5 mos

my sweet little peanut oh how I wish I could just freeze time...I cant believe you are 5months already...

you are now eating foods and loving EVERY bit of it, so far you've had rice cereal, carrots, squash and green beans (which I think are your favorite by far you just inhale them) you are now up to 8 oz of formula. At your 4mo appt you were only 12lbs and 23 3/4 inches...however you had a little diaper rash incident  that we had to take you to an unexpected dr appt and you gained almost an entire pound and grew a whole inch in 2 weeks...so now you are 12lb 15oz and 24 3/4 in long...you are my tall skinny peanut.

You are sleeping  about 12 hours and taking a few naps thru the day...and you love to sleep on your belly. You are trying so hard to crawl and just moving backwards....and want to get up on your knees you get your arms going and then land in a 'flying' position or you curl up in a little ball and just cry. You now are liking 'tummy time' more than you ever have before and the puppies lay with you which you are also in love with...

We THINK you may be teething as EVERYTHING you get your little hands on goes right in your mouth including your fingers...you love sucking on your thumb when you are falling asleep and you only take your paci if you are super tired but usually end up with your thumb in your mouth.

you also love 'grabbing' at EVERYTHING including faces, noses, eyes, lips cheeks and the dogs - they arent quite sure what is going on yet and kaiah just tries to lick your little face off and molly really doesnt do much...but she does give you sweet kisses here and there- you love to play with your feet and love putting them in YUP your mouth!!! You light up as soon as you see your daddy and pretty much dont like any other man beside him, (but he loves that) so I think we may have to wait on taking you to see Santa Clause until you're a little bit older... you love giving 'kisses' and love getting them as well from me and daddy. You're more vocal now and some days just babble on and on- I think you're going to be a little talker


You've made a few 'friends' (even tho you dont know it yet) and so has mommy...and I cant wait til you are old enough to play with them. You are always so happy and rarely ever cry...(only when you are hungry or super super tired) you've been rubbing your eyes more when you're tired and grabbing at your ears and hair... you've started this new thing where if we're not paying attention to you...you let out this little cough and just laugh after you do it and you've started 'curling' your tongue into a 'U' shape...you love sitting in your high chair watching TV (mickey mouse club, little einstiens, martha speaks, berenstein bears and your 2 favorites curious george and arthur)

as much as I say wish I could keep you at this age....I cant wait to see what else you have in store for us as you grow up. Love you to the moon and back xoxo 

randomness-

I am officially 'that mom' that calls the dr for EVERYthing! This week we started on squash, as I was changing B's diaper and I noticed she was super red and slightly swollen so I called the DR to see if they think it may be from the new food..we got an appt for 5:15...

That afternoon I was meeting with some other blogger/twitter mommies  (who ALL have girls and just a few months apart of each other) we finished getting ready and headed out to meet up for our play date...It was really nice to meet these wonderful mommies who I have been talking to for a little while but finally got to meet IRL, even tho most of the babies are still to young to play, it is really nice to have 'adult' conversations. Its also really nice to be able to get some advice or encouragement from other mommies with babies around the same age... We have another play date for next month to do a cookie/baby gift exchange. I am looking fwd to meeting up more with these great ladies and seeing all our little ones grow up

now for the DR appt....we get there and of course have to wait for the DR cause he is a talker and was with another patient before us, which was fine cause I got to feed B, so we get her weighed and height measured (mind you she was just at her 4mo appt 2 wks ago) she grew an inch and almost a whole pound, so she is now 12lb 15oz and 24 3/4inches(can we say GROWTH SPURT) and once he finally came in checked her out and said it was just a bad rash...and im still ok to still feed her squash. A few friends have also mentioned that it could be from the pampers, so Im going to try LUVS and see if that works...however i've just been using diaper cream every time I change her and it seems to be doing to trick too

B has been spending a lot of time on her belly and she is trying so hard to get up on her knees but then her arms just give out and just looks like she is flying or she ends up curled up in a ball and she keeps going backwards, so soon she will be on the move soon! eeeeeek I am NOT ready for that yet!!!

Tonight me B and my mom are going to a friends for her sisters jewelry party  and Im excited to see them cause I havent seen one  prob since my wedding and the other for quite some and they have yet to meet B

4 mo checkup

so today we had to go to 4mo check-up I have a tall skinny little girl on my hands...she only gained a few oz from last apt and is about an in taller and her head is bigger...so she is 12lbs 24 1/2 in and head is 16 1/4...Dr is happy with everything....so I am not worrying :-) he did however suggest that I up her food to 8oz so her last feeding we did that and so far it is all staying down and she seems to be full...and we also have to add rice, food and juices to her daily feedings.....she did good on her shots, I gave her some Tylenol before the appt to hopefully make it better and so far it seems to be working, she did cry a bit but not nearly as much as the last time and she still her happy little peanut self :-) we dont go back til January so it'll give her a nice break from shots, etc...we've seen the Dr. every month since she's been born...

So I am going to start this weekend w the rice, foods and juice so that should be a fun treat ...I'm sure Ill have plenty to post about it next week