Megan is 5 months old. Time is flying, but I am so excited for what's ahead at the same time. I love that she has started to play and that personality of hers is starting to show through even more.
Likes:
Megan absolutely loves her big sister! She is definitely her favorite in the family with a close second being Duke I think. If Jade is in the room, all eyes are on her. She will often just giggle watching Jade do nothing. Jade thinks it's fun and cute sometimes, but other times could care less. Megan loves playing peek-a-boo, sucking on her toes, and grabbing anything and everything she can get her hands on.
Sleep:
Megan is hard to get to go to sleep for naps and bed. She just doesn't want to miss out on anything so tries to look around until she can't stand it any longer and then cries hard when she can't get to sleep. I had thought I found a way to get her to sleep, but that didn't work for long. It gets frustrating at times and my arms are burning from holding her, but I eventually get her to fall asleep. I try to have her take 3 naps, a day but it doesn't always work out that way. It's easier when we're home all day or when we can do things around her nap time, but it's hard to always do that when you have a 2 1/2 year old too. She seems to do ok on less sleep, just needs a little more entertainment. I try to put her down for her naps about 2 hours after she gets up from the previous one. We try to have her in bed by 8:30, but again that doesn't always work because Jade is a Mama's girl and there is only a limited amount of things Dad is able to do at bedtime. We are slowly getting Jade used to Daddy doing more, but some battles are just not worth fighting for us at bedtime. Megan had been sleeping all night until recently when she decided to wake up a few times a night. She usually only eats one of the times she is up. She officially wakes up anywhere from 7-9:30. We have also finally moved her from her bassinet to her crib. We started that a long time ago...until she got RSV and then moved her back to the bassinet because it was sloped for when she was sick. Then I guess we "babied" her too long and she got used to be tucked cozy in that thing. Everything is a phase right? She will like her crib sometime...hopefully soon!
Eating:
We are still exclusively breastfeeding. She eats 4-5x per day and I really have no idea how much. We tried bottles early on and she took them easily, so didn't worry about continuing them. Now that i want her to occasionally take a bottle, she won't. We are working on that. I am trying different nipple "flows," having different people feed her, different positions, heating the milk up...I feel like I've tried everything. I am really hoping she's not one of those babies that never takes a bottle because I have too much milk saved in the freezer. I think I would bawl if I had to dump it! We are going to try a different bottle soon. One more month until solids and I think she will love them! She reaches for our food all the time and really watches all of us eat.
Milestones:
July 21- rolled stomach to back
July 25- found her toes and loves them!
July 31- rolled back to stomach
Can sit with assistance. I have her sit between my legs or in her boppy pillow for when she tips over.
She has started to really "play" with toys. She puts everything in her mouth. Can hold toys and change them from hand to hand. Looks at things she's dropped.
Weight: I think around 14 pounds Length: ?? Clothing: 3-6 month
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