Emma is 5 months old!

Emma Kate, you are 5 months old!

-We don’t know how much you weigh, but estimate about 13.5 pounds. Still on the small side.

-You still were some 0-3 month clothes and some 3-6. 3-6 are still pretty big.

-You eat about 4-6 oz every 3-3.5 hours. You get 24-30 oz per day.

-Daddy started watching you this month and did great! He is so good with you and totally could be a full time stay at home dad.

-Daddy got you on a GREAT schedule and your eating times got consistent as well as your morning nap. He also worked on the napping in the crib and you started to take to it.

-You wake up about 6am, eat, the take a nap from about 7am – 9 or 10am. You eat again about 10:00, 1 or 1:30, etc. You get the idea.

-you had your first taste of rice cereal right at about 5 months. And it was DIFFICULT. First, you wouldn’t even open your mouth. We were concerned and thought you had an oral aversion because of forced medicine. So we let you begin to play with a spoon so you could see that it wasn’t so bad. We tried rice cereal about 15 times, and you just weren’t loving the rice cereal so we moved on. You got to the point where you would open your mouth for the first bite, but once you realized what it was, you would seal it shut.

-At 5.5 months, you had your first taste of baby food. Because of your trouble with the rice cereal, we went with a safe choice: sweet potatoes. We followed that by peas, then squash, then carrots, then green beans, apples, pears, peaches. (We were probably well into 6 months by this time). Still lots more food to try!

-Carrots are you favorite and you finished off a whole jar once!

-You really only eat about ½ a jar, but the doctor assures me this is fine. Solids aren’t meant to replace a baby’s diet and provide little nutrition and very few calories. Solids are just for practice as the baby learns to eat, enjoys different tastes of food and textures, and will soon eat lots of table food by 12 months.

-You “eat” solids twice a day, morning and night. We took about a week off for a vacation where we skipped them and we skip them when traveling on weekends.

-You are sleeping pretty good at night! You go to bed between 8:30 and 9:30 and sleep until 6am.

-You started sitting up by yourself with little support around 5 months! By 5.5 months, you were a full time sitter! You didn’t even do the tripod or balance on your hands. You were completely unsupported. You core is so strong! Must be from all that back arching and crying you did when you were little J

-You like playing with your toys and are good at picking them up, passing from hand to hand.

-You are not a fan of rolling. You can pretty much do it, but choose not to.

-You are still not a fan of tummy time. The mirror helps. But sometimes tummy time is pointless because you will just plant your face on the ground and scream. That isn’t really building any strength…ha

-We love you little girl and can't believe how big you are getting! :)