Emery turns 5 months old!

Emery Katherine turned 5 months old on August 8th.. I so behind on this update.  We didn't have a doctors appointment this month, so I'm not sure about her weight and height measurements. Either way she's definitely growing and getting so big!

PERSONALITY!

It's been so fun to watch her little personality come out more and more everyday.  She (finally!) started giggling a little more, and oh man it's just the cutest sound.  She loves it when we blow on her tummy or nuzzle into her neck. Around week 19, she took her talking to a whole new level... LOUD!  It sounded like it was about to turn into a cry it was so loud, but she was just talking away exploring that voice of hers I guess.  She also figured out how to make her voice a high pitch, it sounds so girly! Also, when she gets excited she moves her right arm up and down and opens her mouth as wide as it can go.  So fun!

Also this month more than talking she enjoyed blowing raspberries all the time.  Her spit really flies too, you can see it got on my lens in this next picture!

EATING!

At 19 weeks we switched to Prilosec for her acid reflux (1 ml in morning and 1 ml at night) and she seems to really be comfortable because of it.  She is eating around 5 ounces at every feeding and is still on a four hour schedule.  She is SO predictable: eats & plays for 2 hours, nap time for 2 hours.  I have found that I cannot eat baked beans, it makes her so uncomfortable poor thing.  She eats so fast now I don't have to time her anymore, it's awesome!  Probably 8 minutes on each side.  We started her on pears (I posted about it here) and we are still doing that every 5-7 days to help keep her regular!  Since we don't give it to her that often her first reaction is always to spit it out and keep her mouth closed! Still haven't started rice cereal yet.

PLAYTIME!

She still LOVES her play mat and has mastered the tummy to back roll.  She refuses to be on her tummy for more than a second before she flips over!  Instead of just using her head to flip herself over (from tummy to back) she pushes up on her knees and arches her back to get herself flipped.  When she hit 22 weeks, she rolled from her back to tummy!  

She loves the Jenny Jump Up, but is just using it as a swing at the moment.  She will turn herself around in it to follow me if I'm walking though!

- She loves the Excersaucer too, thank you again Brooke for letting us borrow yours!

 

No more "awake time" is spent in the bouncy seat... she is OVER being stuck in that thing!  She'll arch her back until she practically scoots herself out of it.

We go on walks everyday at lunch, a perfect break for both of us to get away from the house and get some fresh air.  This month was the first month I put her in the stroller without her car seat, and she loves it.  She gets super comfortable even sometimes with her leg up on the brown tray.  Oh and she LOVES her sunglasses.  She has never tried to pull them off!

SLEEPING!

This month we focused on laying her down in the crib awake and letting her put herself to sleep.  (Our bedtime routine before this would sometimes last an hour between feeding and rocking). I think we picked the perfect time to do it too, as she would just talk to herself for a bit then fall right asleep.

We wanted her to master this skill before focusing on her not being swaddled... that would be next months goal!  SO she still is swaddled and loves her miracle blanket!  Still fighting this "45 minute intruder" during her daytime naps, but there are a couple days here and there where she'll sleep 2 hours.  Most days though it's anywhere from 45 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes.  Her nighttime sleeping is finally getting a little better to where she's back only waking up once or twice in the night.  We think last month's bad sleeping habits had a correlation to the medicine she was on and how she was still uncomfortable from the acid reflux.

RANDOMS!

- She gives us the biggest smiles, especially Kyle!  Her favorite game is for me to hold her and she smiles big at Ky then hides her face in my neck, then repeats that over and over and over.

- She has turned into such a "grabber".  Her favorite thing to reach out and touch is our cups!

- We have no clue what color her eyes are going to be!  There is blue around the edges but mostly green in the center with some yellow/brown. They have every color in them! Her "stork bite" is still going strong in between her eye brows too.

- She really enjoys the jogging stroller now and takes everything in on our walks.  She never falls asleep walking anymore!

- She's really interested in the animals this month for the first time.  Twists in all ways to see where they are walking to.

- Speaking of Puck (our cat), he doesn't really know boundaries and will lay on Emery and I if we sit down.  Oh well Emery doesn't mind!

Here are my iphone pics for this month:

5 month video coming next post!