Evie - 5 Months!

Oh, sweet baby girl! Your daddy and I fell more in love with you again this month! It was a big month, as you had several firsts, including starting rice cereal. For the most part, you're not terribly interested in it, but some days are better than others. We had to stop giving it to you for a little bit because it made you constipated for 3 days.

This month, you were also introduced to your jumperoo, which you enjoy but it took you a little while to figure out how to jump in it. (That may have been because you were originally having to stand on a box, which your feet usually slipped on when you stood up.) You've since figured out the whole jumping thing and will happily jump and play for fairly long periods of time.

You still sit in your bouncer, but I have to buckle you in because you can just about push yourself out of by sliding down. You must have some pretty great baby abs, too, because you will basically do crunches in your bouncer as you sit upright to play with the toys in front of you. You sit in your Bumbo seat multiple times a day while I make meals, do dishes, etc. I already have such sweet memories of you and Caleb sitting on the island "helping" me cook. I know the day is quickly approaching when you can no longer safely sit in your Bumbo seat, which makes me sad because I love having both my babies in on the action.

On November 18, you did it! You drank your first bottle! Granted, I haven't worked with you on this much, but you haven't really wanted anything to do with a bottle in the past. On this day, however, you immediately started drinking it, downed 2 oz., and even held the bottle on your own...all this as if you'd been doing it for months! (I only gave you 2 oz. because we've always ended up dumping it out in the past.) I was so proud of you!

You went down to 4 feedings a day this month, eating around 8 am, 12pm, 4pm and 8pm. You'll take a 2 hour morning nap, 1.5-2 hour afternoon nap and a 30-45 min evening nap before eating around 8.

For the last couple months, anytime I lay you down to go to take a nap, I put your feet at the very end of your crib because by the time you wake up, you've usually pushed yourself down to the other end. You still nap on your tummy and sleep on your back swaddled at night.

You also had your first cold this month. You looked so pitiful, but other than not being as smiley, you handled it like a champ.

You started holding your hands together and pulling them toward your mouth, then straightening your arms out in front of you (hands still clasped), and then pulling your hands back toward your mouth. You would do this over and over and over... I couldn't believe it when you started doing this, because this is something Caleb did too, and I have never seen another baby do this. (Not that they don't, I've just never seen it.) You did it for about a week, and then you stopped.

You discovered your feet this month and will often suck on your big toe.

You still sometimes make your potty face, but it's evolved slightly, and you still often drag the back of your hand over the bridge of your nose, eyes and temple while you eat.

You're fairly ticklish--your tummy and your neck, especially.

You can still wear some 3 Month clothes, but you're mostly wearing 3-6 Month or 6 Month. At the end of this month, you switched from Size 1-2 diapers to Size 2.

You still get eczema on your arms near your elbows, but hydrocortisone usually does the trick.

You are such a happy baby! Though, if you are upset or tired, you prefer for whoever is holding you to stand up, as opposed to them sitting down.

We love you, precious Evie! God has blessed us more abundantly than we could ever deserve by giving you and Caleb to us!!

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