5 months!!

Where is the time going?!?! Our baby girl just recently celebrated her 5 month birthday on May 29th. She has changed so much in the past month. She has really started "talking" and will just sit in her swing chit-chatting away with herself. She also started playing in her jumparoo this month and has started to figure out how to press buttons and make things happen.

She is sleeping great, at least nine hours at night during the week and 10-11 on weekends. She puts herself to sleep for a nap pretty easily, which is awesome! We transitioned to swaddling her with her arms free, which she loves. She likes to be on her side or tummy now when she sleeps, and is rarely on her back.

She tried rice cereal this month and is doing pretty well now. At first, she didn't get it but after a few weeks she has shown improvement every time. Not too long and we will start adding in some fruits and veggies :) She takes 4 ounces every 2.5-3 hours and takes 5 at her nighttime bottle. Doctor was very cautious about moving her up to 5 at a feeding because of her reflux, plus she is still on the small side for her age.

She spent all month in her latest fashion accessory......THE HELMET :) I was so worried about how she would adjust but she did great! She had a couple of rough nights sleeping at first, but it didn't really seem to phase her after that. It was weird seeing her in it at first, but now it's weird to see her without it!! However, we are anxious for it to be gone so we can go back to wearing BOWS again!!

Her Physical Therapist said she is doing great and progressing with her torticollis. She mentioned that she might need therapy for just a few more months. We have really been working on sitting up, but she just hasn't mastered it quite yet. I think she definitely is about a month behind with most of her milestones, which is completely normal since she was a month early. She did roll over just about a week after her 4 month birthday and of course- she rolled over from her back to her tummy first, opposite of what most do!

She really loves to be outside and watch the leaves blowing in the wind. She also loves bath time much more than she used to. She is pretty laid back and we take her just about anywhere!

It is so fun to see how much she changes from week to week! Here is her 5 month pic....

We're BACK!!!!

School is out and I am officially a stay at home mom!!! I hope to get back to blogging more often, but something tells me that I will be just as busy and it will get put on the back burner! Addison spent two months at an in home daycare while I finished up the school year.

We were fortunate enough to have a wonderful babysitter named Megan, who is also getting into the photography business. She loves to take pics of her girls....lucky for us! Here are some of the wonderful pics she got while watching Addison in April and May.

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3 & 4 months!

I was very sad to see that Addison's 3 month blog that I had started and never published somehow disappeared :( So I guess we will combine 3 & 4 months together!

Addison's 3rd month was my last month to stay home with her. We tried to get in as many lunches with family and friends, shopping trips, doctors appointments, play time, cuddle time, and nap time as we could. Addy met the Easter Bunny for the first time and had her picture taken with him. She became very social this month. She really started smiling that 3rd month and cooing back and forth with us! She began physical therapy this month and loves her physical therapist Miss Erin. It is only 30 minutes once a week and she does different stretches to help with her torticollis. She tolerates the therapy pretty well, until she gets tired and then she is DONE!!!

She just recently started laughing in the last few weeks and it is just the cutest thing ever. She really is a happy baby! Her babysitter, Megan, commented that she is just so content to sit and watch everything that is going on around her. Megan also said that we might be crazy to have another baby, cause there is no way that he/she would be as good as Addison. Yikes, the thought of another baby right now exhausts me anyways. Even though Addy is a great sleeper, I have become quite the opposite and every little sound now wakes me up, and I am no good at going right back to sleep. This has made for a few sleepy days at work. Addy now sleeps about 7-8 hours at night. We put her to bed at 9 or 9:30 and then I wake her up and feed her at 5:30am. After she takes her bottle she sits in the nap nanny while I get ready for work. On weekends she will go anywhere from 8-10 hours at night without waking.

She will be getting her helmet to fix the flat side of her head in a few days. We decided to go ahead and start the process a little bit earlier than most people do. The earlier you start the less time she has to be in the helmet. They are projecting about 6 weeks right now (more or less). She will wear it 23 hours a day only taking it off to bathe. We are very excited to get the process started and finished :) It requires weekly appointments to have the helmet re-shaped and luckily we were able to have afternoon appointments so that I don't have to miss any work.

She had her very first cold with a fever of 101. It happened after 4 days of daycare, but luckily it was on Good Friday and I was off work so I was able to stay home with her. The fever was gone and she was back to normal within a day or two. It is amazing how fast she is growing and how quickly time is flying. At her 4 month check up she weighed in at 11 pounds 7 ounces  and was 24 1/4 inches long! Here is her 4 month pic...