Addallee Marigold -- Five Months

Addallee is FIVE months old!  That is crazy to me!  And really... now she's like five-and-a-half months (I'm sorry Addallee... I promise I notice when you turn a new month, but these are long blog posts and I don't always have the energy to post everything on your exact month birthday).

Here she is at four months...

and three months...

and two months...

 

and one month...
 

and as a sweet newborn.

Weight: 

According to our bathroom scale, I estimate she's about 18 pounds.  She is a pleasingly plump little baby with some added padding to serve as defense against the aggressive love from her brother and sisters.  I love her little baby rolls.

Length:  

Her length is harder to estimate... she's getting longer.  She can stand really well on the lowest setting of her exersaucer.

Clothing size: 

She wears 3 and 6 month clothing.  All the newborn clothes and the 0-3 onesies have been put away.

 Eating:  

She exclusively nurses but we give her spoons to chew on and play with at the table while the big kids eat.  She's a great eater -- when she's really hungry, she can tune out anything and eat (or sleep), but when she's just snacking, she gets distracted very easily if anything exciting is happening.

Sleeping:  

Addallee sleeps in our room in a bassinet laying flat on her back and she wears a sleep sack vest with her arms out.  She usually nurses around 8:00pm, and falls asleep.  Sometimes she will get up again around 10:00pm, but then she sleeps until I get her up to nurse at 4:00am before my workout.  Then she goes back to sleep for another few hours.  I'm considering moving her to her own room soon, but I'm not ready yet.

New things/discoveries: 

• She really plays well in little pumpkin seats and exersaucer by herself.
• She likes to laugh, but only certain things she finds funny.
• She loves using her fingers -- both for manipulating toys but also for sucking on when she can't find her passie.

   New Accomplishments: 

• She is tolerating tummy time better... but I don't leave her on her tummy very often because I have to be right beside her otherwise her loving siblings try to crush her
• Not a good accomplishment, but she has become harder for baby-sitters now that she is older.  I have had to come home from a date night with Hubby twice to get Addallee to sleep because the sitters couldn't get her to stop crying and go to sleep.

Likes: 

• Attention
• Being around any activity
• Exersaucer
• Pacifiers
• Nursing
• Her siblings
• Warm baths/showers
• Being worn in a Moby wrap
• Sitting up in the panda chair or bumpo chair 

Dislikes:

• Being hungry
• Being cold

 Places She's Gone:

•  Out To Rifle Falls when family visited
• To some restaurants

Special Memories: 

•  Meeting her cousin, Grace
• Having fun with Memaw and Peepaw over spring break 
• First time eating at Shooters with our whole family
• Wearing the same dress as her sisters

 

 

Nicknames:

• Addallee Marigold (Tracey calls her this, which is adorable)
• Lee Lee