5 Months

Brecken is five, FIVE, months old now...I swear time is going faster than it did with Cade. She is, for the most part, such a happy girl. She is starting to do this little squeal/scream thing which is pretty cute...for now. The girls at daycare love her giggle and of course Daddy is #1 at bringing that out. She is lil' Miss Grabby too, tries to grab everything in her reach, including things she is not supposed to, such as plates off the counter, the nail clippers out of your hand, the wipes on the changing table (arches her back and reaches over her head.) And when she sees her bottle, there is no doubt about it, she KNOWS what it is...the mouth comes open and she pulls it towards herself. She also opens her mouth if you bring her anywhere near your face...it's automatic every time. She is slowly getting the hang of cereal, still ends up with more of it in her neck crease and hair though. I think she may prefer chewing on the spoon to eating. She is rolling over from her back to her tummy regularly now, then gets mad because she's on her tummy, which is odd because she rolled from her tummy to her back first back in March, did it for a few days and then quit. She prefers to sleep on her side and when she's tired, you can give her the paci and almost instantly she rolls to her side and is out. Her naps are still short, about 25-30 minutes. Once in a while, she'll take a long one, but that's usually if she is anywhere but her crib...she seems to like sleeping on the floor. She is sleeping pretty well at night...we stopped swaddling her this past week and she still wakes up once in awhile if she loses her paci. It seems as though she has had a cold since she was born...hopefully the warmer weather will put an end to that...for all of us! We have been taking a family Kindermusik class and she seems to enjoy that. She also enjoys being outside, going for walks in her stroller, and watching her big brother ride his bike. Oh, and she's got a bit of cradle cap. The doctor said to use baby oil, which works somewhat, but then she looks like a little greaseball!