5 months!

5 months.

Little Leighton Erin Gibbs is 5 months old. In 28 days she will be half a year old. I say this every month, but time is passing by so quickly. Im looking forward to what 5 months will bring us. The beginning has been rough, she had RSV, still has it actually, but thankfully her little body is healing itself and we didn't need to visit the hospital...just the Dr...3 days in a row ;)

Every day she's more alert, stronger, and dying to learn about everything around her. I really really really want her to sit, we work on it a lot, most of the time she sits between my legs and we throw the ball to her puppy Moby. Sometimes i scoot back and she does ok for about 20 seconds and then realizes I've moved and reaches for my legs, its pretty hard to deny her, its really sweet she needs me :)

Im planning on taking her pictures later this week. Her nose is drying up, so they won't be super messy haha! So stay tuned for those!

Weight/Height: When we went to the doctor at the beginning of the month for her 4 month shots ( a little late ) she weighed 15.8 lbs and was 25 in long, at the middle of the month during her RSV visits she weighed in at 16lbs...even sick my baby likes to eat haha.

Motor Skills/Development: Gone are the days of her sitting in my lap not reaching for things. If she can reach it, she's going to grab it, and you better believe its going STRAIGHT to her mouth. If it doesn't fit in her mouth? Growling and crying will follow haha! Seriously..she just likes to eat, what can i say. Plus the constant teething...poor kid. She tries to turn the pages to her books, but its still difficult, plus in the middle of turning to page she realizes she hasn't tried to put it in her mouth ( OMG ) so then she tries, which makes her mad haha! Looking forward to her enjoying her toys and not being consumed by the need to eat them....all of them. She can spin, twist, and bop pretty much all the toys on her exersaucer now. She has also learned how to stomp her legs down to make herself bounce a little. And those legs, she can move those legs! I watch her on the monitor sometimes, and she will bring them all the way back to her chest, then SLAM them down on the bed. She does this before she falls asleep all the time..random. She also likes to do it while I'm trying to change her diaper, so fun :)


Independence/Sleep: This one has been a little rough, i think she was having a hard time with being sick, and i didn't even know she was sick yet. Her Dr. said RSV can make them feel like they have the flu, body aches, lethargic etc. I assumed she wanted a 4 hour schedule, but in all reality i think she was in the beginning stages of her sickness and just needed the extra sleep, today is the first day I feel she's 100% better and she's been on a 3 hour schedule all day, her doing not mine, so we will see how the week plays out. Im going to let her guide me through it and when I'm sure what she needs ill enforce it! She's at that weird stage of waking at 6 am instead of 7 am...anyone have any fixes for that?

She still does well with her independent play. She plays 20 minutes by herself, in either the exersaucer, or playmat every time she's awake. Ive started sitting her in the boppy pillow and propping her playmat in front of her, so she can practice sitting..she will do that for about 10 minutes happily. We can't use our bumbo, it really upsets her reflux and she spits up every time i leave her in it, i think its because it kind of pulls their legs up a little to high...who really knows!


I would normally put her schedule on here but since I'm not sure what it is that will just have to wait!


The next post will be of chubby-loves 5 month pics, not sure what I'm doing yet..but I'm sure they will be full of smiles, cute outfits, and rolls...deffinantley rolls :)