Okay, so maybe my description of introducing solid foods as ‘fun’ was a bit optimistic. Lilly has been slowly introduced to fruits and veggies, which are a LOT messier than rice cereal! Whoever designed those tiny baby bibs obviously never had a baby – Lilly would do much better with a smock! In fact, I drape damp paper towels over her shoulders to keep as much food off of her as possible.
She likes to hold the spoon with her left hand. With a little guidance from me she usually does a great job, but there are certainly feedings where she gets pureed fruits/veggies everywhere (the wall, carpet, cat, and myself included!). Lilly enjoys the ‘orange stuff’ best: sweet potatoes and carrots especially. This morning she got VERY excited about the carrots – kicking, bouncing, and babbling her way through the entire feeding. Her clothes are in the wash now. 🙂
Lilly at 5 Months
It was NOT easy to get this photo because Lilly is moving around all the time. I think for her 6 month photo she’ll be sitting up on her own!
This past week Lilly has mastered a new skill – rolling over! For a week or so she would push herself onto her tummy but had a hard time getting back. We worked on it for a few days and suddenly she has started rolling across the room! She is no longer confined to her tummy time mat – last week I started putting her down in the middle of the floor and she flip flopped from her belly to her back until she hit the wall (about 15 feet – don’t worry, I was supervising the whole thing)! Hopefully Santa will bring her some playroom floor tiles for Christmas! 🙂
Congratulations to Barry and Laura! Arbor Victoria was born today at 11:08pm, weighing 5 pounds, 5 ounces. We can’t wait to meet her!!!
Update: I visited them in the hospital on Wednesday. She is a true beauty…and a very lucky to have such great parents!
Sarah, my best friend from college, came in from Charleston to spend the entire week with Lilly and I. Alexis drove her up from Ohio and was able to spend all day Monday with us as well. It was so nice to catch up and spend time together. We are already planning a Miami University reunion for April. We miss you Sarah!!!
Here is a video of Lilly flip-flopping, shot shortly after she started rolling over.
Today was Lilly’s first real snow! I took her out briefly in her new snowsuit. She was definitely interested – there will be much more to come!!!
What a difference a day makes! Lilly has changed so much these past few weeks. Sunday she had her first ‘belly laugh’. Bill was getting her ready for her bath and tickling her tummy when it happened. I could hear it all the way from her bathroom with the water running! Monday I got a good laugh out of her as well…too cute.
We have been working on ‘unswaddling’ her for awhile now. Mission accomplished! We left one arm out for about a week. Towards the end of last week she began rolling over onto her stomach during her naps and waking herself up doing the same thing at night, so we began leaving both arms out. It has been several days now and she is sleeping well with her arms out. Finally! We are slowly working on weaning her off the pacifier as well. We only give it to her for naps and take it out once she is relaxed and in her crib.
Since being unswaddled, Lilly is rolling around like CrAzY during her naps and at night time. She has begun sleeping on her tummy as well. I was a bit worried about this at first (SIDS), but have been told that once they do it on their own there isn’t much you can do to stop them. She is strong enough to move around, lift her head up, etc., so there’s nothing to be concerned about. She can flip herself onto her tummy really easily but gets frustrated and has a hard time flipping back. She’s almost there…we’re working on it a lot.
It seems as though we are nearing the end of ‘4 month sleep regression’. Apparently it is quite common for 4 and 8-month-olds to go through this, and Lilly certainly has. For about a week and a half she went from waking up once or twice to eat to waking up twice to eat and 3 or 4 additional times. We partially attributed this to her pacifier use, but can’t be sure. Now she is mostly back to waking up just once a night to eat. Keep you fingers crossed for us!
Nap time is MUCH easier now. She is fairly consistent at napping from 9-11 and 1-3 with a 30 minute catnap at 5pm (and wakes up no more than once). We’ll see how long this lasts…
Lilly is VERY focused. Yesterday at my ‘moms’ group she looked at each individual very intently as they were talking. The group leader even made a remark about it. She loves watching the other babies and the moms as well!
We started Lilly on rice cereal on Thanksgiving. She got excited about it right away and opens her mouth whenever she sees the spoon. We are trying rice cereal for a week and will introduce a new fruit/veggie every three days beginning next week. It’s quite a bit messier than bottle feeding her – but much more fun!
This Thanksgiving Bill and I have more to be thankful for than ever before. We celebrated our 4th Anniversary and, of course, introduced Lilly to her first family holiday. My parents were in town all week and we enjoyed a festive dinner at Aunt Terry’s. It was a very special day – can’t believe that Lilly will be eating turkey and mashed potatoes with us next year (that is, if we decide not to raise her as a vegetarian)!
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