Phew. Five months today!

 

This little snuggle bunny is five months old today.  What can a girl learn in five months?  

BabyBird has been rolling over for over two months and is really good at it now.  She prefers to go to sleep on her side but will also sleep on her tummy or her back.  She is slowly getting stronger at her mini push ups, sometimes getting her legs right up under her and sometimes holding her upper body off the ground.  

She started playing with pieces of fruit last week in preparation for eating solids.  They're often too slippery to hold onto for long but easy for me to prepare.  

She is a screamer!  Many of my friends haven't heard such a loud, urgent cry.  Besides that two days ago she started screaming just to get my attention or because she's bored or even happy.  They are really ear piercing screams too, I can't wait for this phase to pass.  Please.  Let it pass.  She also has a lovely laugh and will laugh when I sing to her or hold her above me or just when we are playing together on the bed.  

She loves taking a bath with me and will splash and play with the water.  

She's really alert, always watching and taking everything in.  

She loves to be carried in her baby carrier when we go for walks.  She only complains in there if we stand still for too long, loving to be snug next to me and often falling asleep.   As we walk she looks back and forth from side to side to see what has changed.  

She loves playing with her toys but she loves playing with people even more and her face lights up whenever her Daddy comes into the room.  She loves to play with her Daddy.  

She is very good at sleeping now sleeps anywhere we are either in her pram or the port-a-cot with her Ellie and her Lambie.  This is great as she takes around 10 naps out of our house each weeks and gives us a lot of flexibility.  I have caught her sleeping with her eyes open on her play gym a few times which was really scary for me and I had to wake her to make sure she was still alive!  Generally, she doesn't sleep if people are around.

Although the left breast makes her MAD (it's just not fast enough!) and she fights (and shouts) while feeding on that side, she is a snuggly little sausage and buries her face in my neck sucking on my shirt and talking to herself when she's tired. 

She loves to be around other babies and children, becoming very relaxed and quiet as she takes them all in.