I say this every month, and I will continue to say it, I cannot believe she is 5 months old! Time seriously flies. But we are loving every single minute we have had with this girl and couldn't imagine our lives without her!
Emery Rose
5 Months
16 lbs 4 oz
25 inches
cute as ever :)
Emery is getting so big. This month she ate rice cereal for the first time. She is always wanting to eat anything that we are eating. She has also tried butternut squash, pears, and potatoes. Loved them all. I also let her have a tiny sip of my cranberry juice the other day. She loved that too. This girl is gonna love food just like her mom and dad :)
She has been able to roll from her stomach to her back for a few months now (3 months old). But about 2 weeks ago she finally mastered from her back to her stomach. For about a week we knew it was coming any minute she would get so close but just get caught on one shoulder. Then one day she just did it and hasn't stopped. She is constantly rolling. She will not stay on her back for 2 seconds unless she is eating, and even then it depends on how hungry she is :)
She has also been working on her "scooting". We got new carpet in our living room and she is a major spitter-upper. So we put her on a big blanket so she doesn't spit up on the carpet. This only lasts a few minutes she scoots right off to whatever she wants to get. It is adorable, she looks like a little worm. Love it.
As I already blogged a few days ago she can also sit up by herself now. It is really nice to be able to sit her somewhere and she can just sit. She used to get so tired of being on her back. She still topples over every now and then when she loses her balance but she can sit for at least a long time before she topples over!
The last few weeks she has started doing this sideways smile (see picture above in the bottom middle) She does this a lot. It cracks us all up. She also does a "one eyed squint" (see picture above in top left corner). She is so full of facial expressions. Always keeps you laughing.
At 5 months Emery loves:
Back scratches...my word this girl loves to just sit and have anyone scratch her back!
Food, food, and more food. Anything we eat she wants to be eating and will do her best to get it.
Playing peek-a-boo with Dad. He can get her laughing so hard. She has the cutest belly laugh.
Getting tickled, ok maybe she doesn't love this. But I love to hear her laugh when you tickle her.
Bath Time, she still loves to kick and scream and splash.
Being swaddled. We should probably start weaning her from this, but I really don't want to! It makes it so easy to calm her down and I can just give her her binki, put her in her crib and she will put herself to sleep for naps. At bedtime we usually rock her and sing to her. But this makes naps super simple.
She is getting better at naps...for a little over a week now we have had at least one 2 hour nap a day! YAY!
She sleeps mostly through the night. Usually just gets up once. She goes to bed by 7:30 wakes up around 5, eats, goes back to bed until about 7:30! Then down for morning nap by 9-9:30. It is a really great schedule. I'm very happy with it.
She has learned how to pick up her binki and put it back in her mouth when it comes out. She isn't pro at it yet, and it takes her a little bit to try to get it right, but she is patient and keeps trying :)
She's been able to hold her own bottle for about 2 months now, but it is so nice! She can feed herself while I attempt at getting something done...
Happy 5 months sweet baby! We love you so much! :)
xoxoxo
