Five Months Old

BabyGirl you are 5 months old! You are growing, growing, GROWING.

-You are rolling over! You rolled from your back to your belly over your left side first. Apparently this is backwards...I guess most babies roll from their belly to their back first. You don't follow the rule book! I actually caught it on video too! You worked SO hard and you were so proud of yourself when you finally made it all the way over. A couple of weeks later you rolled from your belly to your back.
-You make your little trill sound all. the. time. It is adorable.
-You love to touch faces as people talk to you.
-You always put your hands on your thighs when getting a diaper change. So adorable.
-You have noticed your feet. You try to grab them but you usually kick them away before you can get to them.
-We stopped swaddling your arms this month. Your lower body is still swaddled.
-You sleep on your belly.
-We moved you to your OWN room this month. Mommy cried! You have slept very well in your own room, though. Right away you stopped waking every 1-2 hours. It was a small miracle!
-You don't like mommy to be too far away. If I walk out of the room, your tears are quick to follow! We are getting good at spending our days together while you are in your Ergo Carrier. You love riding around on my back.
-You started eating oatmeal cereal this month! It was only a couple of days before you turned 5 months. I just felt that you were ready...I originally wasn't going to start you on solids until you were 6 months old so I surprised myself with starting you already but you LOVE it! You ate like a champ from the first bite!
-You wear size 2 diapers when you wear disposables.
-You wear size 3-6 month clothes. You still fit in 3 month size onesies so you wear these under a lot of your outfits. You can wear size 6 months but some outfits are still too big. If it weren't for your big cloth diapers you would still be wearing mostly 3 months but those diapers give you quite the big bum!
-You went on vacation to Daytona Beach this month with Mommy and Daddy. You had a great time...even tried a tiny taste of banana from Daddy when Mom wasn't looking!
-You are the smiliest, happiest baby. You only cry when you're hungry or tired...or when mommy leaves the room.
-After each nap, you are ready to go back down for a nap within an hour-and-a-half. You are a MUCH happier baby since we figured that out. You take 5-6 thirty minute naps every day. We started a naptime/bedtime routine early this month/late last month. You are doing very well with it.
-You are still a VERY fast eater! You eat every 2 hours and are finished nursing within 5-10 minutes each time. You eat and GO.

You are such a joy BabyGirl. Your daddy and I are so blessed with your life. I love spending my days with you and I'm so thankful I'm a stay-at-home mommy...something that's sadly beginning to fade into the past. I wonder what you will be up to next month? We love you!