At her doctor appointment on the 23rd, Abigail weighed 14 lbs., 9 oz. (the same Leah weighed when she was 6 months) & was almost 26 inches long (the 85th%)! She is flying through her 3-6 month clothes since she is so tall.
As much as I try to get her on a schedule, with 2 older kids, the baby sometimes ends up getting the short end of the stick. When we’re home, she’s usually up at 7:30 or 8, then sleeps again from about 9:30 until lunch, then again from around 2 or 3 until 5. Then she’s up until bedtime around 7:30. So usually she’s only awake 1 1/2 to 2 hours at a time. She’ll usually nurse when she first wakes up, and then sometimes a little more before she goes to sleep, so every 2 hours when she’s awake. She’ll take about 20 minutes to eat in the morning & evening, but usually only about 10 minutes or so the rest of the day.
She’s finally getting better at the bottle (although she won’t take one from me) but still won’t take a paci. She’s pretty stuck on those middle two fingers. The doctor said it didn’t seem like she had teeth popping in, even though they must be at the early stages with as much as things are put into her mouth!
She’s giggling and smiling and interacting a lot more now and she brings us so much laughter! She can really play with toys now, and rotates from her tummy on the floor (where she chows down on anything you hand her to play with), the Exersaucer, the bouncer seat, or on her back on the playmat. She’s usually perfectly content as long as someone’s around to talk to her or pay attention to her. If I put her in Leah & Andrew’s room she’s content a lot longer than by herself. She’s social just like her sister & brother! She still prefers to be standing on her feet more than anything else. And hasn’t officially rolled over, although she’s flipped over in her crib several times now, in the middle of the night. I have yet to see it during the day, but she tries so hard to move around.
We had a little 5-month/ Easter photo shoot & I couldn’t pick my favorite! She looks cute in bows.
