Start bedtime routine around 6:30
Bed by 7:00pm
Awake by 8:30pm back to sleep by 9ish
Awake at 10 back to sleep in 30 min-1 hr
Awake at Midnight- Nurse- asleep in 10-15 min
Awake at 1:15, asleep in about 15 min
Awake at 2am..generally spend 1.5-2 hours getting back to sleep
Around 4 am I usually just give up and let her sleep on me in the recliner until she wakes up around 6:30-7am.
Day time naps take generally 20mins to an hour to get to to sleep (even though she is sleepy) and they typically last 30-45 min.
Fun times.
Because of this craziness, I have cut out dairy (she also has eczema and other signs of a dairy allergy or sensitivity) and she has switched from Zantac to Prevacid. On top of this, she is also cutting her top two teeth...just to add to the fun =) So far, Tylenol every night, teething tablets, nighttime orajel, and standing on our left legs while patting our heads has not helped!
Anyway, we have yet another doctor's appointment tomorrow, so if I'm given the green light that she is 100% healthy, then we are starting some sleep training this weekend.
Other than that, she is the happiest, sweetest baby ever!! She is super fun during the day and we LOVE all her squeals, giggles, and sweet babbles! She loves to lay on the floor and grab her feet, which have just recently made their way to her mouth. She can be very serious, and you really have to work to get a good giggle out, but the smiles come easily =) We ended up going to Jacksonville, FL with Greg on a business trip last week. I was terrified because of the sleep issues, but she actually did the best she has in a while and only woke up 2-3 times each night...however, she was in bed with us or held to sleep, but since we were in a hotel I didn't want to wake the whole floor up. She is an EXCELLENT traveler and we are so very thankful for that! She was super easy going the entire trip and she got to visit the ocean for the first time...it was super sunny and windy, so she was slightly unimpressed haha. We joke about her having "first child syndrome" because we literally just sit around (dogs included) staring and laughing at her. She lights up our lives and we are so very blessed to be her parents! I simply can't believe she'll be halfway to one whole year next month!! Time is flying!
5 Month Stats-
Not 100% sure, but we went to the doctor at 4.5 months and she was weighedWeight- 14 lb 6 oz
Milestones-
- Started solids (rice cereal) at the beginning of this month (this was an attempt at sleeping better at night...HAH)
- Rolled over from back to belly (only twice)
Randoms for this month:
- Still loves being swaddled, although we are trying to break this- we're also choosing our battles lol
- Has started to suck her thumb
- Everything goes straight to her mouth!
- She still loves yelling at us, especially in the grocery store where she can get a good loud squeal in =)
- She is SO close to sitting up! She will sit for a few seconds then plop over, but she is a strong girl
- Has really started paying attention to the dogs this month and loves to watch them
- She celebrated her first Easter this month which was fun!
- The Florida trip! While Greg was in classes, I would put her in the Moby Wrap and we'd go for a walk by the river. She was nap and I would get to read- so nice!
- Being up all night isn't ALL bad! We get a few extra snuggles, and one of my favorite things she does is what we call the "Caroline glow-worm"...since she is all swaddled up, when we are rocking her she likes to lean back and look at us and when she catches eye contact she gives the biggest smiles then buries her head in out neck...SO cute and SO hard not to play back =)
