Our littlest love is already 5 months old! Here is some info about her right now:
- She is getting better and better at sleeping. We just moved her to her crib last week. I'm afraid it gets cold, so I'm still swaddling her body and arms until she breaks free at night, but I have a sleep sack on it's way here to try to keep her warm instead so she can still move around. She sleeps, on average 10 hours a night plus a couple of naps during the day; sometimes those naps are good and long and sometimes they get interrupted by me so we can go pick kids up from school. But, he goes with the flow!
- She also finally rolled over front to back and back to front. Sometimes she likes to roll around on the ground a little to play, but mostly prefers to be sitting up to play. Or held. She always wants to be held.
- She loves playtime. She is getting so good at grabbing at toys and sometimes getting them and she is so cute to watch focus on things or show so much interest in things. I think her favorite toy right now might be her little lovey bunny that she immediately shoves in her mouth. She also likes the caterpillar, the stacking rings, and the little webbed pink ball. She really likes sitting up against the boppy too.
- She is getting close to sitting up on her own.
- She reached for Vic the other day when he got home. It could have been reflex, but that is always the sweetest when they start to reach for you!
- She is pretty quiet but can get to cooing and talking sometimes.
- She likes her jumperoo or she just isn't in the mood. Totally depends. Once she gets occupied with it, she is happy for awhile!
- She is just so sweet and cute! (am I her mom or what?) But, she will still just look and focus on my face and her smile right now is pretty much a grin with her bottom lip tucked in. She has kind of stopped the mouthed smiles, but mostly just gives us these sweet little grins! And her little face is so round and that red hair is just growing! Cutest thing!
- She loves her brother and sister. But, mostly they love her. They LOVE to talk to her, touch her, make her laugh, help with her, etc. I don't think I've ever heard either of them complain about anything to do with Everly.
- Everly finally likes baths!! It took putting her in the bath flower in the tub with Atticus and Grace to enjoy it. I think she just didn't like laying on her back in the baby bath or even not feeling upright in the sink. She has never loved laying on her back and between that and the water, I think she just couldn't get comfortable. But, now she is totally happy to watch the other two and sit in the big bathtub.
- She just cut her first tooth at 5 months! They bother her off and on, but a little tylenol seems to help. HOWEVER, she has bitten a few times now with that one little tooth and it hurts! And having her gnaw on my fingers is no longer quite as cute, unless I escape getting pinched with that little tooth too.
- She is still taking the paci.
- She is still in 3-6 month clothes and size 2 diapers.
- She still does not love the carseat.
- My favorite moments are just snuggling her. I've been laying her down awake quite a bit for naps and bedtime, but the other night I just had to snuggle her in bed with me for about an hour before I put her into the crib. I just love holding her so close. That sweet little head and skin and fingers that lay on my chest while she sleeps. I want to remember every moment of my kids, but my goodness I love these baby days. And I just want to remember them so much and recreate them in my head when I need a baby snuggle. Babies don't keep, but oh how I wish they did!!!
- The other sweet thing is her giggles. One day, Grace dropped a toy loudly on the floor while Everly was in her jumperoo and Everly just burst into laughter! So, the kids kept throwing toys down and Everly just couldn't stop laughing! Also, I can blow kisses and bubbles in her neck and she just giggles and giggles. The giggling is just going to get more fun!
- So, those are some updates on our little girl!
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