "Scarecrow" - anytime we hold you or carry you around, you stretch your arms out wide and hold them there forever with the funniest look on your face. Your favorite toys are: your hands and feet, Sophie, anything that crinkles, anything that makes music, and anything that lights up. The look on your face first thing in the morning is the best thing in the world. Your whole body smiles at me and my heart melts. Daddy is going to start working day shift in January and we will be able to spend much more time with him. We are very very excited about this!

Rolling over:

First Foods:

Rice cereal - 11/27/11

Bananas - 12/30/11

Butternut Squash - 1/2/12

You wear 3-6 month clothes with some 6-9 month boutique brands. You are still in size 2 diapers. You eat at 6am, 10am, 2pm, 6pm, & 10pm - give or take 30 minutes. Now that we've introduced some real food, you have been eating less formula. You have eaten up to 4 ounces of food (butternut squash/bananas/rice cereal) and then followed that with 4-5 ounces of formula. Usually, you eat food at 10am, 2pm & 6pm. We are introducing new foods every 3-4 days to make sure you aren't allergic to anything. I am making all of your food now. That may change as your appetite increases but I want to stick with it as long as I can. Aunt Rachel gave us a GREAT starter kit of apples, carrots, pears, and sweet potatoes for Christmas!