Joia turned 5 months on October 13th. She is the happiest baby ever! She loves to laugh and giggle, but she also has a little temper that I can see developing as well. When she gets upset…she gets UPSET! She has started trying to have little tantrums and fall out. We have got to get that in check real quick! She is something else, but that’s my baby love!
Growth
I have no idea how much she weighs or how long she is because she didn’t go to the doctor. Her next appointment will be at 6 months. I’m sure she has gained some more weight because she is getting chunky. She was itty bitty at first, but now she is my juicy baby. She is still wearing size 2 pampers. She can still fit some 0-3 month and 3 month old clothes depending on the brand. She is mostly in 3-6 month clothes now, but I have also tried some 6 month clothes on her as well. Depending on the brand they fit just great, but some are still too big for her to wear.
Feeding
She is drinking 6 oz of Similac Advance/Parent Choice about times a day. We have tried rice cereal and bananas with her so far. At first she was iffy about the rice cereal, but now she loves it. It seems to get her a little backed up though so we are going to stop that and probably try oatmeal. She loves the bananas! She is getting the hand of eating solids quite well now. She will open her mouth when the spoon gets near. She will also hum because she wants more. I have started introducing baby sign language to her with the sign “more” so if she wants more of something she can sign it.
Sleeping
She still wakes up at least once during the night. Sometimes it’s for a feeding and other times it’s because she can’t find her pacifier to put it back in her mouth so once I put it back in she goes right back to sleep. Other times it’s because her pamper needs to be changed and then I give her the pacifier and she’s right back to sleep. We’ve tried putting her in the pack n play since it’s in our room, but she is so used to the rock n play or our bed that she doesn’t really seem to like to stay in the pack n play long. We will keep trying though. She is getting too long to be in the rock n play so we won’t be using that much longer.
Teething
I think she is starting to teeth, but there are no teeth just yet. I can see a little white spot and also a red spot on her gums. She is also gnawing on things more so I’m sure we will see a tooth pop up soon.
I think she is starting to teeth, but there are no teeth just yet. I can see a little white spot and also a red spot on her gums. She is also gnawing on things more so I’m sure we will see a tooth pop up soon.
Milestones
- Scooting
- TRYING to crawl more, but not there just yet
- Holding her own bottle & sippy cup
- Sits up on her own for a few seconds at a time
- Rolls over all kinds of ways…she’s a roll over machine
- Recognizes her name
- Babbling away
- Raises arms when she wants to be picked up
- Realizes she is being left alone and cries/whines
- Realizes where sounds come from
- Shows emotions more (boredom, anger, tired, etc)
She HATES
- Not being able to get something that’s on the floor in front of her that’s not in her reach…she’s not crawling yet, but she is trying
- Being in the car seat…it causes some major temper tantrums these days
- Being told “no no” when she’s having a temper tantrum
- Running out of milk in her bottle if she is still hungry
- Trying to drink from a sippy cup
She LOVES
- Blowing bubbles with her mouth
- Gnawing on her fingers
- Playing with toys
- Watching Mickey Mouse & Bubble Guppies
- Listening to music
- Singing to her
- Playing baby games with lots of colors and sounds on the tablet
- Attention
- Staring at people she knows
- Touching new things/textures
- Rubbing Simba
- Rolling over
- Kicking her feet
- Laughing at her sister and spending time with her
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My Postpartum Update
I’m slacking y’all! I was only 3lbs away from my pre-pregnancy weight, but now I’m 6lbs away! I just went to the doctor about a week ago for my annual. Everything is fine with me…I’m just being a slacker in the weight department. I have never been a dedicated fitness person, but I’m going to get my life together one of these days LOL
TuTu Cute by Angie
Jordy captured 5 month photos of Joia wearing a TuTu cute baby tutu. My friend has her own business making tutu’s for babies, children, and even adults. I will talk more about her company later this week. Check out one of her creations below. I will post a lot more photos later this week when I give you all of the deets on her company and how you can get one!
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What could your baby do at 5 months?
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