5 Months

five months

  My baby is almost 6 months old, which is almost half a year. Get out. Have I really been a mom that long already?! Time is flying and even though I love watching our daughter turn into this smart, beautiful baby, I look back at her newborn pictures and the tears start flowing. I know. Already?

What am I going to do on her first birthday?! Okay, I don’t want to think about it.

5 months old, you are so beautiful my dear. Each day you amaze me. This month we can check off rolling over, even though, you’re really not a rolling over fool. You like to roll to your side a lot, but still not a big fan of rolling onto your belly, now getting off of your belly, you like to do. You really do not enjoy being on your tummy. Oh, well, what are you going to do about it, we will keep working on it. Sitting you enjoy more than tummy time, but you won’t sit in my lap forever like you would last month. Now, you'll sit in my lap for a couple minutes then arch your back like “I want up mom!” If you’re in a standing position, or carried around you’re good to go, I know, Spoiled.  Now, I know why they put those seat belts on swings and bouncers. If you’re not buckled you will squirm your way out of those things in a couple minutes. When I stand you up you get SO excited, which is why we got the jumparoo. You seem to love it even though we have to put a pillow underneath you because your legs are too short. You are really interactive with the toys around it though and it gives me a whole 30 minutes of free time.  Oh, and laying on my chest, how come you will sleep forever on my chest, but when I lay you down for a nap, in your crib, I’ll get 20 minutes tops. I must say, I do love our naps together, but sometimes I need to clean, cook, BLOG! 

Your voice, you sure like to make noise.  You love to “talk” to us, I really wish I knew what you were trying to say.  I like to practice the “ma ma’s” and “da ad’s” equally, just to see which one you will say first. They say ma ma is easier to say, but I think you’re going to be a daddy’s girl. So far, all you will say is “ahh ahh” in a high pitch and sometimes it sounds like you are saying “hi". Oh and speaking of high pitch, what is with the pterodactyl noises lately? The first time you did it daddy and I thought it was hilarious. Now, you like to show the public your new awesome sound. Uh Oh, sorry folks! You also like to communicate through coughing, I guess you learned that it gets my attention. Smart girl. 

Sleeping, I’m not sure what happened this month my dear, but did you forget how to sleep? Actually you sleep just fine, it’s the getting up every 2 hours to eat. Hungry, hungry girl. I thought it was a growth spurt at first, until the third week. So daddy and I decided to try rice cereal once a day, before bed and bingo! Looks like you just needed something a little more hearty.  I wasn’t ready for you to be ready for solids yet. ; ( We will try some veggies next month, I have a feeling you’ll love them.

Your dog. Even though your dog is not that interested in you, you sure are interested in her. You love to watch Lilly chase after her toys and you get so excited when she gets near, which is not very often. She knows her hair will end up in your hands and I don’t think she will make that mistake again. 

Reaching and grabbing, you have perfected these things this month. Anything in your reach is no longer safe. If I'm holding something, you want it. And usually once you get it, it goes in the mouth. 

If you’re lying on the ground and you want your paci, you’ll grab it and put it your mouth yourself. Whew. That is, if it’s in sight, that thing sure can bounce! 

You love me, another thing you developed this month is neediness. You need me, and it’s sweet. I know I probably shouldn't love it so much, but I do. Now, when I will need someone to watch you, that might be a different story. When you get upset, you just want your mommy and it melts my heart. You will scream and scream and as soon as you hear my voice or you reach my arms, you stop, instantly. ; )  Oh and guess what, I need you just as much. We are together 24/7 and I LOVE it! I’m a little bit obsessed with you. I hope you don’t mind. I will say this though, your daddy sure can make you SMILE! You just light up when he enters the room. You might be mommy’s girl now, but I have a feeling down the road, you two are going to be best buds. 

Happy 5 months sweetie, mommy love you!

{Week 12}

             Project 341 {Week 12}

 

 

 

 

{Week 11}

Project 341 {Week 11}

Project 341 {Week 10}

Project 341 {Week 10}

 

 

 

 

Project 341 {Week 9}

Project 341 {Week 9}

project 341 {week 8}

           Project 341 {Week 8}

4 months

4 Months

February 21, 2013

(we had a decal incident) 

 Four months. As in a quarter of a year. As in 17 weeks. As in 123 days (I can't believe we used to tell people how many days old she was, and now we are in months). My baby girl is growing up.

(not sure how long she is going to fit in this basket lol)

Lola is getting so strong, and definitely has quite the personality. I think I’m going to have one animated kiddo. Her eyebrows usually do all the talking. She is growing like crazy. At the doctor's office she weighed in at 12pounds 10 ounces, and measured 23.75 inches long. She is still jumping up the growth charts. She was in somewhere like the 3rd percentile in weight and height when she was born and has jumped to the 25th. She is in the 25th percentile for weight, length and head. I can’t believe that 75% of babies her age are bigger than her, she looks like such a chunk, but I guess it’s those sweet cheeks of hers. I love them. 

This week I had to put away the 0-3 clothing. My little peanut who was swimming in newborn clothing just a couple months ago, is fitting comfortably into most of her 3-6 month outfits. It won’t be long till I will be putting those away. I’m blaming it on the cloth diapers though and not that fact that my baby is growing up. 

(my little ham)

Skill wise, this month Lola has done a lot. Even though she isn’t a fan of tummy time, she can now bare weight on her arms and hold her head up when she is on her belly.  She has gained much better control of her hands and arms. She has started to grab at her toys instead of bat at them. Everything she grabs seems to go straight into her mouth however. We still are not sure if she is teething or not. Jake can’t feel anything coming in, but she is starting to chew on her toys and paci. She is drooling more than usually, which isn’t really that much. I’m really not in any hurry for her to get teeth. =) She is starting to learn how to take her paci in and out of her mouth, this may save me time. Then again she can also take it out and drop it on the floor, so maybe not. ;/ She wants to talk SO BAD! She studies my mouth and mimics the motions. She loves when I say “ma ma” “da da” and “hi”.  I’m betting one of those will be her first words. 


 She still LOVES to play with her hair. She just sits and twirls and twirls it with her fingers, that’s one of my favorite little things she does. Plus it’s getting so long! Her bangs are already in her eyes, so I’m constantly pushing her hair to the side.  She loves trying to sit and stand, even though she isn't the greatest at it just yet.  You can tell she just wants to be on the move. Not yet, little one. She still hasn’t perfected the roll over yet, but getting very very close. She loves to roll on her side, but can’t decide if she wants to take the plunge. haha

She is still sleeping good. She usually goes down around 9 or 10 wakes up for a quick feeding after a 5-6 hours stretch. Then sleep for another 3-4 hours. Sometimes she will go right back to sleep for another 2-3 hours after that. I really can’t complain about that.  

(you are too young to pout my dear)

She is still nursing great. She is still exclusively breast-fed. Dr. says she is gaining weight perfectly, so she doesn’t need anything, but mommy’s milk for now. We can start some solids in the next two months. I am excited, yet a little anxious about this. 

Probably my most favorite thing that Lola started doing this month? Laughing. I have waited so long to hear a real laugh from my baby girl, and it is an amazing sound. A bit goofy, and very hard to get, but when I can squeeze a laugh out of her it makes my day.

Happy four months Lola Rae, mommy loves her happy, beautiful baby so so much!