Charlotte- Five Months

No doctor appointment this month

Clothes:  She is wearing 6 month clothes and size 2 diapers.

Eating:  She is starting to take 7-8 oz bottles.  I am working on getting her to only taking four bottles a day.  We started cereal, but most of it is getting on her clothes.  I'm sure she will get the hang of it soon!

Sleeping:  This has been a strange month for sleep.  She was great up until we got home from Mexico.  Since then, she has figured out how to roll over onto her tummy, but she can't get back over.  So she gets really mad and screams until we either give her a passy or roll her back over.  Some nights she doesn't wake up at all, but there have been some nights where we have had to go in there to adjust her a couple of times a night.  I think she wants to be a tummy sleeper, but she doesn't like the feeling of not being able to get back over when she wants.  I started putting her in a sleep sack too because I was feeling like maybe she was getting cold.  We will see what this next month holds!

We are in the process of figuring out our new nap schedule.  With drop off and pick up at two different schools for the big kids, I am trying to find the best times for her to get naps.  I'm just hoping she gets one good nap in her crib, the others will have to be in the car.

Likes:  being held, rolling onto her tummy,  playing on her mat, the swing, taking baths, watching Mason and Evie,  her passy, the bouncy seat, being outside, the ergo, she loves having a blanket or lovey against her cheek when she falls asleep, Sophie the giraffe, sitting in the bumbo, chewing on anything and everything

Dislikes:  being stuck on her stomach, being hungry

New this month:  Rolling over!  I'm ready for her to learn to roll from tummy to back, but when you lay her on her back she immediately rolls onto her tummy.  Mason and Evie were always the opposite.  We fed her cereal for the first time on August 10th.  She is still getting the hang of it.  She rode on an airplane and left the country for the first time.  She was sick for the first time.  She had horrible vomiting and diarrhea the week we got back from Mexico.  This left her with some horrible diaper rash which made her scream in pain for several days.  She bounced back pretty quick, thankfully!  She has also started one of my favorite baby things:  chewing on her toes!