Tilly - 5 Months

 

 

 

 

Still wants to mess with the elephant the whole time!

 

 

 

Month: 5 - November 21, 2014

Height: 24 1/2 inches ((at her late 4 month check up 2 weeks ago))

Weight: 12lbs 1oz ((at her late 4 month check up 2 weeks ago))

Diaper Size: Size 1

Clothes Size:  Completely out of newborn 100%! haha  She is in 0-3/3 months stuff, and actually can wear some 3-6 month (only the ones that run smaller).  Baby clothes are so random with sizes. One 3 month outfit may be too big, but a 6 month will fit.  She is actually in a 6 month onesie today!

Sleep:   I mentioned last month we were doing the switch to the crib, and I can happily say after a traumatic 3 or so nights that things got better.  At first we started having her completely asleep before we put her down in hopes of her not realizing where she was, but then she was waking up 1 or 2 times during the night.  I read if they can put themselves to sleep, then they stay asleep better.  So after a week or 2 in the crib, we essentially "started over" in training her to put herself to sleep. We give her her last bottle around 7:45-8, and then once she's pretty sleepy, lay her down in the crib.  The first night or 2 wasn't the best, but we did let her cry herself to sleep. (around 15 or so minutes).  Now things are much better.. We lay her down, sometimes she does what I like to call her "test cry" to see if we will come back for about 5 minutes, then she stops and starts playing, and then about 5-10 minutes later she is zonked out.  Other times she just plays a few minutes and then goes to sleep. She was back on her 8/8:30pm- 7/7:30am schedule, but twice this week woke up two times to eat.  She has been sleeping a lot more lately too during the day, so I think she might actually be having a growth spurt!! Overall, I can't complain.  She definitely loves her sleep as much as mommy & daddy do.. thank goodness!

Eat: Still going strong here.  Average is mostly 4 oz bottles, but will have 1 or 2 5 oz or 6 oz bottles during the day.  An average day is around 24-25 oz now.  She still goes through phases were she won't really spit up at all for days, and then all of a sudden she is spewing constantly for days.  I am so ready for her to be over her reflux issue. So stinky!

Likes: 
This baby loves loves putting anything and everything in her mouth.  Still no teeth, but she sure acts like it.  She loves to put her hands in her mouth and slobber all over them, then rub spit all over her face. Lovely.  She's also started favoring her thumb.. ah.  Not sure how I feel about a thumb sucker.  I've been so thankful she never really wanted a pacifier, so those don't exist in our house anymore.  But I can't take a thumb away if that habit starts!

She gets SO excited now when Lance gets home, it literally melts my heart.  As soon as he holds her, she immediately reaches out and grabs his beard.  She loves pulling his beard and his hair, poor daddy. 

She recently wants to stand all the time.  If you are holding her, she is shoving herself up to stand on you and look around all excited. 

Still loves to smile and play, and loves to take pictures.. such a girl! She is such a happy baby for the most part.

Oh, and her favorite "toy"? Her burp clothes! That girls gets so excited holding and playing with those things. Sheesh.

Dislikes:  Getting better with the car seat, but still not a fan of the crib during the day. Trying to break that so we can get those day time naps in her crib.

Firsts: 
Well she had her first night all night in the crib!

She also had her first Halloween as a little mouse, too cute.

She now shows huge recognition for people she knows, and reaches out to grab things. 

She has also rolled over twice.. woohoo! One morning she was on her belly in her crib, but we think she just did it when she woke up. Then the other time was last night-  I was gone to the eye doctor and Lance had her playing on her mat while he went in the kitchen to get a drink.. well in that minute he was in the kitchen, she flipped herself over! So of course we haven't seen her do it yet.. boo!

Extra Updates: 

My baby has definitely developed her own little personality and let's just say she knows what she wants when she wants it, and she wants it right then!  She may or may not be a bit of a drama queen.  She likes to test you and see if you'll always come running to her right when she cries.  I've learned to get better with this and let her cry a bit to see if she stops. Yes, most of the time she gets bored and will stop and then keep playing.  She's a smart little booger.

I forgot to mention this last month, but she now says Mama.. only when she cries! ha  She never just looks at me and says it. Only when she's upset.. "waahhh Mama Mama Mama waaah" haha. It's so sad and pitiful.  I swear if she says Dada first happy, I will be so mad!! haha

We will probably start foods around her 6 month mark, so I might have a little update on that next month.  We did give her some banana one day, and that baby went nuts. She was loving it! She's very into watching us eat and drink now, so I think she is definitely getting ready.

We also are taking our first long road trip with her next week for Thanksgiving. We are going to VA to see Lance's family and it's normally a 6 hours drive.  We shall see how long it is with a baby.  Please send us some happy thoughts next week, as I'm not sure how well the drive will go.  Also with traveling, I am flying ALONE with Tilly the first week in December to go home.  Ahh.

Other than that, we are just continuing enjoying each day with our little bit! Tilly and I spend our week days filled with our baby gym time, play dates, and shopping.. and then our weekends hanging out with daddy and having family time!

We love you Ms Priss! :)