Ellie is 5 months!
Holy cow! I expect to
be amazed each month that goes by…
It seems that Ellie just loves to increase her skills and
tricks at each month-marker. Once a new
month hits - - BAM! She does something
new. Ellie continues to be the
SWEEEEEEETEST baby ever. And I mean
EVER. Her smile is contagious and she
gives it up so freely. Every week I have
different students that work in the daycare coming to me to tell me how she is
such a great baby, so smiley, laughs all the time, never cries, they only want
to take care of her, etc etc.
I’ve always been told by my mom and dad that when I was a
baby, I had this crazy little grunt of a chuckle. Suddenly during this 5th month of
her life, Ellie started doing the same thing!
It’s so bizarre to hear it! I’ve
heard about it for 32 years and now I get to experience it for myself via my
offspring.
Also during this month Ellie started sitting on her
own. Granted, she sometimes looks like
she’s going to fold right in half, she still uses her hands to hold herself up
and if she loses focus she tumbles right over, but technically, she can sit
there for several seconds.
We started her on solids this month as well. Because the nursing is going so well, I had
decided to hold off a little while before introducing cereal. But Ellie had her own plans. Suddenly she started leaning forward in her
bouncer or in the bumbo when she saw someone eating. She also puts EVERYTHING in her mouth and
obviously is good to go when it comes to assisted sitting… all signs she was
ready for solids. She’s like a little
zombie when she eats. She smacks her
mouth and reaches forward for the spoon with all she has. It’s hilarious.
Ellie-Stats:
- Height – Haven't checked but will update soon.
- Weight – Haven't checked but will update soon.
- Wears size 2 diapers, pretty much fully in size 3-6 month clothes. She's really tall with a tiny waist so pants are tricky. When she's wearing shorts, she's still good to go in 0-3 month.
- Sleeping – Still in our room. She’s ready to move out but we’re not. We just don’t want to let her go yet! She takes a long nap in the morning and two shorter naps in the afternoon. She either sleeps on the way home or screams :P She is ready for bed at about 7:30 and will sleep through the night (give or take a binky replacement or two) until about 7. Usually I have to wake her up during the week to feed her and get her ready for school.
- Eating – I nurse her in the morning before school, she drinks about 6 ounces once she’s at school, I nurse her at lunch, she drinks another 6 ouncer in the afternoon, I nurse her when we get home, she eats about 3 tablespoons of rice cereal for dinner, and occasionally we do some cluster feeding at night. I pump in the AM (the one she doesn’t eat) and before I go to bed. What she’s up to –
- She smiles and smiles and smiles. She laughs and laughs and laughs. She loves her squeaky monkey, jingle bunny, and array of elephant toys. She loves her sister so so much. She loves Chuck and thinks he’s hilarious. She loves her tummy time but doesn’t really go to sleep on her tummy anymore. She chews on everything she can get in her mouth including toys, other people’s fingers, her hands, and ESPECIALLY her feet! Nummy! When she’s hungry she screams like a newborn. She does the Sophia-Style Wild Rumpus. She really enjoys sitting in an exersaucer or jumper although depending on the brand, her feet don’t quite touch the ground yet. She jibber jabbers on and on and yells (and I mean YELLS!) about this and that.
Here’s our girl this month:
