Dear Claire,
Today you turned 5 months old. We celebrated with some pureed avocado & banana blend for you and peanut butter chocolate chip cookies for me and dad (don't worry you'll be able to share the good stuff with us soon enough). We started feeding you solids last week. Today was the fourth time and you finally started to get the hang of it. At first you couldn't really figure out how to swallow it so most of the food ended up on your face. Today you probably swallowed half, and only half ended up on your face :)
You are a squirmy little girl and you roll around all day long. You've also started arching your back and wiggling when you want to get out of your swing, stroller, or car seat. I have to make sure you are always buckled in so you won't fall out! You have started reaching and grabbing for things. You especially like to grab my face and hair. You still try to put everything in your mouth, including my hair which I'm constantly untangling from your fingers. Between that and the postpartum hair loss, I'm really starting to see the appeal in a shorter mom haircut!
We had your 4 month appointment a few weeks ago. You were actually 4 1/2 months at the time. You weighed 14 lb 9 oz and were almost 26 inches long; 47% for weight and 88% for height. You are probably going to be tall and skinny just like your mom & dad.
Some of your favorite things right now are your swing, this loopy/plastic toy you got from nana for Christmas, and going for walks/runs with me in your stroller. You love to play with me and dad, and are interacting a lot more when we play with you. You get really excited and giggle and squeal when we tickle you and blow raspberries on your tummy.
I feel like at this age everything with our routine/schedule has really clicked with you. I am pretty strict with your schedule, but I really believe that is why you are such an easy going baby since you know what to expect everyday. You sleep really well at night from 8pm-6am and for the most part you nap really well too. You typically take 3 naps a day, but you just barely dropped your fourth nap.
You are learning to sit up by yourself, and you are getting pretty good at it! You can't quite balance unless you keep weight on your hands too, but I think you'll be strong enough to do it really soon.
You are such a fun girl. Even when you are grumpy you make me giggle. It takes a lot to make you really cry, instead you do this funny sort of grunt of frustration. I probably shouldn't find so much humor in it, but it's impossibly cute. I can't believe in one more month you will reach your 1/2 birthday. I love watching you grow up, even if it kind of breaks my heart at the same time.
I love you too much!
Love,
Mom
Claire turned 23 weeks old today. The most eventful thing that has happened for her this past week was that she ate almost a full serving of sweet potatoes. She LOVED them. She is really getting the hang of solids. I've only been feeding them to her every few days so her digestive system can slowly get accustomed. She seems to be getting used to it so we will probably start increasing how often we feed her solids. One of her favorite things to do lately is lay outside under the trees and look up at the leaves and branches. She gets super excited and squeals and giggles. It's pretty adorable. I am so glad she is my little buddy and we get to hang out everyday!
