Emmy is 5 Months!

This is a little behind, but decided I better do a quick update of Emily now that she is 5 months old and well almost 6 months old! A lot has happened in this past month with Christmas and New Years and all the traveling and parties and family time that goes with them. It's been great, super fun, but honestly I'm kind of glad we can jump into a normal routine for a change. I think we need it. The girls are much happier when they have a 'normal' day at home, which means I am much happier too!

So Emily turned 5 months just before Christmas. We started her on rice cereal and it took her a few times to get used to the taste of it, but now she's pretty much obsessed with real food. For the first couple of weeks, being the second born with a pretty demanding 2 1/2 year old sister, I wasn't as rhythmic with feeding her. One day she'd get cereal for breakfast, but not dinner, the next day I would never get around to it, then the next she'd get it twice like I'd planned. (Side note: This was also deep into Daddy traveling for work each week for a couple of months. Mommy was exhausted and sometimes other things were just more important. It wasn't necessary that she eat it everyday at that point.)



Blowing bubbles and getting Daddy frustrated.

 

Finally a couple of weeks ago, I decided to make 'meals' happen for her and started oatmeal too. She loves the texture, opposite of Kylie, plus she didn't get a reaction to the oatmeal like big sis! She has been getting cereal (about an ounce of milk mixed and she likes her cereal pretty thick) for breakfast and dinner. A week ago, I started her on green beans for lunch and she loves them. I mean loved even the first bite. Planning on starting peas tomorrow and then a fruit a few days after that. Emily loves real food so much that she will fuss and whine until she gets it. She loves sitting in her high chair, but can't stand if you are eating something in front of her and not feeding it to her. I should probably get some of her reactions on video. Once again, second born, not getting as much video of her!

 Mmm, Geen Beans!!

Emily had, I say HAD, been an amazing sleeper from day one. We were always slightly boasting about the fact that she slept through the night. That pretty much changed this past month, sadly. She started teething and started not liking her swaddle, and then also started loving her pacifier. (Side note: Yes we should have weaned her from the swaddle earlier on, but she was sleeping so gooood with it!) She never needed her pacifier at night and I refrained from giving it to her very often.That's all changed now. She isn't swaddled because she would cry until we let her out of it, so we're trying to figure out how she best sleeps. She naps on her tummy, so we've been putting her to sleep on her tummy too. Recently, she wakes up every 30 minutes or so crying. Sometimes you can give her the pacifier back and she'll quietly go back to sleep, but mostly not so much. I've resorted to letting her sleep inbetween us in bed, so I could easily soothe her without getting up all night long. And then there's the teeth. It's so hard to know when we should give her tylenol. I started using those teething tablets that dissolve in the mouth. She likes them and usually calms down after I give them to her, but that can't be what's making her not sleep every night! Obviously we haven't figured this out yet, but hopefully by the time I write her 6 month update, we'll all be sleeping some at night.




Loves those toes!

Well now that I talked your ear off on feeding and sleeping, what else do babeis do!? Play! Yes she loves to play. Around Christmas, she started liking to be up more. Up in her high chair, so she could see everything that was going on, or in her bumbo seat. She wasn't quite able to sit up with out falling over at Christmas, but around New Years (or 2 days before really) she wanted to be sitting up. She could sit up on her own for a few seconds one day, then the next was a minute, and each day, even throughout each day, would get stronger. Now she can sit up, no problem. And if she leans forward too much, generally reaching for a toy or her pacifier, she'll glide down on her tummy. She is very happy sitting up and playing with toys. We need to get more toys down from the attic now! Since the other paragraphs had one.. (Side note: Yes Emily spits up when she sits up. Lol. It's gross and always gets everywhere, but she's happier sitting up and spitting up, than laying on her back trying to prevent the spitting up from happening. Poor baby. Can't wait until this is no longer an issue.)




Big Sister helping E stay up so Mommy could get dinner started.

I guess I should say a few stats for the record. Around 5 months, Emily was somewhere between 18 and 19 pounds. (She's about 19 right now.) She is probably around 28 inches long. Just measured her using my camera usb cord and a plastic ruler. More than likely not very accurate. She should probably be in size 4 diapers (we already went through a pack some friends gave us..), but Mommy bought another big box of 3's because it seriously had over 20 more diapers in it for the same price as the 4's. And she still technically fits in 3's. Getting snug, but it's totally fine. She's getting more hair finally. She has less than Kylie did at this age. She is mostly wearing 12 month clothes (Thankfully we got some 12 month winter clothes for Christmas. She has just about grown out of all the winter clothes we had for Kylie.), but can still fit in some 6-9 month things. She does have a couple of 18 month things that fit also. Craziness. (Another side note: at 6 months, Kylie was 15lbs, 7 oz., 25.5 inches long, and in 6 month clothes.)

Kylie took this! Emmy's first Christmas!

 

Other than the new sleeping issues and teething issues (she does not like teeth cutting apparently, and really no one should!), Emily is a very happy baby. She loves to play with you face to face and loves her sister dearly. One of my tricks to getting Emily to calm down, is have Kylie come over so Emily can see her. Seriously, Emily will calm down instantly. So awesome!





Driving back home from Austin, I heard giggles and looked back. This is what I saw. Heart melted.

Happy 5 Months Emily! And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! :)