Kate- 5 months old!

Age 5 months

Weight & Length Kate weighs around 15 lbs, which is roughly around the 50% for age.

Clothing size 3-6 months fit for the most part but she is starting to nearly outgrow some of them in length. 

Hair  Her light brown hair is a bit lighter every day.

Teeth Zero, but still drooling a lot and loving to chew on her Solly Baby Wraps!

Sleeping  Kate had a little sleep regression around 4.5 months but seemed to recover from that well.  She was waking up every 2-3 hours for about a week.  Now she is back to being a very good sleeper. She now goes to bed around 7 or 7:30 pm.  Mommy wakes her up for a dream feed at 10:30-11 and Kate goes right back to sleep.  She sleeps most nights until 5 am.  She generally wakes for the day around 7-8 am.  We stopped swaddling her around 4.5 months and she is doing great.  Most days she takes at least 4 naps because many of them are still short (even some are only 30 minutes), but if she takes a longer nap then she may only nap 3x in one day.

Eating  Kate continues to nurse every 2-2.5 hours or so and at least 1 dream feed at night.   She wakes in the early AM to eat as well.   She is a great eater!

Movement   Kate started rolling back to front around 4/13!  She now wants to roll all over the room and gets annoyed if something is in her way. 

Milestones  Kate’s big one is rolling over. She has also flown on 6 planes in the last 2 weeks! Kate has also found her toes in the last month and she loves to put them in her mouth!  She also went in the pool for the first time this month!

Favorite toys/activities     She loves her “fern the fawn” stuffed animal, her kitty cat with lots of interesting textures/rattles, and she is more interested in the jumper than she has ever been. She loves all the lights and sounds and to turn around. She continues to be tolerant of her play mat but really seems to like exploring the toys that hang down, especially the green birds! She is starting to like to read stories and she loves watching big brother Jackson!

Dislikes   Kate doesn’t like to be overtired, but she is a good sport even when she is. She and Jackson did a great job with a long delay in the airport on the way home from Florida earlier this month.

Words & sounds   Kate loves to chat and will strike up a whole conversation with babble.

What we love   Kate is such a smiley baby. We love watching her happily explore new things and charm everyone she meets with her smile.

What we don’t love  As usual, it would be nice if she started sleeping longer stretches again, but we can’t complain too much! 

What we’re looking forward to next month   Sitting up!!